AXY01@ALBNYDH2.BITNET (Altan Yazici) (05/10/91)
Index Number: 15476 I have a 14 year old autistic non-verbal son. He has shown some degree of success using a comminications book with pictures/icons on its pages. The speech and language therapists at his school will try using an electronic device (Alltalk from Adaptive Communications Systems) for evaluations on arental basis. If the trial is successful, I would like to get a unit for my son. Does anyone have any knowledge on either Dynavox or DAC form ACS? The Alltalk is now discontinued, and the other units are not available for rental yet. Our case will be the first one for CHP, our health insurance company, which is an HMO. I was told that they cover prosthetic devices if Medicare covers them. Is there anyone out there, who knows details of a case where an adaptive communications device is covered by Medicare? Any information about the devices and funding is appreciated. Altan Yazici (axy01@albnydh2.bitnet)