Financial aid with a special needs dependent sibling

eurimbla
Sun, 14 Jan 2024 20:37:30 +0000

Any guidance is appreciated. We have a senior year student applying to colleges and we are wondering how to present our case to colleges for financial aid consideration. Based on our income we may not qualify for needs based aid, however we have an older son (21) who has autism, is fully dependent and we need to save $ for his daily living for several decades - we expect him to live with us for at least 10-15 years. Anyone in a similar situation, how do you justify to a college that any money we have cannot be assumed to be only available for the senior student.