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Category Archives: Therapies and Health Care
ASAN Letter on NDAA Amendment
ASAN has sent the following letter to members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees regarding an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that addresses coverage of of behavioral treatments for developmentally disabled beneficiaries of military healthcare. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) would like to...
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Tagged behavioral treatment, Congress, healthcare, military families
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ASAN Comments on CA Autism Insurance Regulation
As part of a letter addressing the California Department of Managed Health Care, Autistic Self Advocacy Network president Ari Ne’eman offered the following comments on behalf of ASAN regarding California’s proposed changes to regulations that address insurance coverage of autism-related services: I write on behalf of the Autistic Self...
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Autistic man denied heart transplant
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Joint ASAN-Autism Society Statement on DSM-5
One of the key principles of the medical profession has always been, "First, do no harm." As such, it is essential that the DSM-5's criteria ensure that those who have or would have qualified for a diagnosis under the DSM-IV maintain access to an ASD diagnosis....
Joint Letter Opposing Repeal of Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements
Medicaid Cuts Opposed: ASAN and other groups in the National Disability Leadership Alliance have submitted a joint letter to Congress urging rejection of proposals to repeal the Medicaid Maintenance of Effort requirements....
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Joint Letter on Cross-Disability Representation in Designating Medically Underserved Populations
People with Disabilities Are Medically Underserved: We need to assure adequate numbers of primary care providers are trained to treat the population of people with disabilities; people with disabilities from across the disability community have access to adequate primary care; and funding is available for research and programs to...
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Improving Health Care
ASAN’s Paula C. Durbin-Westby was quoted in a HealthLeaders article on providing better health care services to the Autistic population by means of care coordination programs. Medical providers need to consider all possible causes for the reason why a person is seeking their services, rather than simply assuming that it must...
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The Perils of Normalization
An essay by Gwen McKay. Autistic individuals may, for example, rock back and forth when they are anxious or flap their hands when they are happy and excited. Behavioral programs often focus on suppressing these autistic traits because they are socially stigmatized, without considering whether they serve any useful...
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