I have been neglecting this blog, blame it on midterms. 🙂

But I wanted to post this story about how Autism Speaks lobbied back-room deal that made a bill to ensure insurance companies covered treatments for autistic kids pretty much useless. The autism community rallied around the PA House Speaker, the one who introduced the bill (who has a nephew with autism btw).  Apparenty Autism Speaks was playing political games to get a national insurance policy in place (would that too be watered down? Is this what happened in FLA – where autism services are horrendous?)

Wow. Autism Speaks has an “Autism Votes” initiative. They are a very powerful lobbying agency.  And they think people like my daughter need to be cured. Very Very Scary.