Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services.

When Jill Forte’s son was diagnosed with autism in 1998, she felt overwhelmed by what his future could look like. “I didn’t know, at that point, what autism was,” said Forte, CEO of the Children’s ...

The state is planning to lower what it pays for most autism therapy services. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration says it intends to cut ...

Defense Health Agency officials should formally authorize Applied Behavior Analysis, a widely recognized intervention to help children with autism, as a basic Tricare benefit, according to a report on ...

Centria Autism and parents sue Arizona Medicaid agency over contract dispute, threatening therapy services for children with autism.

Two moms and one of Arizona’s largest autism therapy providers are suing the state’s Medicaid system over a decision to ...

Many families of children with autism are worried that the life-changing services their kids receive will no longer be ...

BROOKFIELD – Without resources such as Pierce ABA to help her navigate her son Owen’s needs, Tiffany Sands said she would be lost in raising a child with autism. “I think the autism community is such ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee held a legislative study hearing on Friday, to examine the state’s applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services and ...

DOD needs to improve the Tricare benefit for military children with autism, researchers say. Pictured here in 2017, service members and their families participate in the Autism Awareness Walk at ...