We found no company without this exclusion in their contracts. Because early intervention can be critical, the wait can be devastating to a child s ability to recover. But we now have great hope. However, for most children, the behavior is caused by an underlying medical condition and these children can be treated. None of the insurance companies, school or program providers, or even physicians in Indiana with whom we met, including the pediatric immunologist at our local children s hospital, made this distinction.
Ignorance is rampant.
Perhaps because it is not their lives that are altered each day, they are not compelled to interrupt their lives to learn. For example, the pediatric immunologist said he did not treat autism. When we offered to pay for the tests ourselves, he still refused to order them. He told us that if we wanted these done, we would have to go to California and see Dr. Goldberg. He had Dr. Goldberg s information from us prior to the appointment, but still refused the logic of the reasoning for running the tests.