4/23/08

So here we are, at the capitol, rallying for our little Tyler to have insurance coverage for the treatments he needs. THe rally was great, wonderful speakers. They estimate about 750 people came and went throughout the 3 hour period. Even if you could not attend, please contact your representatives and senators and beg them to support this bill and bring it to a vote It will change the lives of so many families including ours.

On another note, the department conducted autism awareness training today for one of the shifts. (3 shifts equals 3 training days). As a reminder, this training includes ways for emergency responders how to recognize and handle someone with autism in an emergency situation. Anyway, a lieutenant just came up to me and told me that the medical call they had just went on which was for a child who had a head injury and was having trouble breating, was for a child who had autism. They told the school staff that they had just went through training that morning for exact situations like that one. This was fantastic feedback, not only for the public to realize that the department is getting trained, but also for the department to realize that the training was worthwhile and useful.

We are a bit behind on sessions since I was at the rally yesterday. Also, I received some general feedback of ways to help TYler from a session that Carrie went to at daycare. I sent it out to those who work closely with Tyler but if anyone else would like a copy, just let me know.

Exciting news... they have chosen a date and site for the Autism Speaks walk. The announcement will be going out on Friday, so be looking for emails from me regarding dates/locatations/etc. Please help or join us on teh walk. Autism Speaks co-sponsored Tyler's study and it's helped us so much, they are also one of the leading advocates behind pushing the insurance bills to the capitol.