Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 In a message dated 9/2/2003 10:14:35 AM Eastern Standard Time, rybabysmom@... writes: > I found a social skills class w/ an immediate opening. Again my > insurance will not pay and we will NOT discuss my out of pocket > expenses. I also found a speech class through a college for > that is reasonable in price, but there is a long wait list. So please > wish us luck all-round. We could obviously use some! > Alll sounds great its too bad our wonderful country does not provide us > with some sort of help so these expenses can be at least assisted. I for one > have removed my son from all of the outside help unless insurance covers it, > as it was costing us a fortune. I have tried to obtain assistance but as > usual we either make too much money or have too much money just not enough to pay > for weekly therapy so koodos to you a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 > PLEASE tell me this is NOT a bad omen! Hunter's bus was a no show. By > the time I got us ready and to school he was late. Transportation > took their phones off the hook and purposely do not have a public > email addy listed anywhere. lol. I have yet to hear ANYTHING about > 's bus schedule or who his teacher will be. Does anyone really > expect me to wait outside for an unknown bus that might be coming > around 11 to take my mostly nonverbal 3 yro to school to a teacher > whom I don't even know her name??? Yeah...that'll happen about the > same time that you know whee freezes over. Argh! > On a side note I hired an advocate for Hunter. Let's NOT talk price. > I found a social skills class w/ an immediate opening. Again my > insurance will not pay and we will NOT discuss my out of pocket > expenses. I also found a speech class through a college for > that is reasonable in price, but there is a long wait list. So please > wish us luck all-round. We could obviously use some! > > Thanks, a a, Good luck on the school bus issue. I have found here that it is nearly impossible to contact bus people. Last year I ended up sending an email to the superintendent about a bus problem. That actually was quite effective. Good luck again, and I hope everything else goes well. in Massachusetts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 a What Happened to the " No Child Left Behind Act " ????? What a great way to start off the year. I don't know about everybody else, but sometimes I could swear they sit around and plan this crap. If they make even the simplest things difficult - how are they supposed to work out a " real " problem?? Maybe they think we'll be so grateful they got it right, that we won't complain too much. Good Luck Dawn PLEASE tell me this is NOT a bad omen! Hunter's bus was a no show. By the time I got us ready and to school he was late. Transportation took their phones off the hook and purposely do not have a public email addy listed anywhere. lol. I have yet to hear ANYTHING about 's bus schedule or who his teacher will be. Does anyone really expect me to wait outside for an unknown bus that might be coming around 11 to take my mostly nonverbal 3 yro to school to a teacher whom I don't even know her name??? Yeah...that'll happen about the same time that you know whee freezes over. Argh! On a side note I hired an advocate for Hunter. Let's NOT talk price. I found a social skills class w/ an immediate opening. Again my insurance will not pay and we will NOT discuss my out of pocket expenses. I also found a speech class through a college for that is reasonable in price, but there is a long wait list. So please wish us luck all-round. We could obviously use some! Thanks, a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 <<<<<,PLEASE tell me this is NOT a bad omen! > oh, no! lets hope indeed it is not !!!!! argh...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 , We were paying hundreds every month for before he qualified for preschool. It was a hard year financially, but I thought it was in the past. I figured school would cover these things. I fought all year last year for my oldest son and did not even win basic accomodations. I fought insurance too. They now say they will not cover any speech, OT, PT, or social skills. It came down to either paying or my kids not getting these services. Like you, we make too much yet not enough. We made some pretty big sacrifices to make this all happen. It's a real shame that there's not more help. And sadly I picked the most needed therapies. My boys both need some good OT, but there's simply no more funds or time in the day. Maybe my advocate will get the school willing to do more. I hope so as I don't know how long we can pay for these things. I will say it's money well spent IF it helps though. Thanks, a > > Alll sounds great its too bad our wonderful country does not provide us > > with some sort of help so these expenses can be at least assisted. I for one > > have removed my son from all of the outside help unless insurance covers it, > > as it was costing us a fortune. I have tried to obtain assistance but as > > usual we either make too much money or have too much money just not enough to pay > > for weekly therapy so koodos to you a. