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Webinar: Autism and Developmental Disability Medicaid Waivers

This webinar will be very important for anyone who receives one of these Medicaid Waivers,

is on the waiting list or who plans to apply for one of these Medicaid Waivers.

The Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Service (DDRS) with the Autism Society of Indiana and Indiana Resource Center for Autism is hosting a webinar on May 30, 2012, at 9 a.m. to discuss the combining of the Autism and Developmental Disability Medicaid Waivers.
This event requires registration. However, if you are unable to participate in this event, the presentation will be recorded and posted to the DDRS website within one week.

To register for the online event click here.

To submit your questions and comments, click here.

Study: Incidence of Autism Skyrockets to More Than 1 in 88 Children

USA Today contributed to its story.

Indy Star reporter Shari Rudavsky

Autism rates have skyrocketed, with one in 88 children falling on the autism spectrum, says a new government report. But the study comes as a professional group considers changing the diagnosis criteria, which could bring another overhaul of the statistics related to autism.

A study released Thursday in a Centers for Disease Control andPrevention journal found that one in 88 eight-year-olds in 2008 were diagnosed with autism, a 23 percent increase from 2006. As many as one in 54 boys fit the criteria for autism. “Even though the numbers have increased, it’s not necessarily a horrible thing,” said Dana Renay, executive director of the Autism Society of Indiana. “Finally the stigma might be coming down in the sense that people are a little bit more willing to say ‘I don’t want something to be wrong with my family member and I know where to go to get support.’?“ Historically Indiana has had a higher than average rate of autism, which Renay attributed to the many clinicians here skilled at diagnosing and treating it.