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 autism disorders is important because:
The effectiveness of ABA-based intervention in ASDs has been well documented through 5 decades of research by using single-subject methodology21,25,27,28 and in controlled studies of comprehensive early intensive behavioral intervention programs in university and community settings.29–40 Children who receive early intensive behavioral treatment have been shown to make substantial, sustained gains in IQ, language, academic performance, and adaptive behavior as well as some measures of social behavior, and their outcomes have been significantly better than those of children in control groups.31–4 (underlining added-HLD)
American Academy of Pediatrics, Management of Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersThe AAP 2007 report Management of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders was reaffirmed by the AAP in September 2010:
REAFFIRMED
Clinical Report: Dealing With the Parent Whose Judgment Is Impaired byAlcohol or Drugs: Legal and Ethical Considerations. Pediatrics. 2004;
114(3):869 – 873. Reaffirmed September 2010
Clinical Report: Identification and Evaluation of Children With Autism
Spectrum Disorders. Pediatrics. 2007;120(5):1183–1215. Reaffirmed
September 2010
Clinical Report: Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Pediatrics. 2007:120(5):1162–1182. Reaffirmed September 2010
