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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Low-income kids don't suffer quite as much as middle-class kids, though. Almost all low-income kids have Medicaid which provides PT, OT, speech therapy, etc. Are those services provided the best available? No, but it is something. [/b]

What really hurts the low-income kids is not having support at home. I used to work in a VA school system with a large population of low-income families. The kids who thrived the most were those who had supportive parents to also go over therapies with the kids at home and do extra work.

It's pathetic that not all kids are eligible for Medicaid in the US. Private insurance that so many middle-class moms and dads have through their jobs either covers no extra services or very few sessions, like under 10.   
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You are seriously delusional if you think Medicaid gives you easy access to such services. No. My youngest kid is on Medicaid. Anything that's not strictly a medical procedure or drug for same, is extremely difficult to obtain. This means anything in the psychological or learning disabilities category. They give you a number to call, then an outdated list of providers, and hardly any of the providers on the list happen to still partner with Medicaid for the services (because it's not commercially viable), so you can't book them, and you have to spend hours and hours of your time to find a provider who will take a Medicaid patient. Sometimes they are very far away from your location, which means you struggle to find transportation and time to get there and back... because usually, families with kids on Medicaid aren't swimming in vehicles and free time.

NOTHING is easy for low-income families, PP. Yes, it can be done by a dedicated caregiver. I have done it. But I can easily see that families who struggle more than mine would not be able to access services.

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This is true. Yet, 10 years ago I had the experience of a very nice lady handing me a flyer for a medicaid child behavior clinic in the neighborhood when she saw me practically in tears over my 6 yr old’s aggression in public. I was like “ma’am, if only you knew how I’ve been searching everywhere for evidence based behavioral support covered by insurance and not an hour-long drive away.” [/quote]

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