Together For Choice

“From 2019 to 2023, Indiana Medicaid paid Piece by Piece about $58 million, not including payments from managed-care companies that cover many Medicaid patients.”

The Boom in Autism Therapy Is Medicaid’s Fastest-Growing Jackpot Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on a growing need, extracting payments as high as $800 an hour.

Yotam Rabinovich is 29 years old and is profoundly autistic.

In March of this year, he banged his head so violently against the wall, that it caused severe injuries to his spine and central nervous system.

He had to be anesthetized and ventilated.

This is the side of autism no one wants to see. This makes people uncomfortable. They just want to see the roses and the rainbows. The videos that give them the warm fuzzies.

The autism reveal parties with the cake and balloons and people celebrating their autism diagnosis.

But that’s not everyone’s reality.

Yotam’s parents aren’t celebrating this.

This is why I say “profound autism.” This is why I won’t back down and change the terms I use to please those advocates who, truth be told, have no clue what this life is like.

The college professor who claims to have high support needs is worlds apart from Yotam. Why do they have the same diagnosis?

It’s not a superpower for some. It’s not a gift. It can be devastating. And we need to continue to educate and spread awareness.

Spot on

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