Understanding Insurance Coverage for Autism and Co-Occurring Visual Impairment

• By: Ernst VanBergeijk, PhD, MSW Alexandra LaVoie, MSOT Transition Center at the Perkins School for the Blind
• April 12th, 2024
• advocacy, blindness, cerebral/cortical visual impairment, co-occurrence, Spring 2024 Issue
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According to Petretto et al. (2023), “…autism could currently be considered one of the most commonly reported co-existing developmental disorders in children with blindness or other severe visual impairment.” The etiology, or the biological cause of the blindness, was directly correlated with...