Opinion | Hope for Self-Reliance Drives Families to Autism Therapy
Many parents have sought intervention in hopes that their children would one day become independent. Source link
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Five Takeaways From the WSJ Investigation of the Autism Therapy Business
States paid autism-therapy providers $2.2 billion in 2023, helping make it the fastest-growing area of Medicaid spending—and entrepreneurs and investors saw an opportunity. Source link
The Boom in Autism Therapy Is Medicaid’s Fastest-Growing Jackpot
Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on a growing need, extracting payments as high as $800 an hour. Source link
Opinion | The Victims of the ‘Medicaid Autism Racket’
These fraudsters are modern John Dillingers and those most upset by their antics are legitimate providers. Source link
FDA finds little evidence that a generic drug can help people with autism
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back suggestions by President Donald Trump and other administration officials that the drug showed great promise for people with autism. The agency said it approved leucovorin for children and adults with a genetic condition that … Read more
FDA approves new use of synthetic vitamin B9 — but not for autism symptoms
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced a new approved use for the drug leucovorin, a synthetic form of vitamin B9 that the Trump administration has touted as a treatment for autism symptoms. But the new approval is not for autism — it’s for cerebral folate deficiency, a rare neurological condition characterized by low … Read more
Opinion | The Medicaid Autism Racket
Behavioral therapy payments are an easy target for fraud. Source link
Dog tracks down missing 13-year-old boy with autism
Dog tracks down missing 13-year-old boy with autism – CBS News Watch CBS News A Florida police dog located a missing 13-year-old boy with autism. Tony Dokoupil has the story. Source link
Watch: Sanders grills Trump’s surgeon general pick about vaccines and autism
Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders questioned Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, on whether she believed vaccines caused autism. Sanders said studies showed no link between vaccines and autism, contradicting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views. Means said “anti-vaccine rhetoric has never been a part of my message.” Source link