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		<title>Altering Autism insurance coverage legislation in VA</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/03/altering-autism-insurance-coverage-legislation-in-va/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Olympia Meola reported on potential changes in support for insurance coverage for therapy for children with Autism in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the US. Under the headline &#8220;McDonnell will try to amend autism bill,&#8221; Ms. Meola described developments in Governor Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; McDonnell&#8217;s plans for altering recent legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism legislation in Virginia</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/02/autism-legislation-in-virginia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the headline &#8220;Autism legislation advances in Virginia&#8221; in the Washington Post Fredrick Kunkle and Anita Kumar reported about the slow-but-significant progress that parents in the US state of Virginia have made in advancing toward mandating coverage of treatment for Autism by insurance companies. That the advances run counter to many conservative US legislators&#8217; opposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Congressional Mental Health Caucus</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/01/the-congressional-mental-health-caucus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, mental health has been in the US news of late. I&#8217;m reminded that in the US legislature there is the Congressional Mental Health Caucus, which takes as its goals reducing negativism and stigma, aiding efforts to access mental health services, improving work-related productivity, and protecting veterans who have mental health problems. Although the caucus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lock &#8216;em up!</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/05/lock-em-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 11:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In &#8220;Handcuffing revives autism reform calls,&#8221; Natalie Craig reported about a story that, it seems to me, we&#8217;ve heard sometime before now. POLICE handcuffed a 10-year-old autistic boy at a Geelong primary school after a breakdown in which he threw a compass that speared a classmate&#8217;s leg. Link to the full version of Ms. Craig&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US legislator about seclusion and restraint</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/02/us-legislator-about-seclusion-and-restraint/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/02/us-legislator-about-seclusion-and-restraint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the US House of Representatives prepares to make statements about and amend HR 4247, Representative Joe Courtney (CN, US) posted a statement on the blog maintained by the House committee that will debate the legislation. The post, &#8220;Rep. Joe Courtney: Congress Must Make Schools Safe Havens for Children,&#8221; touts Representative Courtney&#8217;s perspective on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Campaign for Children’s Mental Health</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/12/virginia-campaign-for-children%e2%80%99s-mental-health/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/12/virginia-campaign-for-children%e2%80%99s-mental-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twelve key children’s services for community services boards specialized children’s emergency services; crisis stabilization; evaluations for Comprehensive Services Act services; psychiatric/medication; office-based mental health therapy; office-based substance abuse therapy; mental health case management; intellectual disabilities case management; substance abuse case management; home-based behavioral treatment and support for families; school-based day treatment; and local residential services. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism and insurance in MI</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/06/autism-and-insurance-in-mi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the US state of Michigan, a major health insurance provider will now reimburse families for the cost of providing therapy for children with autism. The case, Johns v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, arose because Blue-Cross-Blue-Shield denied payment for behavioral treatment often called &#8220;ABA&#8221; to the family of a child with Autism. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officer training for handling incidents</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/05/officer-training-for-handling-incidents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 10:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reporting on US National Public Radio&#8217;s Morning Edition, Joanne Silberner presented a story about police officers handling incidents in which they encounter people with emotional and behavior disorders who are behaving in ways that appear threatening to the officers. Although her story uses adult cases for illustrations, this topic should also be of interest for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MDRI added</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2008/05/mdri-added/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 11:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to add a link to the Web Resources section of EBD Blog that points to the Web site for Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI). MDRI is devoted to ensuring that people with disabilities can participate in society, regardless of the country in which they live. Among other things, MDRI has influenced laws and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FC, sex, false interrogration&#8211;yuck</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2008/05/fc-sex-false-interrogration-yuck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 05:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one of those stories I wish hadn&#8217;t transpired. On the basis of evidence gained via facilitated communication, police mistakenly charged a man with abusing his daughter and, to compound the problem, they based their case in part on inappropriate interrogation of the man&#8217;s son, a boy who has Asperger Syndrome. Oakland County (M, US) [...]]]></description>
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