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Montana Legislature should increase funding for autism services

March 31, 2015 /

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Montana is at a critical juncture in deciding how it chooses to serve children with an autism spectrum disorder under Medicaid. We are members of a Medicaid State Plan Autism Advisory Group who offer only our thoughts about the options and are not speaking on behalf of the whole group or necessarily our respective organizations.

Currently, the Centers for Disease Control have an alarming estimate that one in 68 children are diagnosed with some form of autism today, described as a range of complex neurodevelopmental disorders ranging from mild to severe. Autism is a lifelong condition, and there is no "cure" or effective means to prevent it. We expect everyone knows some individual or family profoundly affected by living with autism.

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