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Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed historic legislation Tuesday,

guaranteeing insurance coverage for autism therapy for very young children.

The therapy is deigned to mainstream children with the disorder and has been

a topic talked about quite frequently by former Miami Dolphin quarterback

Dan Marino-- whose son also has autism.

For more than a decade -- Marino has been fighting to help other kids--

saying they deserve the same therapy he was able to afford for his son.

" He’s in college, doing well. He is a direct result of early intervention.

He is a direct result of occupational therapies, speech therapies, things you

need to do at an early age starting at two years old, maybe younger. Just

think about that, he got all those opportunities and I think that’s why

he’s

where he’s at today,†Marino says.

The insurance coverage is limited to 36-thousand dollars a year with a

200-thousand dollar maximum benefit.

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