Blog Archive 2013

Many of us parents  are told if our child isn’t speaking by age 4 or 5, he or she isn’t likely to ever develop fluent speech.  With effective communication being such a major predictor to successful outcomes as adults, this golden "window of opportunity" creates such anxiety for parents of young children.  We live in […]

Let's Go Dutch - By JC Mitchell - originally published on Demergent.org So being a parent of a child with special needs is hard to explain to a parent with a child that is typical (that is physically, neurologically, mentally, typical).   I will be the first to admit at times I have no idea how you deal […]

Trish Thrush has two wonderful children with many spectacular gifts as well as unique challenges. Her daughter Lina is eight and has high function Autism and ADHD. Her son Devin is two,  undergoing screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD and has sensory difficulties. Faced with a shortage of expertise in autism screening and diagnosis “Lina […]

Washington State's and Federal Mental Health Parity Acts (MHP) promised to end the false and biased distinction between physical and mental health which had long infected insurance policies.  Medical Necessity is an important measure of the Act. Health plans that are regulated by the Parity Act are prohibited from using a special medical necessity criteria […]