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The optometrist that Charlie saw this week—and many of the doctors and the dentist that we have taken Charlie to over the years—was not covered by our insurance. We’ve filed claims, we’ve refiled, we’ve written cheques. An article in yesterday’s Washington Post describes how families of autistic children in Virginia—as families throughout the US—are seeking […]
Today Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell signed House Bill 5696, which requires insurance companies to cover physical, speech and occupational therapies for autism, if their policies cover these treatments for other conditions, and also House Bill 5590, which calls for a statewide plan to teach autistic children. In Virginia, parents are seeking to get House […]
This past Thursday in Virginia, a 24 year old autistic man was tazered by James City County police after he was to “become unruly with employees at Wilsons Leather at the Prime Outlets-Williamsburg shopping mall,” according to the Daily Press. It was only after the man was placed under arrest and charged with […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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