Re: Moving to Florida

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Hello ,

Where are you coming from? You may not be able to find what you describe in the

areas of Florida I am familiar with. Even for deaf students there is no

requirement for a teacher to be fluent in ASL.

There is a years long waiting list to get medwaiver services.

The autism/insurance Bill passed in 2008 is limited to company plans with more

than 50 employees and " self insured " plans are exempt. It's suposed to cover ABA

amd St and OT for up to $36,000 ANNUAL WITH A $200,000 LIFETIME CAP.

There are many good private schools around the state that accept the McKay

Scholarship. The amount IS BASED of the level of disability your son has and

ranges from around $3,000 to $20,000 a year. There is a Bill in the Legislature

that would reduce the enrollment qualification from 1 year to 3 months.

http://www.floridaschoolchoice.org/information/mckay/

What area of Florida re you looking at?

Steve

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> Hello. My wife and I arfe moving to Florida with our beautiful 4 1/2 year old

son who has autism. Will is mostly non-verbal but uses American Sign Language to

communicate and does well with that. He attends a home & school based ABA/AVB

program and has done so since he was 18 months old. We are rtrying to find out

everything about Florida's autism services that we can. We are specifically

looking for a Verbal Behavior program that utilizes sign language instead of

PECS. We are interested in the McKay scholarship (but have to be in FL schools

for a year; Medicaid options; insurance options; public school districts w/

verbal behavior, private schools with verbal behavior, and any other pertinent

info. If you have knowledge about what we're trying to find for our son we'd

love to hear from you!

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> Thanks for your time.

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