Thursday, July 24, 2008

Update - House Bill 1150

In April, we encouraged PA residents to contact their local legislators to support House Bill 1150, an amendment to the Act of May 17, 1921 which would mandate insurance companies to cover autistic children's medical expenses up to $36,000 per year.

On July 9, 2008, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, signed House Bill 1150 into law!!!! This will provide children and Young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder access to services and treatments including, psychiatric care, psychological care, and rehabilitative care including applied behavioral analysis, therapeutic care and pharmacy care.

To view the press release issued regarding this monumental event or for more info on Autism visit www.dpw.state.pa.us

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

PA Residents - Let's VOTE

November is quickly approaching...are you ready to cast your vote?!?!?



The Disability Voting Coalition of Pennsylvania is diligently working to ensure that individuals with disabilities have the opportunity to register to vote.



On Saturday, July 26 at 11:30am, a press event will be held at UCP in Oakland to launch the "We Count!" voter registration campaign. The purpose of the campaign is to publicize the obligation of all state funded disability service organizations to provide voter registration opportunities to the people they serve.



For more information on this event and the Disability Voting Coalition, log on to www.dvcpa.org