Guest guest Posted February 13, 2001 Report Share Posted February 13, 2001 , I guess in PA are fortunate. A lot of us with autistic kids now use wrap-around. Some for school support, some for home, some for both. Sometimes you have to wait a while for a worker to be assigned, but they do try hard to get an appropriate match for your needs. Of course they offer no medical nor raises to their personel, so turnover can be high. Our local MHMR offer funding for respite and also for expensive (or not-so-expensive) adaptive equipment. Of course the problem with respite money is finding a provider or person to do it. We rec'd respite funding for years, and only in the last two years did I use it because we found an appropriate person. I know someone who got MHMR funds (called family-driven here to give more flexibility in how it can be spent) to cover an adaptive bike for a teen-ager. If you push a little harder maybe you could get more help if needed, or find an advocate you could push for you. Of course, our desire is a treatment where our kids need less support, but if they are autistic, they will always have learning problems and wrap-around can help with this as long as you couch it in " behavior " and not " educational " need. April in SE Pa-Simona's mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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