Yes. Medicaid can cover medically necessary ABA therapy for children under 21 under the federal EPSDT benefit, but how that coverage looks depends heavily on your state. Every state must provide medically necessary treatment for autism spectrum disorder, though the...
Nonverbal communication shapes an autistic person’s ability to connect with others, build language, regulate emotion, and get the help they need. When eye contact, gesture, tone, and facial expression work differently, the effects show up everywhere: in friendships,...
The best prevention for self-injury in autism is a timely, function-based plan: rule out medical causes, identify the behavior’s function through a functional behavioral assessment (FBA), and teach safer communication while adding environmental and sensory supports....
A behavior technician is a paraprofessional who delivers applied behavior analysis therapy under the close, direct supervision of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) or a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA). Most employers expect the Registered...
Sensory challenges in autism are differences in how the brain registers and responds to sound, touch, light, movement, taste, and smell, formally recognized in the DSM-5 as hyper-reactivity, hypo-reactivity, or unusual sensory interests, and they affect a large...
