Comments on: Affordable Autism Treatment for Children

By: Andrea Wordsworth

Andrea Wordsworth — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:50:56 +0000

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online math homework help — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:39:02 +0000

how do we stop other kids from teasing . I am asking this question because my child is autistic

By: realitycheckplease

realitycheckplease — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:03:35 +0000

Please see You Tube video titled: “Severely Autistic Boy Beaten by Big Government”
It’s an eye opener. Mom takes you inside the crazy system serving autistic children/teen/adults/ and exposes some of the apathetic people we have working in our agencies. Amazing. Shocking. Sad. We need big change with less government right now.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:56:40 +0000

I feel that insurance needs to do their part as the rest of us do our part in teaching these kids and working with them so they can become productive adults with the capabilities of living on their own in our communities. Write Assignment

By: fran

fran — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:41:42 +0000

More excellent ideas from Senator Gillibrand. Your multi-faceted initiatives in the area of health care alone are admirable. Families are struggling with the weight of medical care–especially for difficult problems like autism–and any support will be greatly appreciated. Keep up the good work!

By: rrlieberma

rrlieberma — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:48:02 +0000

How fortunate that New York has a thoughtful Senator who has taken such an interest in serious issue such as autism as part of her concern for healthy children and healthy families.

By: Sharon Carnes

Sharon Carnes — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:35:29 +0000

I am a single mother of two AI boys and a thrid that is n the AI border. I recently called my sons insurance carrier and asked about assistance in getting his medications changed. I was told that they would not help because of his AI diagnosis. It definitely is discrimination. I feel that insurance needs to do their part as the rest of us do our part in teaching these kids and working with them so they can become productive adults with the capeabilities of living on their own in our communities. For those that might not make it on their own insurance also needs to cover adult services, too. Much more research needs to be completed to find out the connections that haven’t been found yet. With having three on the spectrum I am wondering if there is a genetic reason behind it all. I myself have many AI charachteristics and I have recently found out my nephew has also been diagnosed AI. There is too much here for it to be coincidence. The other issue I see is that there needs to be a consistence between school and medical AI diagnosis to get the individuals treatment they so desperately need that the schools are denying based mainly on their lack of criteria and money issues. Support insurance to support the schools and we will be much better off.

By: Kristi Warrington

Kristi Warrington — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:07:22 +0000

6/22/09 was the day I was told my son has ASD (Asperger’s Syndrome). My son’s school said that he will be starting PT, OT and speech help next year. I wanted to help my son now, so I called my insurance company. I was so naive. I thought I would get some help. To my surprise, I was told there is no additional help once my child is labeled Autistic. No help! They could not send me any information of any kind. I was told “sorry and good luck with your son”. If I was severally hurt, I would be sent to physical therapy. But, my son can not get physical therapy because he is Autistic. This sounds like discrimination to me. Do these insurance companies think our children are not worth it? My son’s IQ is probably higher than these people who are making important decisions in part of our insurance benefits. With proper assistance who knows what my son can become. He maybe the person who finds a cure for Cancer or an inventor who come up with something that can improve our lives, yet our insurance company can not do the same for him. I had no idea that this was going on. We need help to make others aware. Until the insurance companies change, we will fight. I, like so many other parents of Autistic children, will do what I can to make sure that my child gets the help he needs.

By: Cheryle Daub

Cheryle Daub — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:03:44 +0000

Isn’t it interesting that insurance companies dictate our lives? First, we have to have insurance to have a driver’s license; even if you don’t own a car and when you drive somebody else’s car, as long as you are an authorized driver, you are covered? Then you have to have unemployment insurance, but you have to fight to collect. Then you have to have house insurance but you have to fight them to collect. Medical insurance has a life all its own. Rarely covers what you need it to cover. I needed to lose 50 lbs. My insurance would cover stomach stapling and gatro-bypass, but it would not cover my physician’s weight loss clinic which promotes a proper eating and exercise habits. And, forget about “orphan” drugs.

By: Carrie Ladd

Carrie Ladd — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:02:12 +0000

I am a parent with a child who has ASD. The problem that we are having is that the school has a different criteria for diagnosing Autism then the medical filed thus there is a big gap of children with Autism who can not get support in the school system. Not only do we need all families who have a child with ASD to get medical coverage, but we need to overhaul the criteria for the school to recognize the “medical” diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

This is a epidemic and in the time it took me to complete this form another family has just learned that their child has Autism.