Please watch Medicare’s Orphans which details the fight for inclusion of health care treatment for autism disorders in Medicare in Canada and specifically the fight for medicare coverage of ABA. The medicare coverage of ABA treatment for au…
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Medicare’s Orphans and The Supreme Court of Canada’s Failure to Protect Children with Autism Disorders
On November 1, 2011 the film Medicare’s Orphans was released by Medicare for Autism NOW! It is an excellent presentation of the history of the fight for medicare coverage of autism treatment in Canada and includes comments about the Supreme Court of Ca…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: My Son Is An Autistic Disorder Therapeutic Market Opportunity?
Pharma view of my son
My view of my son
Apparently when pharmaceutical company executives contemplate the Autistic Disorder which limits the life of my son, and the lives of many who suffer from the limitations imposed by Autistic Disorde…
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism and ABA Translated: Jacobson, Mulick and Green 1998
The fight to ensure that children with autism disorders receive treatment for their disorders engages many different people with many different priorities. Autism advocates do meet political leaders and civil services officials who genuinely care…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: LA Times Gets It Right: ABA Is An Autism Treatment Worth Funding
I am a frequent critic of the mainstream media’s tendency to misrepresent autism disorders. The mainstream media routinely presents feel good stories of autistic accomplishments, painting autism as merely a different way of thinking and speculating tha…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Pundit’s Sound Advice for Autism Speaks
Autism Pundit is the new autism blog by Dr. Sabrina Freeman, a mother of an autistic daughter, who has been a powerful advocate for evidence based treatment for children with autism, and whose “about the blogger” section states in more detail:
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Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Glenn Thibeault’s REAL National Autism Strategy
In the past 36 hours I have criticized CASDA’s claims to be advocating for a National Autism Strategy and to be presenting a unified national autism voice. Lawrie Mawlam of CASDA, a conscientious and courteous individual with whom I have had th…
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