There is a treatment for autism that is called Advanced Behavioral Analysis, or ABA. It can be expensive, especially if your health insurance policy doesn’t cover it. Not all states require insurers to provide this type of coverage. This is leading some families to move out of the state they currently live in, and into a state that does require ABA coverage. Applied Behavior Analysis, (ABA), is a scientific approach for evaluating behavior. It provides scientific information that helps guide behavioral therapy approaches. ABA is used as a form of treatment for autism. It teaches social, motor, and verbal behaviors, … Continue reading →

Arkansas has become one of the growing number of states that has mandated that insurance companies must cover the costs of the treatments needed by children who have autism. This will be extremely helpful to parents who have children who require ABA therapy. Arkansas has joined Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin by creating a law that requires health insurance companies to cover the types of treatment that are needed by children who have an autism spectrum … Continue reading →

The California Senate has approved a bill that will require all health insurance companies to cover treatment for children who have an autism spectrum disorder, or other developmental disorders. The next step is to have the bill signed by Governor Jerry Brown. This will help many families be able to afford the treatment that their children need. Earlier this year, a similar bill passed the California House of Representatives. This week, the bill has been passed by the California Senate. The last thing it needs before it can become a law is for the Governor, Jerry Brown, to sign it. … Continue reading →

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee has signed a law that will require health insurance companies in this state to provide coverage of the kinds of therapies that help children who have autism. This makes Rhode Island the twenty-seventh state to make this type of law. There was a bill called Senate Bill 107 that Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee has now signed into law. This new law requires health insurance companies to provide coverage for certain kinds of autism therapies. Specifically, this law makes insurers cover the costs of applied behavior analysis (ABA). The law also requires coverage of speech … Continue reading →

Some of the biggest health insurance companies in California have agreed to cover the cost of behavioral therapy for children who have autism spectrum disorders. This news comes after pressure was applied on the insurers by regulators. This could help some parents in California to afford the therapy their children need. However, there seems to be some loopholes. One of the most commonly prescribed forms of autism therapy is called applied behavioral analysis. In short, what this therapy does is train children who have autism to do some basic things that children who do not have autism would automatically start … Continue reading →