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Medicaid's autism coverage plan would keep kids from services CT Mirror February 11, 2015 There are so many roadblocks here that it's unlikely for this to allow for the demand to be met," said Jay Sicklick, deputy director of the Center for Children's Advocacy. At issue is how Medicaid will handle coverage of services for autism spectrum disorders, particularly applied behavior analysis, a treatment that is considered effective but is also intensive - providers often recommend 30 to 40 hours of therapy per week - and costly. In the past . . Read full story here<http://www.kidscounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ctmirror-2-11-15-medicaid-autism-cov.pdf>