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Things people say when they find out my daughter has autism… issues, learning from parents of autistic children and autistic individuals, traveling the country to learn about autism insurance reform, securing meaningful autism benefits from my employer or traveling to Washington DC to speak directly to my …
U.S. House Passes Historic Investment in Home and Community-Based Services… $500 million for supportive housing for people with disabilities Permanent authorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) The Build Back Better Act now moves to the Senate for its consideration. Autism Speaks will …
An autistic self-advocate shares his COVID-19 vaccine experience… but I became an autism advocate in my late 20s when I lived in my home state of Georgia. There, I helped pass the autism insurance reform law known as Ava’s law. Now, I work in the medical field doing medical coding. What has the pandemic been …
Watch this dad have a conversation with his nonverbal son with autism… in-house, ABA therapy sessions. I was just finishing graduate school when all of this happened and with my wife having the insurance already set, we decided that I would stay home with the kids. I put my research skills to work and began reading. …
Autism Speaks partners with The Color of Autism Foundation to support caregivers of autistic children in Detroit … families. Many people struggle to access the knowledge, services and care that they need. Even though there’s mandated insurance coverage for autism services and therapies like applied behavior analysis (ABA) in the state of Michigan, …
Research reveals racial and ethnic disparities in benefits eligibility and spending among autistic adults… Islander adults received the least spending compared to white adults. These results reveal that while public health insurance options like Medicare and Medicaid aim to reduce inequities in healthcare access due to disability, income or old …
10 Things to know about the ABLE Act… account? An eligible individual is someone who becomes disabled before age 26 and (1) receives Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or SSI; or (2) files a disability certification under rules that the IRS will write. What are the …
Celebrating 15 years of progress, Autism Speaks unveils reimagined visual identity and effort to make 2020 its “Year of Kindness”… funds allocated to the study of autism and those it impacts, and we’ve seen every state recognize the need to provide insurance benefits for people with autism,” said Autism Speaks President and CEO Angela Geiger. “With 15 years of momentum …
State regulated health benefit plans… by passing a bill. But it may also be changed by administrative action (e.g., governor’s executive order, Department of Insurance bulletin) or litigation. State employee health benefit (SEHB) plans may be fully insured but are usually … limit this coverage with age, dollar or hour caps resulting in disparities in coverage between states. Some state autism insurance laws exempt or “carve out” one or more plan types from coverage requirements. For example, some state …
Transition from school-based services to HCBS Waiver adult services… such as my crash pad and for my iPad as a communication device. I also get in-home ABA therapy hours through my health insurance. This is because my insurance is willing to cover it, and Medicaid waivers are considered the payer of last resort. My needs will be reviewed … age 22. She now lives with a roommate, receiving supports through a Medicaid waiver and therapy through private health insurance. She works as a paraprofessional specializing in communication devices at a school for students with autism. She …