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Analysis: DOD reported 'flawed' data to Congress about autism therapy Watertown Daily Times (NY) Apr. 15—Autism therapy insurance coverage has long been a concern for American service providers and families, particularly military families with autistic children. This year is no different. The National Coalition for Access to Autism Services has launched an Autism Services for Kids campaign in response to three years of "flawed" and misleading Department of Defense data collection and reporting to Congress on Applied Behavior Analysis. ABA — considered an "evidence-based" best practice t...

Autism therapy insurance coverage has long been a concern for American service providers and families, particularly military families with autistic children. This year is no different. The National Coalition for Access to Autism Services has launched an Autism Services for Kids campaign in response to three years of “flawed” and misleading Department of Defense data collection and reporting to Congress on Applied Behavior Analysis. ABA — considered an “evidence-based” best practice treatment by the American Psychological Association — is one therapy option with v...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Today, April 2—Autism Awareness Day—let’s unfix our gaze from persons with the disorder. Instead, let’s look in the mirror, and reflect on the systems we have made to serve and surround them. How have we allowed autism to turn into a profit generator? In a flurry of legislative acts passed b...

Apr 7, 2021 Over 18.5 % respondents feel male and female students are not treated in a like manner when it comes to career opportunities during campus placements. However, while campus recruitment is pretty diverse in its hiring, the latter data on career progression and role models show an alarming drop. Over 27.5% respondents feel there are decreased career opportunities for women post pandemic Only 36% respondents foresee more women in leadership positions in the future exposing the clear gap in women in leadership roles across organizations. Over 87.5% respondents feel females are not dep...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Lorraine Becerra is an assistant teaching professor in the University of Missouri College of Education. view more  Credit: University of Missouri College of Education COLUMBIA, Mo. - While physical activity is important for everyone, research has shown people with developmental disabilities do not exercise as often as their typically developed peers. In an effort to close this disparity, a researcher at the University of Missouri recently created fitness picture books that help youth with autism exercise more frequently while offering low-income families a simple reso...