Category: Autism
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What Caregivers of Autistic Children Should Know
by James C. Sherlock Parents, grandparents, and other caregivers of autistic children must understand who will actually be treating the child and monitor the services so that the rules of the insurer, which are important to the child’s outcome, are followed. Many of the Board Certified Applied Behavioral Analysts (BCABA) licensed in Virginia live in…
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Widespread Inaccuracies of Records on Autism Treatment Providers
By James C. Sherlock The author has completed a detailed survey of individual Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) providers in New Jersey licensed by Virginia Medicaid to provide services to children with autism. He picked New Jersey for reasons familiar to readers of his work on nursing home chains. The survey revealed that most of those…
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Did Anyone Even Notice?
by James C. Sherlock As a good citizen, this author was about to send a courtesy copy of today’s article, “Autism in Virginia,” to the Virginia Behavior Analyst Advisory Board, which helps the Board of Medicine regulate licensed behavior analysts. He found that the Behavior Analyst Advisory Board hadn’t met in a year. It…
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Autism in Virginia
by James C. Sherlock Autism therapy is the wild west of medical qualifications and spending. Autism is real, but industry professionals and the non-profits who lobby for limitless autism spending have richly earned widespread skepticism of the industry by not policing their own. They have created a closed loop for eternally increased spending: The profession…