A close family member of mine has autism, and I have seen firsthand the limitations of our healthcare system.
Families are often told there is nothing they can do. If they pursue anything outside the narrow medical playbook, they are met with skepticism or silence.
Even when insurance covers therapies like Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), speech therapy, and occupational therapy, these programs often come with high out-of-pocket costs, frequent therapist turnover, and uneven results. Meanwhile, treatments grounded in functional medicine remain excluded from coverage.
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