The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) is offering medical grants to aid Delaware families in paying for child health care not covered by health insurance plans, including services for spina bifida, hearing loss, autism, Down syndrome and ADHD. To date, UHCCF has awarded more than $40 million to qualified children and families.
Delaware lawmakers approved legislation to restore the Delaware Prescription Assistance Program for low income seniors and individuals with disabilities. More than 5,000 people were using the program before it ended amid last year’s fiscal crisis.
Neurocore, a company which claims to reduce symptoms and cure conditions such as ADHD, depression and autism, has agreed to stop advertising such success rates following a review that found the company’s claims were based on mixed research and non-scientific studies. Education Secretary DeVos and her husband have invested more than $5 million in Neurocore.
Several states and advocates are working to reduce sexual assault of individuals with intellectual disabilities in the wake of an NPR report that found this population suffers some of the highest rates of sexual abuse. In Pennsylvania, a proposed law would make it easier for people with intellectual disabilities to testify in court. Advocates nationally have suggested legislation which would require students with disabilities to receive sex education.
More colleges are joining other institutions of higher learning, such as the University of Delaware, in offering programs to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Post-secondary financial aid is making some of that possible.
