Insurance Help for Autism Treatment

JPMorgan, other employers move to cover costly autism therapies

Reuters reports that companies like JP Morgan and United Technologies are now helping their families dealing with Autism. The cost for therapies can run over $60,000 a year. Total cost over the lifetime of a person with Autism can run as high as $2.3 million. Insurance companies have been hesitant to cover therapies because of those costs but, there is evidence that thinking is changing.

Therapies that help with social skills and job skills can bring people on the spectrum to their full potential. I work for FOCUS Center for Autism. We work with children to do just that. Some of our children go on to college. Others, with supports, find jobs. The therapies are expensive. Having insurance cover some of those costs will give hope to these families.