Military Parents: We Will Not Back Down!!!

Editor's Note: We parents will not back down because this is who we're fighting for; our children.

Yesterday morning I had the honor of being a guest on Curt and Kim Linderman's radio show on Autism One Radio; Linderman Live. You can listen to the archive of the show HERE

During the show we discussed the class action lawsuit being brought against the U.S. Government, The Department of Defense, Tricare Management Activity, and the Secretary of Defense. You can read some of the background HERE. We also discussed the reasons for the lawsuit and the challenges that military families who have children with autism face. It's an intense and vast topic of discussion and there is no way we could hit on everything that needs to be talked about in one hour. There will be more to come.

I talked to a few people yesterday who felt that we may have hit a little hard on the DoD, and I openly disagree, and I'll tell you why. Back in 2008 after the "Green Our Vaccines" Rally there was a video circulating on YouTube showing photo clips of the Rally with the backdrop music of THIS Now I am not going to convolute this issue with causation, but I so wanted to go to the Rally. I was deeply moved by this song on many different levels. Treatment works. ABA works and improves the functioning of children with autism, and YES can be the catalyst to RECOVERY. Yes, it can and does happen. I will not just shut up and sing the praises of our medical care like the DoD would have me. And, after what my own family has endured, and what I see and hear other families going through on a daily basis fighting for their kids, yes a daily basis; I am not ready to make nice, nor will I be until our Government does the right thing by our families and our children with autism. When they are ready to demonstrate a little integrity and do the right thing and move ABA under the Basic Tricare Program, I may be willing to forgive, but I will NEVER forget.

If you haven't already, please check out the Military Affidavits section at the top left of Autism Salutes, find the appropriate one and email it to Brendan Frey, Esq. at bfrey@manteselaw.com by July 15 at the latest.

One last thing. If no one wants to pay for this, then as I said on the show yesterday, maybe someone needs to figure out what the hell is causing an epidemic of autism.