services in california - Autism Spectrum Message Board

sahoo · 06-03-2005, 02:12 PM

I have a daugter who will be 6 in august. Plannning to move to california in 2 months from Indiana. Can some body tell me what services are available .Iam open to any part of california.

Jana2676 · 06-05-2005, 01:32 AM

There are regional centers in all parts of the state that handle services for people with disabilities. They can help you get services no matter where you move to. The larger cities have good services, school district programs, medical attention, support groups, etc. What part of CA are you thinking of moving to?

We live in a rural area so many services aren't here yet. We travel to a university in Sacramento for medical services relating to autism. We are making progress locally with services, so its very hopefull. My child is a very hugh functioning child, so that makes it easier. If her condition was worse, we talked about moving to a better service area.

IBGECKO · 06-05-2005, 02:41 PM

I live in Los Angeles, and my son has services from both Regional Center and L.A. Unified School District. I'd be more than willing to answer any questions you may have. I do agree, that the larger the city, the deeper the resources. What part of CA are you moving to?

sahoo · 06-05-2005, 05:18 PM

Could you tell me what kind of services regional center and school districts provide.How intensive services are there.My daugter is mistly non verbal and therapists recommend intensive speech and ABA for her. She has sterted to make some progress in her communication.Here services are nil. In Indiana there is autism waiver but at present the waiting period is atleast 7 years.Is there any medicaid/ medi cal system. What does the families do for therapies and medical treatment there. As it is very expensive to do privately. Any help is apprecited . thanks

IBGECKO · 06-06-2005, 10:42 AM

Regional Center will provide the ABA therapy for her. Contact them for an intake session as soon as possible, because it can take months to get through the red tape. Since she is school aged, Regional Center won't provide any speech for her. You'll have to duke it out with your school district over how much speech she gets. Schools tend to be stingy with the speech hours because they don't like to pull the kids out of class for more than an hour a week. If you feel she needs more than they are willing to provide, take her to a private speech therapist, and file for due process. If you are in a large school district, you stand an excellent chance of recovering any out of pocket speech expenses, as well as settling for a non public speech vendor for a set amount of hours at a mediation hearing.