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 a, Do either you or your dh have a flexible spending plan at work? This is a plan where you can have money withheld in a special account BEFORE TAXES. You use this money to pay for any health care related expenses not covered by insurance. The only catch is it's better to underestimate how much money you'll need rather than overestimate, because if you don't spend it all, you lose it. It's a great bargain, though. Liz, who always spends hers in the first six months rybabysmom wrote: > PLEASE tell me this is NOT a bad omen! Hunter's bus was a no show. By > the time I got us ready and to school he was late. Transportation > took their phones off the hook and purposely do not have a public > email addy listed anywhere. lol. I have yet to hear ANYTHING about > 's bus schedule or who his teacher will be. Does anyone really > expect me to wait outside for an unknown bus that might be coming > around 11 to take my mostly nonverbal 3 yro to school to a teacher > whom I don't even know her name??? Yeah...that'll happen about the > same time that you know whee freezes over. Argh! > On a side note I hired an advocate for Hunter. Let's NOT talk price. > I found a social skills class w/ an immediate opening. Again my > insurance will not pay and we will NOT discuss my out of pocket > expenses. I also found a speech class through a college for > that is reasonable in price, but there is a long wait list. So please > wish us luck all-round. We could obviously use some! > > Thanks, a > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Thanks. And I may very well follow your lead. Noone at the school could tell me anything about the bus. They did swear he'd be on one this afternoon though. a > Good luck on the school bus issue. I have found here that it is nearly impossible to contact bus people. Last year I ended up sending an email to the superintendent about a bus problem. That actually was quite effective. Good luck again, and I hope everything else goes well. > in Massachusetts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Actually my dh does have this. We missed the cutoff that first year we were paying so much for . However now that we are starting all these therapies again we can put one in place. We have to wait til Oct though. There's only one time a yr you can do it at. Do ALL therapies count? What about swimming? I'm using it as therapy, but some might not see it that way. Thanks for the reminder, a > / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 I hope you get the bus situation worked out. I'm sure you will be waiting at the door with super anxiety waiting to see if your little one comes off the bus this afternoon. I hope he does and all is well. Barb rybabysmom <rybabysmom@...> wrote: PLEASE tell me this is NOT a bad omen! Hunter's bus was a no show. By the time I got us ready and to school he was late. Transportation took their phones off the hook and purposely do not have a public email addy listed anywhere. lol. I have yet to hear ANYTHING about 's bus schedule or who his teacher will be. Does anyone really expect me to wait outside for an unknown bus that might be coming around 11 to take my mostly nonverbal 3 yro to school to a teacher whom I don't even know her name??? Yeah...that'll happen about the same time that you know whee freezes over. Argh! On a side note I hired an advocate for Hunter. Let's NOT talk price. I found a social skills class w/ an immediate opening. Again my insurance will not pay and we will NOT discuss my out of pocket expenses. I also found a speech class through a college for that is reasonable in price, but there is a long wait list. So please wish us luck all-round. We could obviously use some! Thanks, a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Swimming probably wouldn't count, unless the program is run by an occupational or physical therapist. But you should check with your accountant. But speech therapy and occupational therapy, etc would be covered. Liz rybabysmom wrote: > Actually my dh does have this. We missed the cutoff that first year > we were paying so much for . However now that we are starting all > these therapies again we can put one in place. We have to wait til > Oct though. There's only one time a yr you can do it at. Do ALL > therapies count? What about swimming? I'm using it as therapy, but > some might not see it that way. Thanks for the reminder, a > > > > > / > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Do ALL > therapies count? What about swimming? I'm using it as therapy, but > some might not see it that way. Sometimes our regional centers will pay for this in California. (Your state might have different terminology for the government entity that is supposed to deal with developmental delays, mental retardation and possibly other problems.) Actually, here they would pay for it if pitched as recreation, but not as therapy. P.S. Parents recently won a lawsuit against Aetna insurance in Illinois. The judge ruled that autism therapies had been arbitrarily rejected for payment. Maybe there is hope for better insurance payment in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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