{"id":7660,"date":"2012-06-14T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T16:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=7660"},"modified":"2017-05-23T12:26:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T16:26:45","slug":"military-families-affected-by-disabilities-act-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/military-families-affected-by-disabilities-act-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Families Affected by Disabilities: Act Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Military%20Families%20Affected%20by%20Disabilities%3A%20Act%20Today%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Follow-Up: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/SASC.followup.hilton.doc\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What You Can Do!<\/span><\/a> Read the Individual Family Stories submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>July 3, 2012 (Huffington Post): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jeremy-hilton\/medical-necessity-of-autism_b_1646537.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Senate Hearing on Medical Necessity of Autism Care for Military Families<\/span><\/a>.<br \/>\nIs ABA as &#8220;medical therapy&#8221; mean that it was &#8220;medically necessary&#8221;? Why are thousands of military families still being denied ABA?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Update: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hearing <\/span><\/span>now scheduled for Thursday, June 21, 1430<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.\u00a0 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room SD-106<span style=\"color: #800000;\">*<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Due to the high interest level for Wednesday\u2019s Senate briefing, Senator Webb has moved the hearing to <strong>Rm 216<\/strong> of the Senate Hart Building (same time 1430). This is one of the largest rooms available.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy was able to provide the Senators with 70+ individual stories since the word went out last Thursday\u2026not bad for Father\u2019s Day weekend. Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Senate Hearing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel will be holding a hearing on the issues impacting our military families affected by disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1430, RM 232-A Senate Russell Bldg. Open to the public.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milspouse.com\/msoy\/2012\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Jeremy Hilton<\/span><\/a> is expected to testify as well as other witnesses.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Act today<\/strong>!<\/span> <strong>Help Jeremy add your story to the official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Deadline: Sunday, June 17, 2012.<\/span><\/strong> Please send your story to<a href=\"mailto:jlrmhilton@gmail.com\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> jlrmhilton@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These kinds of opportunities don\u2019t come around often so please take advantage of it. <\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A large portion of the testimony and discussion will more than likely be referencing a potential Gillibrand amendment regarding ABA and the recent OPM decision to include ABA as a medically necessary therapy for the dependents of federal workers.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy intends to address that issue in written testimony, along with other issues relevant to the military community including special education, Tricare, Medicaid waivers, and the EFMP programs.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/hilton.sen.test.062012.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Prepared Statement<\/span><\/a> before the Committee<\/p>\n<p>The National Council on Disability (NCD) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/hilton.sen.test.att.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Transmittal Letter<\/span><\/a> on USMC EFMP Study.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Ensure Your Voice is Heard. Include Your Story in the Official Record<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in participating, please send your family\u2019s story to Jeremy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>one page only<\/li>\n<li>formats: word, jpg, or pdf<\/li>\n<li>include a picture of your family<\/li>\n<li>bullet points and\/or a short synopsis of the primary issues to you and your family<\/li>\n<li>rank is not relevant for this purpose<\/li>\n<li>review attached sample stories<\/li>\n<li><strong>NLT than Sunday night, June 17, 2012<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have something positive you want to share, please do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These kinds of opportunities don\u2019t come around often so please take advantage of it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Effective Family Stories<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate staffers or the Senators themselves will be reviewing the story you send.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/mil.family.fort.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Meet the Fort family<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/mil.family.hafer.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Meet the Hafer family<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in the DC area, try to attend the hearing. It will be open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy recommends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For those of you on active duty, you don\u2019t wear your uniform.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s liable to be packed so get there early.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks &#8211;\u00a0 from Jeremy Hilton.<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jlrmhilton@gmail.com\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">jlrmhilton@gmail.com<\/span><\/a> (please send your story here)<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800000;\">*<\/span> Jeremy was able to provide the Senators with 70+ individual stories since the word went out last Thursday\u2026not bad for Father\u2019s Day weekend. Thank you all for responding.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Find Jeremy Hilton&#8217;s prepared statement and links to written statements of others, on the Wrightslaw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/dod.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Military and Department of Defense (DOD) Special Education<\/span> <\/a>page. You will also find a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/fplayers\/jw57\/urlMP4Player.cfm?fn=armed062112&amp;st=1150&amp;dur=6000\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">view the hearing<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/dod.index.htm#hearing\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/dod.index.htm#hearing<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow-Up: What You Can Do! Read the Individual Family Stories submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee. July 3, 2012 (Huffington Post): Senate Hearing on Medical Necessity of Autism Care <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/military-families-affected-by-disabilities-act-today\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1271,486],"tags":[60,697,967,927,968,966,730],"class_list":["post-7660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autism","category-military-families","tag-aba","tag-efmp","tag-gillibrand-amendment","tag-jeremy-hilton","tag-medicaid-waivers","tag-senate-hearings-for-military-families","tag-tricare"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7660"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21860,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7660\/revisions\/21860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}