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Take Action: Military Families Dealing with Autism Shouldn't Have to Suffer!
Thank Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for speaking out for military families who are facing autism.
Goal: 20,000
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Progress: 4,004
Sponsored by: The Veterans Site
For some families, providing therapy to a family member with autism can reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. This financial burden can be especially onerous to military families who are struggling without adequate healthcare insurance, either due to caps on coverage or because the service member isn't on active duty.
New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand introduced the Uniformed Services with Autism (USA) Heroes Act, a bill aimed at providing military families with fair coverage for autism therapy. Before the passage of the Heroes Act, military families were limited to $3,000 per month in coverage for autism treatment. The coverage also only applied to those who were on active duty.
Now, there is no cap on the coverage families can receive, and even veterans have access to autism care. Sign the petition thanking Senator Gillibrand for fighting for military families dealing with autism — and winning!
Dear Senator Gillibrand,
I would like to express my gratitude to you for your continued dedication to our military families impacted by autism.
Facing autism within a military family can be especially difficult. Military families are inherently different than the traditional families we think of — the family member in service is often unable to be home to help care for an autistic child, creating a unique environment in which one parent or important member of the family is gone much of the time.
But children with autism need stability and structure in their home lives, and having a parent in the military can disrupt the familial foundation he or she needs.
That's why it's so important that military families dealing with autism are able to receive the coverage they need in order to give a family member who is autistic the best possible care available.
Thank you for your tireless work in seeing that the Uniformed Services with Autism (USA) Heroes Act passed into law and that military families dealing with autism are supported in the highest possible regard.
Sincerely,
Petition Signatures
May 13, 2013
Pragati Harde
May 13, 2013
Joanne George
May 13, 2013
kimberly mason
May 12, 2013
Ruzica Johansson
May 11, 2013
Vikram Seetharaman
May 10, 2013
luxcika krishnapillai
May 10, 2013
Felipe Menossi
May 10, 2013
Sherry Webb
Thank you! This is what we need from our politicians!
May 9, 2013
Stacy Elizabeth Billings
May 9, 2013
Yvette Greene
May 9, 2013
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My cousin has 2 young girls with autism! Please help his family!! Thank you
May 9, 2013
Amy Ghorstygrbrakoxfdeis
May 9, 2013
Sandra Patterson
May 9, 2013
christine trzcinski
May 9, 2013
Pamela Eberhard
May 9, 2013
jana baez
As a military spouse and mom to a child with a high functioning austism spectrum disorder I thank you deeply. It has been so frustrating fighting the systems to get what she needs.
May 9, 2013
Karen Saluto
May 9, 2013
Katharina Rush
May 8, 2013
Janet Miller
May 8, 2013
Lisa Harville
As a mother of two soldiers, I thank you. My oldest son is currently deployed and he has an autistic son at home. He is blessed with a wonderful wife who keeps everything together while he is serving. I know that they thank you also. God bless you.
May 8, 2013
Ryan O'Neal
May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013
Karen Mason
Thank you for supporting our soldiers and their families. Parenting a special needs child is difficult and even more so when you are single-parenting. Our soldiers and their families will be forever grateful for your concern and care!
May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013
Stephanie Stewart
I am a veteran because I choose to walk away from my career for my family!!!! I have never thought back on that moment having 2 autistic children gives me hope!!!!!
May 8, 2013
megan mendenhall
May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013
Roberta Bosanko
May 8, 2013
Amy Gannon
May 8, 2013
Kelli Salazar
May 8, 2013
Julia Gile
May 8, 2013
tammy quinn
May 8, 2013
Kate Ross
May 8, 2013
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Thank you, Senator Gillibrand!
May 8, 2013
Karen Winfrey
We now need the same for federal employees. Our son has autism and my husband works for the dept of agriculture. His insurance does not cover autism therapy and his paycheck can't pay for it either. Thanks for your help for families fighting autism.
May 8, 2013
Rose Leon
Thank you for the fight you are amazing
May 8, 2013
Cari Pavel
Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
May 8, 2013
James Sherman
With my wife serving 20 years as of today & being a active Major in the Army here in the Capital Region right now & our beautiful five year old son Devin having autism, this is great what you have achieved. Thank you!
May 8, 2013
Melissa Leon
Thank you so much. Sincerely from a military wife and a mother of a beautiful autistic daughter.
May 8, 2013
Christy Kreider
Thank you!
May 8, 2013
(Name not displayed)
Many people with Asperger's and autism are in the military like my son. Getting people with austism the assistance they need is invaluable to strenghtening our country and making this world a little better. Thank you for your compassion and insight.
May 8, 2013
Brenda King
Dear Senator Gillibrand,
Thank you!
May 8, 2013
Danielle Cruz
May 8, 2013
Michelle Mills
Thank you!
May 8, 2013
Ashley Tinder
May 8, 2013
Elise Margulis
May 8, 2013
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Thank you!!!
May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013
Russell Curtis
Thank you.
