Why Medicaid programs are cutting back on a popular therapy for autism : Shots

Why Medicaid programs are cutting back on a popular therapy for autism : Shots

Just months ago, Gaile Osborne (left) didn’t expect her adoptive 3-year-old daughter, Aubreigh, would make friends at school. Aubreigh was diagnosed with autism at 14 months old. After struggling to control outbursts and sometimes hurting herself, she started a therapy program called applied behavior analysis. “It’s not perfect,” Osborne says. “But the growth in under […]