Showing posts with label Virgina Autism Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Virgina Autism Project. Show all posts

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Good News for Virgina

Yesterday Virgina congress passed a bill along with 4 of the 5 amendments the governor made. You can read the article here.  What does this mean it means that for the first time by law in the state of Virgina autism is a medical diagnosis. With that insurance companies must pay for appropriate medical treatments. The catch only kids from age 2 - 6. But it is a start. Rome was not built in a day and we have our first stepping stone. The Virgina Autism Project played a huge role in getting this piece of legislation passed, and to them we say Thank You!
This is bittersweet to a lot of us. While it does not help kids like Roger as they are too old it does help many families in Virgina. As I said it is a starting point, we have to start somewhere.