Why ABA Therapy Remains Elusive for Some Families
January 10, 2018
By: Julie Chang
Source: Disability Scoop
AUSTIN, Texas — Thousands of Texas children with autism who are covered by Medicaid are denied access to what is considered the most effective treatment for autism, even as children in most other states have access to the treatment through Medicaid.
Texas saves an unknown amount of money by keeping applied behavior analysis therapy, an expensive but the most evidence-based treatment for autism, out of reach of children from poor families.
“We talk to hundreds of families every year and a large majority of them need access to ABA therapy,” said Suzanne Potts, executive director of the Autism Society of Texas…