Christine Jordan SextonApril 8, 2022
9min0
Florida wants to limit where children with autism can receive Medicaid covered therapy.
Tag: autism
Christine Jordan SextonApril 8, 2022
Tristan WoodMarch 15, 2022
5min0
The two-year residency program will help adults with autism develop employment and independent living skills.
Christine Jordan SextonNovember 5, 2021
4min1299
An insurance advisory panel on Thursday agreed to forward eight proposals it would like to see lawmakers tackle in the 2022 Legislative Session including a mandate for health insurance carriers and HMOs to provide customers with a copy of their medical records upon request. Chaired by Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier, the Florida Health Insurance […]
Christine Jordan SextonApril 22, 2019
4min269
The state is taking heat for trying to cut costs.
Guest AuthorNovember 20, 2018
6min282
A chickenpox outbreak in North Carolina highlights the need for parents of young children to take a close look at vaccine science. The outbreak also presents an opportunity for the public to try understanding why a parent like me, who has an adult child with autism, would ever question whether a link existed between vaccines […]
Ryan NicolMay 15, 2018
4min277
Florida regulators have barred enrollment of new autism therapists after an investigation uncovered widespread Medicaid fraud by some current providers. The focus of the investigation was a therapy called behavioral analysis, which aims to help the development of children with autism. Among other violations, a report by the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration showed […]
Scott PowersFebruary 21, 2018
7min606
Orlando lawyer John Morgan, who earned national leadership credibility as a proponent for marijuana while leading the approval of medical marijuana in Florida and nearly ran for governor, has blasted childhood vaccines and mood stabilizing medications for creating “monsters,” and linked the prospect to the Parkland shooter. Morgan sent out a flurry of tweets on […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 18, 2018
1min272
More money could be coming to the Jacksonville School for Autism, if legislation carried in the Senate by Aaron Bean and the House by Jason Fischer passes. The legislators seek $250,000 for the school’s Strategies and Techniques for Effective Practice (STEP) Program. “Jacksonville School for Autism has impacted numerous lives since its founding and has provided its students […]
Associated PressMay 5, 2017
1min167
Florida police officers may soon be required to undergo training to better deal with autistic individuals under a bill that has passed the state Legislature. The measure was sent to Gov. Rick Scott on Friday. It comes after a North Miami shooting that left an unarmed black therapist shot and injured while he tried to […]
Guest AuthorMay 2, 2017
8min433
You may have heard about a man having a grand mal seizure on the Florida Senate floor two weeks ago. That was me. I am a die-hard conservative activist. I support Floridians’ now-constitutional right to access medical marijuana. And I’m a patient. I was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 13 and like most went through […]