Insurance Support Groups for ASD

I got an interesting piece of mail the other day, which told me about the new ASD Insurance Support Groups.

ASD is Autism Spectum Disorder, and often kids on the spectrum require all sorts of therapies, which can get expensive. There's an alphabet soup of therapies, really: OT -- Occupational Therapy (hugely helpful for my son, who was sensory-seeking; when he gets enough OT he stops dive-tackling me, his sister, his classmates, his aide...); ST -- Speech Therapy; PT -- Physical Therapy; and ABA -- Applied Behavior Analysis.

Apparently our insurance providers are required by law to cover and pay for the therapies in California.

The groups mentioned in the letter include the California ASD Insurance Group, which can be subscribed to by sending an email to ASDInsuranceHelp-subscribe@yahoogroups.com; and Kaiser Spectrum Kids, which can be subscribed to by sending an email to kaiserspectrumkids-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

This can be huge for many, many families who struggle to get their child services within schools or other systems.