A new pilot project that has been planned for Tacoma’s Madigan Army Medical Center hopes to ease the difficulties U.S. military families sometimes face in obtaining services for children with autism spectrum disorders
The plan is to open a standalone education and therapy center for children with this diagnosis, which will provide a variety of programming. There will be some for parents who have just received the news that their child is autistic, group therapy activities for after school, and both occupational and speech therapy offerings.
According to Lt. Col Eric Flake, who is the Madigan Army Medical Center’s developmental and behavioral pediatric program director, the goal is to have it up and running by sometime in the first part of next year. Presentation Folders can be designed for use in facilities such as this to hold all the Brochures and other informational materials a family may receive.
The decision to undertake this effort came about due to concern from military families that their children did not have access to the services they need. This was reflected in a study at Penn State University, which found that the majority of the 189 families they surveyed found it difficult to get assistance for their children who have an autism diagnosis. It has been estimated that as many as 23,000 dependents of military members have been diagnosed as having an autism spectrum disorder.
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