Re: Digest Number 1257

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le, Sky is 26 months old. Please forgive my ignorance, but

what is family resources? Is it through the county or a private

organization? Our insurance paid for most of the Ped. Neuro. visits

except the parts that were labeled behavior analysis or something

like that. It was basically the charges from the neuropsychologist

that's part of our Ped. Neuro.'s team. The insurance co. grouped

that with mental health & drug addictions so they only paid 50%. I

guess I shouldn't complain, but we were under the impression all of

it would be covered. Now we're forking out $200 for someone we

weren't even the least bit impressed with. The therapy Sky gets

right now is through E.I. & so far they haven't paid anything, but

it's on a sliding scale so we're only paying $90 a month for 6 hours

of therapy. I've been talking to our S.T. about private therapy for

Sky because we all love her so much. At this point she can't do

private therapy for Sky too because of her contract w/the county.

Once Sky is in the school program she can though. I'm not sure if

the insurance company will cover any of that so we may have to go

with someone else on our list or providers, but then again I don't

know how much they will pay out. I think they limit it to so many

visits per year. I have found a support group & plan on going next

week. My husband is going too & at the last meeting he & another

father were applauded for being there. I guess not a lot of fathers

go to things like that. Anyway sorry to ramble on. I'm feeling

better today, but still very frustrated with insurance & the cost of

therapies.

Wendie

> Wendie, I went threw that period also where your fine one minute

and crying

> the next. That's normal. Go with your heart on her therapies you

don't have

> to bombard her with them at first go with what you have set up ,

and then

> give it some time to see what happens. How old is your daughter

again? We

> don't do anyting , but pre-school , private speech and O.T. twice a

week. Of

> course she gets that in school also , but that's not nearly enough.

Have you

> tried family resources? If your insurance will not pay for doctor

visits are

> they paying for therapies? That's horrible! We had the same problem

with

> S.S.I and medicaid! Do what you can afford , and just research your

county

> for services have you contacted a support group? The best advice

always comes

> from others in your situation. I hope things get easier for you it

just takes

> time this is all new. It took me a year to even comprehend what

autism really

> is , and I still don't know that much. Every child is so different

you are in

> the right place though! Hang in there le

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