Posts Tagged ‘Autism Spectrum Disorders’

Did you know that 1 in 110 American kids fall on the autism spectrum? Did you know that autism is more prevalent in boys than girls? Autism affects 1 in every 70 boys. Each person with autism is different. There are no two that are the same.

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I was going through my email and I was quite surprised what I found. Federal Law is now mandating insurance companies to cover the cost for Autism Diagnosis. For families with Autism that a step forward.  However, don’t assume that insurance company is covered but most will be. Hmmm I didn’t like that part of the article. The state of Wisconsin mandated insurance companies to cover autism. However like with everything there are loop holes for them to get around. If a company is under so many employees they don’t have to cover autism. Which really kind of irratates me as if it is mandated they should have no choice but to cover it.

I was told one minute by MY insurance company it was covered and the next thing I know I got a letter stating it was not medically necessary and they would not cover. Not medically necessary. Who are they to dictate that my sons Autism therapy is not necessarily. I think the insurance clowns need to learn a thing or two about autism.

So I am getting off the topic a little bit here. U.S. laws are now requiring many health care plans to cover the costs of autism screening. One out of ever 110 kids have autism. Getting diagnosed in the early stages is very crucial in treating children with autism spectrum disorders. Now new parents should know that the new federal health reforms require many insurance companies autism spectrum and developmental screenings for infants.
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Once again I was browsing the web tonight looking at the news on autism and I stumbled up on article that talked about Gluten Free and Casein Diets. The article says the current research says that this does not improve autism. Well I am sitting her scratching my head as if they don’t know what causes it how the heck do they know if it improves it or not. Another point was that these diets could cause nutritional deficiencies in kids. Now I don’t do any special diets with Dakota as I have thought about it. I suppose that is where the DAN doctor topic comes in. Maybe not… Anyways for anyone that does follow this diet with their child does it just seem to help with behaviors or is there more that I am missing. I know I have heard people say this diet has been very good. I just would like to hear what others thoughts are on this. If they have experience with this… what has improved?  Read more...