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ASPartOfMe
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31 Mar 2016, 1:05 am

ER Visits Double For Adults With ASD

No they have not. You have to be diagnosed and somebody has to tell the ER staff that in to be recorded as Autistic. Adults especially older ones most likely to need the ER are just getting diagnosed. That a source that calls itself "Disability Scoop" would miss something this obvoius is plain neglect.


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31 Mar 2016, 1:34 am

Adults with autism are increasingly showing up in emergency rooms...... 8O
a new study finding that such visits more than doubled over a five-year period.... :o have they been following ASS-P

watch your parkin' meters,(= insurance compagny)
(i read btw, an older couple, who payed ten years for a financing plan for old age care, who need that now, were uncovered when the insurance decided not to pay any because the woman took some therapy for depression)