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It’s about three weeks till Charlie goes back to school. He’s (as often noted here) looking forward to it, as he knows that a good classroom with well-trained teachers and therapists awaits him. But what if you don’t have a school for your child to attend—-that’s the situation facing some autistic children in Tucson: KVOA […]
The April 14th St. Louis Post-Dispatch makes a case for the need for insurance coverage for autism treatment. SB 1122 would allow for insurance coverage “for the treatment of autism under certain conditions”: Autistic children who are “less than 16 years of age” would qualify for up to $50,000 per year of behavior therapy. […]
Up to 80 percent of autistic children could hold jobs and become independent, according to Sandra Hastings, a certified behavioral analyst, who has worked with autistic children since 1989 and is now working in the Santa Rosa County schools in Florida. Hastings is quoted in an article in the Northwest Florida Daily News about the […]
Yesterday Governor Janet Napolitano signed legislation that will eventually require insurance companies in Arizone to provide coverage for autism, the Yuma Sun reports. Only companies with at least 50 works and with employer-purchased insurance for companies will have to provide the coverage, and children up to the age of 8 can receive up to $50,000 […]
“I don’t understand why it has to be so adversarial…..”Why can’t they listen to these parents and get a clue that maybe they have some merit?”
So Melissa Van Hook, who has two boys on the autism spectrum, says about the Gilbert School District in today’s Arizona Republic. Van Hook and a former special education teacher, […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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