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Autism Advocacy and Law Center, LLC
- New Address!
- 212 2nd St. SE, Suite 220
- Minneapolis, MN 55414
- Telephone: 612.200.9920
About Amy
Amy Dawson is the parent of twins, one of whom has autism and special health care needs. She began practicing law in 1992 at the firm of Faegre & Benson, L.L.P. in Minneapolis. She also worked at the PACER Center and is a member of the Board of the Arc Greater Twin Cities. Amy’s law practice focuses on issues related to autism, disabilities, insurance and estate planning.Inspiration
Bob Gunderson inspired me to devote my practice to individuals who have disabilities, their families, and the organizations that serve them. Bob Gunderson was my mentor, friend and colleague and I miss him very much. Bob Gunderson served the disability community as an attorney, as a brother, and as a dedicated volunteer who spent many hours in service to organizations such as Opportunity Partners, Fraser, PACER, and the Arc of Minnesota and Arc Greater Twin Cities.In honor of Bob Gunderson, the Autism Advocacy and Law Center will donate 5% of all fees for supplemental needs trusts and special needs trusts to non-profits dedicated to enriching the lives of individuals who have disabilities. Bob Gunderson died in July of 2009 after a brief and heroic battle with cancer.
Insurance companies need to realize that either way they will have to pay for autism related medical care no matter what. Whether it be for the child or the stressed out parent. What is truely disturbing about our healthcare system is that if I smoke, drink, and weigh 300 pounds which might I add is all self induced, I would have coverage to pay for my lung cancer, liver transplant, and my Bariatric bypass surgery. My 2 children were not given the option to have autism! Even with the help of insurance my family pays out 25% of our income to autism related medical bills. Does the insurance companies have the right to monitor progress, yes! ABA truely works if the parent is very involved and runs the programs in the home while therapists are not with the child. I believe that the insurance companies have not been seeing the results that were initially released due to parents not ensuring the program is in effect at all times of the day. When ABA therapists did not show up I ran my sons programs and when they were gone my husband and I followed the rules of ABA. We have 4 kids and 2 have autism. So parents if you don’t want to loose that coverage make sure you are very active in the involvement of your child’s treatment. They can’t argue effective treatment if we show them the same results that Lovaas provided years ago.