Time For Another Update...

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. It seems like just yesterday we were rushing to finish up our Christmas shopping and get ready for the new year and now we are looking forward to summer already! I can hardly believe that I left the bank almost 2 years ago!! Well anyways... Yesterday Tom went for an evaluation for occupational therapy. We will find out some time next week what their plan for treatment consists of exactly. Right now we are thinking that we will most likely go with therapy once a week. We applied for a grant today through the A.N.G.E.L. Autism Network to help cover the cost of some of the therapy. We will find out in a few weeks whether we are selected to receive one of the grants. We have our home visit scheduled later this month for the Autism Waiver through the county. It will take a few months to find out if we are approved for funding and then get on the waiting list. They told me from the date of the home visit we can hope to be on the waiting list in 6 months if approved. Once on the waiting list we will have to wait about 2 years before service is started. This is a very nerve wracking time because we have been told that even though Tom would benefit immensely from the therapy provided through the waiver there is only about a 50% chance that he will be approved. The whole process is complicated and long and a bit scary and if you get denied there are not many options because the insurance companies do not have to pay for much of anything. I now have first hand experience in dealing with all of this red tape and know why it is important to get some of the laws and processes changed regarding Autism. Anyways, I will keep everyone up to date as things progress.