Re: back from the hearing/video therapy crap

[Guest guest]

Well said,you are 100% right that we cannot accept this video therapy

crap in any way shape or form.

You do not even need a degree of any kind to do ABA just some

training and support.

Some of my best ABA workers had little or no secondary education just

a desire to help kids.

They do not to have a background check but apart from that they just

need a little training and a chance to get some experience.

F

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> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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> PLEASE...do not start with the " valid substitute in rural areas " .

If

> that is where you start, that is what you will get.

>

> For God's sakes people, we live in the United States of America,

not

> Pakistan. If we can get $400,000 chemotherapeutic agents (with 3%

> response rates) to anyone, anywhere in this country, we can get ABA

> anywhere. I am SICK TO DEATH of people saying we can't provide ABA

> nationwide--we CAN. It is NOT too expensive; it is too expensive

not

> to do it. Look at the $12M/$17M adult costs to see what you get if

> you DON'T get this illness treated. We spend 2 trillion dollars a

> year in this country on healthcare--2 trillion. OK, got that?

Just

> to use one example, we spend $10 billion per year on only one drug-

> EPO, that is not even used in the UK for the most common

indications

> it's used for here. We spend zillions of dollars on end of life

care

> for terminally ill people. Go price out a stay in an intensive

care

> unit for an elderly person with a hip fracture--you can fritter

> through half a million bucks for a single incident in no time at

> all. I am not saying we shouldn't do this; I AM saying that THEY

ARE

> NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY KID. I am so sick of hearing we cannot

> afford ABA. ABA is better studied and more efficacious than most

> drugs. We CAN afford it, and should never accept this video-

crapola

> alternative.

>

> OK, need to calm down now...

>

> Jenna

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[Guest guest]

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> > They do need to have a background check but apart from that they

just

> need a little training and a chance to get some experience.

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[Guest guest]

Submit your opinion on this to Senator Harkin and the Health

Subcommittee of appropriations. Saying it here won't stop them from

seriously considering telehealth.

On Apr 17, 2007, at 11:48 PM, wrote:

Well said,you are 100% right that we cannot accept this video therapy

crap in any way shape or form.

You do not even need a degree of any kind to do ABA just some

training and support.

Some of my best ABA workers had little or no secondary education just

a desire to help kids.

They do not to have a background check but apart from that they just

need a little training and a chance to get some experience.

F

>

>

> NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>

> PLEASE...do not start with the " valid substitute in rural areas " .

If

> that is where you start, that is what you will get.

>

> For God's sakes people, we live in the United States of America,

not

> Pakistan. If we can get $400,000 chemotherapeutic agents (with 3%

> response rates) to anyone, anywhere in this country, we can get ABA

> anywhere. I am SICK TO DEATH of people saying we can't provide ABA

> nationwide--we CAN. It is NOT too expensive; it is too expensive

not

> to do it. Look at the $12M/$17M adult costs to see what you get if

> you DON'T get this illness treated. We spend 2 trillion dollars a

> year in this country on healthcare--2 trillion. OK, got that?

Just

> to use one example, we spend $10 billion per year on only one drug-

> EPO, that is not even used in the UK for the most common

indications

> it's used for here. We spend zillions of dollars on end of life

care

> for terminally ill people. Go price out a stay in an intensive

care

> unit for an elderly person with a hip fracture--you can fritter

> through half a million bucks for a single incident in no time at

> all. I am not saying we shouldn't do this; I AM saying that THEY

ARE

> NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN MY KID. I am so sick of hearing we cannot

> afford ABA. ABA is better studied and more efficacious than most

> drugs. We CAN afford it, and should never accept this video-

crapola

> alternative.

>

> OK, need to calm down now...

>

> Jenna

>

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>

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