Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder. ASD is a developmental disability caused by differences in your child’s brain. People with ASD may behave, interact and learn in ways that are different from other people. They may have trouble with social interactions and with interpreting and using nonverbal and verbal communication.
Autism means your child may have:
- Difficulties interacting with other people or differences in how they interact with others.
- Trouble using and understanding nonverbal communication, like eye contact, gestures and facial expressions.
- Delayed or absent language development.
- Trouble forming and understanding relationships.
- Repetitive motor behaviors, like flapping arms, body rocking or repetitive speech or play.
- Insistence on sameness in environment or routine.
- Intense or unusual interests.
- Sensory aversions, like dislike of loud noises, or sensory-seeking behaviors.
Services Includes in Autism Care:
Consolidated Waiver
Consolidated Waiver is designed to help individuals with an intellectual disability, autism or developmental disability to live more independently in their homes and communities and to provide a variety of services that promote community living, including self-directed service models and traditional, agency-based service models.
Services
- Behavioral Support
- Benefits Counseling
- Communication Specialist
- Community Participation Support
- Companion
- Consultative Nutritional Services
- Family/Caregiver Training and Support
- Home Accessibility Adaptations
- Homemaker/Chore
- Housing Transition and Tenancy Sustaining Services
- In-Home and Community Support
- (Licensed and Unlicensed) Life Sharing
- (Licensed and Unlicensed) Residential Habilitation
- Remote Supports
- Respite
- Supported Living
- Supports Coordination
- Transportation
- Vehicle Accessibility Adaptations