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2017 Autism Law Summit: "A gathering of doers"… Advocates and leaders from across the country attended sessions on an array of disability-related topics including health insurance, Medicaid, and transition to adulthood. Speakers included members of the Autism Speaks Advocacy Team; Dan Unumb, … law and policy throughout the past year. Attendees were further briefed on the legal and regulatory developments in health insurance; state and federal mental health parity law; Medicaid including EPSDT, IDEA, ADA, and other audience interests. … a state senator, and a state house member spoke on their collective experience expanding or fixing imperfect autism insurance mandates. Another panel featured lawyers, a state insurance regulator, and an activist autism parent discussing …
Special Needs Trusts… purposes Entertainment such as magazines, movies, classes and gym memberships Physical therapy not covered by insurance or benefits Supplemental Special Needs Trust A special needs trust helps plan for individualized care over your … is set up for the benefit of the child, but is not owned by the child. You then can set aside money, property – even life insurance benefits – to help prepare for current and future expenses. The assets in a SNT will likely not be enough to fund … Where Do I Get the Money to Fund the Special Needs Trust? Assets you already own (you may choose to leverage with life insurance). Life insurance can be the most cost effective way to leverage your assets. Your death benefit will be income and …
Adulting on the Spectrum: Charles Gies on autism and aging … as a mainframe computer software engineer, from 1969 until retiring in 2015. During that time he worked for Combined Insurance Company of America, First American Bank, and Computer Associates, later known as CA Technologies. He has one …
2022 Advocacy Highlights… the country took steps to improve the implementation of coverage for autism services under Medicaid and state-regulated insurance plans Kevin and Avonte’s Law reauthorized Autism Family Caregivers Act introduced in Congress Florida and New York … Department of Defense $6 million for Kevin and Avonte’s Law, which funds safety and wandering prevention programs Securing insurance coverage for autism therapies Autism Speaks works in states across the country to improve public and private health insurance coverage of medically necessary care for people with autism. Texas became the 50 th state to implement its …
Meet Malachi… “At first, Malachi did not have access to the services and support he needed. The biggest hurdle in the early years was insurance paying for occupational, physical and speech therapies because nothing was covered through insurance. The next hurdle was getting through to the public school district. To them, my son was just another child of …
Seeking Therapy: Options and considerations for autistic adults… ask them for referrals. Otherwise, a good place to start searching for someone who meets your key criteria is with your insurance company. You can call member services or use the website to find a list of in-network providers in your area. You … use Psychology Today’s Find a Therapist tool, where you can search by location and then refine the search based on issues, insurance, type of therapy, and cost per session, among others. While these search methods give you a starting point, they … consideration in choosing a virtual therapy route is that most therapists who see patients solely this way do not accept insurance. The upside is that their fee per session is typically less than therapists with in-person visits. Additionally, …
Social Security Basics - March 17, 2023 (ZOOM meeting)… to apply. Join our online event to get information for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance, Retirement, Survivorship and Disabled Adult Child (SSDI). Arm yourself with the futures planning you need! …
New regulation strengthens civil rights protections for people with disabilities… algorithms, predictive analytics, and other tools); health issuers that receive federal financial assistance and the health insurance marketplaces. Not only do the updated rules cover additional programs and services, but they also recognize the … of care concerns that influence autistic people’s health outcomes. By better protecting patients from discriminatory health insurance benefit designs made by insurers, the new rule also reinforces other federal laws, like the Mental Health Parity … based on gender identity and sexual orientation by all HHS-administered health programs and activities as well as health insurance issuers that receive federal financial assistance. This restores protections that exist in other federal …
Funding for Residential Support Services… Medicaid. Medicaid pays for a wide array of services for people with disabilities and provides government‐funded health insurance for children and adults with disabilities who have limited financial resources. Medicaid also provides government … scope of services that an adult with autism needs. These include: Family support dollars Private funding Private health insurance State‐only funding Local funding Grants and foundations Regardless of the funding mechanisms available, planning …
Meet Leah Paulette… nonverbal, and we had to fill out many questionnaires to try to get applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy approved by insurance. Even though we have the diagnosis, her neurologist still wants to perform the ADOS as soon as they are … for kids that meet the criteria for any disability defined by the Department of Education. We are currently waiting for insurance to approve ABA therapy. What thoughts ran through your mind when you heard the diagnosis for the first time? …