Many families with children with autism are at risk of losing services that help with early development, as centers close and leave the state amid funding issues. via robharristv
DENVER — Many families with children with autism are at risk of losing services that help with early development, as as centers close and leave the state amid funding issues.
“Those are skills that kids need, you know, to participate in school, to make friends and things like that,” Peak said, choking up at the thought of losing the services. “It’s emotional because, those are skills that he needs.” Ken Winn, the president of the Colorado Association for Behavior Analysis , said he has been in talks with providers and state lawmakers to increase pay rates to cover services, but that change isn’t coming nearly fast enough. He said Colorado is in a “dire crisis” when it comes to care for autism, with 10 providers either closing or leaving the state within the last 18 month.
Both Winn and Peak continue to speak to state leaders, pushing them to act and address reimbursement rates before other ABAs close. Meanwhile, Peak is looking into new options for her son and younger daughter, who has also been diagnosed with autism.
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