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Comment on Blue Cross Blue Shield Ends Coverage for Medically Necessary Treatment for Autism! by Mary

Mary — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 04:38:37 +0000

My son was born in Minnesota. He was a month early and took on the characteristics of a preemie. No doctor, pediatrician, or health professional noticed anything. Later on before the age of three, I notice and the caregiver notice something different. By this time we moved to Indiana, and 4 (so he could not qualify for early intervention services). I have group insurance that is considered out of state. But what gets me is that I dont fall in the Pennslyvania mandate for Autism becuase my insurance doesnt acknowledge it, Indiana (where I work) or Pennslyvania ( where my insurance is at). I have Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Comment on Guardianship by UK Court: Ban on Sex For Autistic Woman With Intellectual Disabilities | Care2 Causes

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:26:09 +0000

[...] a legal adult and, due to the extent of his cognitive disabilities, we have begun to take steps to declare guardianship of him when he turns 18; as part of this, we will have to have him declared mentally incompetent [...]

Comment on Staff by Online Petition for Autistic Boy Put in Bag Exceeds 180K Signatures | AutismPDA.com

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:10:24 +0000

[...] Amy Dawson, the Founder of the Autism Advocacy Law Center, LLC, spoke with us and said that the use of seclusion or restraint could have a very harmful and negative impact on any child, but especially one with disabilities. [...]

Comment on Staff by Online Petition for Autistic Boy Put in Bag Exceeds 180K Signatures | WebProNews

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:35:27 +0000

[...] Amy Dawson, the Founder of the Autism Advocacy & Law Center, LLC, spoke with us and said that the use of seclusion or restraint could have a very harmful and negative impact on any child, but especially one with disabilities. [...]

Comment on About by Video - News of Autistic Boy Allegedly Put in Bag Sparks Controversy Online

Video - News of Autistic Boy Allegedly Put in Bag Sparks Controversy Online — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:23:08 +0000

[...] Amy Dawson, the Founder of the Autism Advocacy & Law Center LLC, told us that seclusion or restraint could be harmful to any child but especially those with disabilities since he or she may not be able to fully understand what is happening. [...]

Comment on Insurance Coverage by Insurance May Pay for Autism Services | Making Special Education Actually Work

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:52:31 +0000

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Comment on What do you think? Should health insurance cover autism? by Heather Hicks

Heather Hicks — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:33:40 +0000

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.

Comment on Blue Cross Blue Shield Ends Coverage for Medically Necessary Treatment for Autism! by Heather w.

Heather w. — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:50:17 +0000

I don’t have insurance for myself and my son has MA (teffra)., that covers these same services. Knowing how well IEIBT is working for him, it just breaks my heart to see these insurance companies take the money, but deny coverage. THis is the therapy that was recommended by his doctors. Shouldn’t that count for something? What has changed for them to decided to deny coverage of these services all of a sudden after years of covering it? We need to fight back. Many employers in Minnesota have BCBS for health insurance. I’m in the process of finding a new job with insurance, and was counting on having these services still provided!

Comment on How to Pay for What Your Child Needs by Dee

Dee — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:12:48 +0000

I just lost my PCA hours, my TEFRA parental fee was $647/mo which I canceled and my company’s insurance doesn’t cover autism services. How can I get any of the information that was presented on Sept 28? I will be watching Part Two.

Thank you,

Comment on How to Pay for What Your Child Needs by amy

amy — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:36:13 +0000

Scott – our legal services are limited to Minnesota at this time, but the content of the first part of the Webinar series does include information about private insurance appeals and medicaid appeals. Folks from outside of Minnesota may benefit from participating in the first 20-30 minutes of the first part of the series and are more than welcome to participate.

Thanks!