Blog Archive 2014

If your child or children are: insured through a large employer that is self-insured (i.e. coverage through private (for-profit or nonprofit) employer including cities or counties), and they have been denied medically necessary neurodevelopmental therapies (i.e. Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy) or behavioral therapy (i.e. Applied Behavior Analysis) WAAA would like to hear from you at your […]

Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy (WAAA) is teaming up with Skymania to bring Tumble to Autism to children who don’t ordinarily have access to community based, inclusive exercise & recreation programs.  Trained staff and volunteers will be there to assist the children enjoy healthy exercise, many for the first time ever. This 30,000 square foot facility […]

WASHINGTON, DC, May 22, 2014 — The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a new Defense budget which includes a requirement that TRICARE dramatically improve access to applied behavior analysis (ABA) for all military children with developmental disabilities. Action moves next to the Senate. The TRICARE amendment to the National Defense Appropriations Act for FY […]

Mandating insurance coverage for early therapies for children with autism is in the state’s interest, but the state insurance commissioner wrongly has left enforcement to private attorneys. ONE out of every 68 children under the age of 8 in the U.S. — and one out of 42 boys — are on the autism spectrum, the […]