What are some insurance companies that exclude autism?
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Gerber life insurance does.  My oldest has speech disorder and he is developmentally delayed, and has adhd. and they turned me down.  Remember the commercial said, "regardless of health."  I think that's false advertisement if you ask me.
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If you don't have insurance already, you are in for a rude awakening.  You'll be denied by any insurer for the pre-existing condition.  YOu'll need to check to see if your state has a 'high-risk' pool and see if you can get coverage there.  Since you usually need a denial to get in, you might as well just apply somewhere first and get the denial of coverage.\nSince you are low income you might also quality for some sort of state sponsored medical assistance or Medicaid.
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It is not a legitimate treatment for autism
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There is a lower costing health insurance called KChip that is just for children. I don't know if it is just available in my state of Kentucky but you could type it in the search engine and they might have something similiar in FL for you.
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North Carolina has a good program called TEACCH\nwww.teacch.com\nYou could also check out these sites\nwww.autismwebsite.com/ari/index.htm\nwww.autism-society.org\nwhat works good for one kid may not work at all with the next. try different things till you find the one that  you see is doing the best for the child.
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If that is a US company, try the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. They insure most US pension plans (but it is up to the employer to decide to buy the insurance or not). If it is an insured plan, the PBGC will know how to get in touch with them.
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My son has cerebral palsy and needs braces to help him walk.  My health insurance won't pay for them, so I spent the $1500 on new braces.
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Try independent Laboratories, and also try companies that do insurance physicals...some popular ones include port-a-medic and the like.
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HI I previously lived in Wilmington NC and they had many mental health resources community based and school based (most where free) my son had an excellent teacher in a behavioral (high function autistic) class there they also had excellent classes in lower functioning autism. You can use yahoo or google to search for schools there are also some therapeutic schools that are non profit and take some kids who cannot pay you can also petition the local school district to pay for therapeutic schools within a certain area you may need an advocate check in your local community pages in your phone book they may also be able to help you for free you can also ask for out of district placement if there is a local school that can better serve your needs also check out Reedmartin.com and wrightslaw.com they have really good referrals and information for special needs kids and their education Good luck its a hard road but you can do it!
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Check and see if your community has an Easter Seals program. I am a TSS in Pennsylvania who accompanies children with autism to such activities. Most of the social activities we attend are sponsored by Easter Seals. Some communities also have summer camps for children with Autism and children with special needs. In Pennsylvania, the social activities in my area range from Therapeutic Horseback riding, bowling gymnastics, Swimming, Boche Ball just to name a few. You can also check with your local ASA chapter and see what suggestions they might have. GOOD LUCK!!
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The name of an insurance company.
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Yes. After I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, my mother decided not to vaccinate my youngest sister, who is 11 years younger than me. She was diagnosed with PDD-NOS, which is also on the autism spectrum.
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it does not include life insurance
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That is tough because each State has its own set of Insurance laws-most exclude pre-existing conditions, such as Diabetes, HIV and Heptitis C.  If you are working with a larger company, such as  major US Corporation, they tend not to do pre-existing exclusions. It is a shame, options are few.  If you are really dead set in living in FL-not much can be offered.  You can always go online and look into different insurance laws in other states that might interest you to relocate.
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http://www.autismtoilettraining.com \nI have not looked at the site myself, but it came up on an ad for something else I was looking at, hopefully it will help! I had my autistic son completely out of diapers by the time he was 27 months old, but your situation is more normal with autism. It just happened that Tim was oversensitive to sensory input, so he HATED wearing wet underwear. I don't know how much of this will apply to you, but I'll tell you what I did anyway. Everyone on here that said to be really consistent with a reward system is right on target, that's about the only way to get through an autistic brain, and the sillier you are, the better! Find a treat that he really likes and by a bag, and only use it for potty training, no other time. Skittles was what we used. He got three skittles for sitting on the toilet and I spaced them out so that he was sitting for about five minutes. NO pullups or diapers during the day at home, only underwear, and I ran water in the sink while he was sitting. If he actually did something, he got another skittle, and we made a huge deal out of it! Then, he got one sticker put on a chart for sitting and one for going. If he doesn't go,then he still gets SOMETHING just for cooperating with you. I took him as soon as he woke up and every hour after that, and I asked him all through the day if he had to go. That's all you can really do, unless the link I sent you to has other ideas. Hope this helps! I do my own therapy with him, he's never seen a professional, and he is doing WONDERFULLY. I will be homeschooling him, and we're officially starting pre-school next month. We spent last year just working out behavior problems so that we could focus on academics this year. Contact me if you just need to vent!
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A very good family friend has an autistic boy... the extent of his dental problems are mainly centered on finding (and being able to pay for) a dentist that specializes or is capable of treating autistic children.  \n\nThen you have to deal with the insurance companies duking it out over whether it is a medical or dental procedure.  The dental insurance will say its medical and the medical insurance will say it is dental.\n\nMy thoughts and prayers are with you on all you have to do.
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I would check with the state you live in. For example my state (NY) has a plan called healthy NY for working people that have no insurance at reasonable rates. Go to your state's website to check.