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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I concur that you need to call around and get on the wait list of any providers who take tire insurance.

We also pay out of pocket for some a service that isn’t covered by insurance at all because it’s in the research phase. We did this drastically reducing money on ourselves for a period of time. I reduced all of my personal discretionary expenses to about $20-$30 a month. I cut my own hair. I bought used books and toys for Christmas presents. We almost never ate out. Everyone wore used clothes. It was really, really hard, because we live in an UMC neighborhood where no one else lives like that, but our kid needed the therapy.

As an educator, I know how much more flexible the brain is before 10, so we’re leaning in hard for one more year. After that, we’ll relax enjoy life more, knowing we did as much as we could.[/quote]
First, just want to commend your sacrifices. It’s so hard,

I agree—we had one therapist who really emphasized the neuropathwats that can be “rewritten” with good intervention early. Our DC got OT and intensive therapy ages 7-9. Still has adhd and anxiety but was really really disregulated and now has coping skills and doing so much better (aged 14). [/quote]

Thanks. I only share them with others because it took me so long to think of them. If it had occurred tome to make changes earlier, we wouldn’t have had to make such drastic cuts. [/quote]

I commend you too, PP. You are a great parent and I hope that things start to get easier in every conceivable sense very soon. [/quote]

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