Short Naps, Long Hours: How Autism Clinics Squeeze Medicaid Dollars Out of Preschoolers

112 points by cardiganseverywhere 18 hours ago on reddit | 7 comments

MoxieOctopus | 18 hours ago

“its average patient attends 18 hours of therapy a week”
Jesus wtf

MoxieOctopus | 18 hours ago

Omg this article just gets worse and worse. Not even to mention the fact that ABA has a lot of criticism as being harmful and traumatic.

snark-owl | 9 hours ago

It's nice to see it reported on, I've seen kids get pulled out of public school to go to these for-profit therapy places and I mentioned it to my boss recently and he didn't believe me.

Dangernj | 15 hours ago

I decided against ABA for my child who is on the spectrum largely because our local center required he attend at least 30 hours a week.

CamsKit | 16 hours ago

$144 an hour while they’re paying these teenagers minimum wage Jesus Christ ofc private equity is all over it

AzuleEyes | 9 hours ago

Two words: Private Equity.

seattlantis | 5 hours ago

I've seen ABA clinics convince parents not to send their children to public school until 1st or 2nd grade and that transition is so much harder when a child is used to 1:1 adult support at all times.