Advances in Autism Awareness With autism diagnoses on the rise, employers are expanding benefit offerings to help to families struggling with the disorder.
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According to the Washington, D.C.-based National Business Group on Health's Large Employers' 2016 Health Plan Design Survey, more than three-quarters of the 140 U.S. companies surveyed cover one or more types of ASD treatments. Most commonly covered is speech therapy (78 percent), followed by physical therapy (75 percent), occupational therapy (74 percent), medication management (53 percent), and applied behavioral analysis-based approaches (36 percent). Just 12 percent said their plans don't cover any ASD treatments, while four percent only cover diagnostic services.
This is all about coverage for the employees children not employees
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DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.
“My autism is not a superpower. It also isn’t some kind of god-forsaken, endless fountain of suffering inflicted on my family. It’s just part of who I am as a person”. - Sara Luterman
20 Oct 2016, 12:39 am
