Church Inclusion Increases for Autism Families

Posted by on Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

Many autism families would like to be able to attend church, but have given up on that possibility due to the obvious stress and strain of their child having to sit still for an hour (or more) or properly behave in a children’s ministry. Missing not only the worship aspect, but the support of a [...]

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When it Comes to Autism, All States are Not Created Equal

Posted by on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Despite the recent proposals by various states to pass or introduce autism insurance reform, the reality is that most states in the country are still extremely deficient when it comes to providing autism-related funding and services. The lawmakers have realized the error of their ways and are now grandstanding before the media (and everybody else) [...]

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Finding the Best States for Autism Services

Posted by on Sunday, January 30th, 2011

Thanks in large part to the Autism Votes initiative, there has been a near domino-effect of states pushing for autism insurance reform. Missouri, California, Oregon and Virginia are the most recent states that have made headlines in the past few weeks related to this issue. In light of the current legislative efforts to have autism-related [...]

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New Law in Missouri Provides Autism Insurance to Families

Posted by on Saturday, January 1st, 2011

Several years ago, Autism Key published a rather subjective list of states we thought, at the time, provided the best autism resources, support, and services.  Missouri was one of the states that made our list and soon after it was published, we received plenty of negative feedback from residents of the state contesting our choice, [...]

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