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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich rewrites bill for autism coverage is the headline of a July 13th Associated Press story. The governor and other advocates want insurance companies to cover up to $36,000 a year for diagnosis and treatment, including speech therapy and behavioral services and for individuals up to 21 years old.
If I may step […]
After legislators in Oklahoma did not pass Nick’s Law (which called for insurance coverage for autism treatments) at least one family is leaving the state to get services for their autistic child in another part of the country. Doug and Caroline Hall are moving to Cincinnati for the sake of their 4 1/2 year […]
“The best is the new worst,” writes Susan Jacoby in an op-ed in yesterday’s New York Times. She cites the decline in —-prestige?—-of the notion of being “best” and “elite” in American public life over the past 40 years and, most recently, in the US presidential campaign:
Senator Hillary Clinton’s use of the phrase “elite opinion” […]
Two comments by officials in two Utah insurance companies suggest how much is still not known about autism. From today’s Salt Lake Tribune:
“Is it even a defined disease? It’s a heart-breaking condition, but they don’t know the etiology, they don’t know the source,” said SelectHealth’s Medical Director Ken Schaechar. Autism is one of five pervasive […]
With another round of vaccine court going on this week, the question of whether there’s a link between vaccines and autism is again getting a lot of discussion. Here’s five past posts on this blog that suggest how this one hypothesis about the cause of autism has become entwined in debates about research, the understanding […]
Here it was Charlie’s birthday yesterday (thank you for so many good wishes!) so I’ve been in something of a super-reflective mood: How was this tall boy once curled up inside me? How have we managed to help him through the years and some very tough moments? He’s 11 years old now and memories […]
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) coordinates research and efforts pertaining to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The IACC met this past Monday, May 12 in Washington, D.C. I had attended the November 2007 meeting and learned a great deal and was hoping to attend this […]
So what do you do if your state passes autism legislation (as my state, New Jersey, did in September of 2007) and then it gets stalled by budget cuts—-when the bill gets passed but there’s no funding as it’s an austere buget year” ? In Florida, the Window of Opportunity Act was passed by the […]
Below is the press release about the new autism legislation that New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez unveiled this morning in Weehawken, in Hudson County in northern New Jersey. The legislation has three parts: The creation of “autism navigators” to help families “navigate” their way through services, treatment options, and much more; the development and […]
Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey will be announcing a new initiative for families dealing with autism spectrum disorders on Monday, April 28th, at 11am in Louisa Park in Weehawken, New Jersey. The legislation will combine guidance for families seeking autism spectrum disorder services and care, greater public awareness of autism spectrum disorders and support […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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