Submitted by Mom of autistic (not verified) on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 11:00am.
I also wish someone would look into this mess and do something. We got lucky in that the companies who handle our extremely low functioning autistic son kept us on, but many other families weren't so fortunate. A child can regress years in development and skills when he is denied access to services. It definitely puts the child or disabled adult at serious risk of future institutionalization, which was, I thought, the very thing these programs were made to try and avoid.
And another thing, why isn't this on the national news? (Or is it and I missed it?)
Southeastern Mental Health Center