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Omaha, Nebraska · OmahaNebraskans on Medicaid recently faced a rate cut for the autism services including applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapy. On top of that, the state lacks access to the clinics that provide these services, especially areas outside of the state’s largest cities. The new rates decrease ABA services by as much as 48%. One mother of a son with autism said the cut is devastating for families like hers. “As parents who are coming into this with a n…Read Article
Autism services expand west of Omaha to address resource gap and Medicaid cuts - The Reader

United States · United StatesI don’t know how we fix where we are right now, standing at the point where admitting you were (or did something) wrong is a sign of humiliating weakness and not humbling, sacred strength. We are stuck in an objectively horrible moment, during which careless cruelty is celebrated or, perhaps worse, completely ignored. If there is a way back from this – and “if” should be in bold, red, glittering font there – it will be because of people like wri…Read Article