LEXINGTON, South Carolina (CNN) -- Ryan Unumb just turned 7 years old. He has about 100 words in his vocabulary, even if they are difficult to understand. He's...
... Are you kidding? If Georgia doesn't want to improve the educational curriculm to add inclusive classes for each grade then why would they desire anything...
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A TAX PROFESSIONAL OR LAWYER. These cites and issues are offered for information purposes in order to help you talk with your Tax...
I couldn't agree more. The thing is, as parents, we only have so much energy. I have learned the hard way to use all my energy to help the child in front of...
The question was recently raised on several listservs that prohibit professionals from posting as to whether GA Medicaid pays for ABA Therapy. Additionally,...
From time to time we have parents that are very concerned with their child wandering off. Several county Sheriff's departments have monitoring systems that...
I have read about ION on the internet and seen used ones for sale on EBAY. Here is Bulloch Co. we have Caretrak System. The watch looking device is on the...
I am getting to ready to move to Georgia, my husband is taking a new job in Sparta. I have a 14 year old son with autism going into 9th grade in the fall. He...
... Sparta is located in Hancock County Georgia. It is a VERY small county. You might ask on the Georgia Autism Listserv here on Yahoo. They allow parents to...
Don't know about Sparta-Hancock County.....smaller may prove to be better. ?? We are in Bibb County - Macon, Ga. My son will be entering Middle School in the...
HEROES for Autism In honor of Autism Awareness Month, the Autism Society of America - Greater Georgia Chapter would like to recognize individuals throughout ...
Along these same lines, but for different scenarios (i.e. trips to whitewater, six flags, etc.), I just purchased 500 wristbands for under $25 through...
Dr. Montgomery: In Cherokee County and some other counties in Georgia they have The Project Lifesaver. The child has a monitoring device and I think in...
Our experience has been that smaller is *not* better. We live in Dawson County and have decided to home school -- services are severely lacking, mostly due to...
Regarding the comment to "keep him in self contained...", I would be very hesitant to fight for self-contained unless your kiddo can tell you what happened in...
Thanks Heidi. I knew about that program but I am certain it is news to some of the members of the listserv. A nice Mom forwarded the following to me on the...
If you are considering hiring someone to help you with a Deeming Waiver application, please think twice and learn from my experience. I am not going to name...
Dear Mrs. Alvado: I am very sorry to hear about your bad experience with a Deeming Waiver consultant. Thank you for sharing your experience here so that ...
If your OT & Speech Provider refuse to back bill Medicaid on your behalf, tell them that you need a HCFA 1500 for all services rendered during that time frame....
Good advice. Just FYI for folks on the list - the new form is the CMS1500 and it requires that the provider put BOTH their EIN# (Tax #) and their National...
Has anyone has any success getting any response or help from the Easter Seals P.L.A.Y. Project? I have called the number several times over the past year to...
I went to a workshop at the Brain Balance Center in Suwanee last night. I found their approach very intriguing. Has anyone in the group personally used their...
I have not used PLAY project or any of the Floortime/DIR programs yet but I am going to an orientation of the PLAY Project at Easter Seals North Georgia on May...
Thank you! I meant the CMS form but old habits die hard. it has been the HCFA for as long as I can remember. Hopefully, with the information specified below,...
Hi Rhonda: If you'll give me permission to send this to the PLAY Project person I know personally, I'm confident that you'll get a call and an apology. Let me...
Thanks but, I did get a call from JanMarie Popovich today. She apologized and didn't know why my calls had never been returned. I started calling them right...
You're going to love JanMarie! She's all about the kiddos -- never about money-grabbing like so many of the professionals we meet. Nina :-) ... apologized and...
We gets lots of questions about Insurance and Autism. There is a Yahoo Group dedicated that this issue that may be useful for parents. Autism Insurance...