URGENT ACTION ALERT**Rep. has proposed amend. to HB 1291 to cut benefit

[Guest guest]

Dear Florida Autism Advocate,

Rep. just offered an amendment to drop the benefit to $8000…

we need people from his district to jam his phone lines and let him

know exactly how they feel about that maneuver.

American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending 25 hrs of intense

intervention and therapy a week. Therapies range between $50 and

$175 per hour. Several studies have shown that as many as 47

percent of the children that undergo early intensive behavioral

therapies achieve higher education placement and increased IQ

levels. Why do we allow insurances to keep denying us such odds?

The amount he is proposing will cover about one hour of therapy a

week. Why do they keep refusing to appropriately help our children?

Everyone needs to call Representative , tell him that $8000

is not enough. Those from his district must call him and let him

know that this would not help the children in his district, or those

in the state. Let him know that services for our children are being

cut from all the state agencies due to budget cuts

Rep. -

CALL HIM NOW! CALL HIM TODAY! CALL! Call! Call!

Carmen L. Zaldivar

Broward County CAC

Autism Speaks.

FW: Urgent - Florida Becomes Priority

and Carmen,

is on route to Tallahassee, and Sharon is in the air on her

way. Rep. just offered an amendment to drop the benefit to

$8000…we need people from his district to jam his phone lines and

let him know exactly how they feel about that maneuver…E

Emken

Vice President - Government Relations

Autism Speaks

eemken@...

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fax

www.autismspeaks.org