05/15/2025
🚨 We Need Your Help – It Only Takes 2 Minutes! 🚨
The SOS team is calling on our friends, families, and colleagues to stand with us in advocating for Ohio kids with autism.
Right now, outdated insurance policies are blocking children from accessing critical therapies like ABA and speech. Families are running into age caps, hour limits, and visit restrictions that have nothing to do with clinical need — and everything to do with broken systems.
We’ve seen firsthand how these barriers delay progress and harm families who are already doing everything they can. So we’re raising our voices — and asking you to raise yours.
➡️ Here’s what you can do:
Please send a quick email to the following state legislators to help us stop age, hours, and visit caps within employer health plans and fix access problems within Medicaid. The message is already written for you — just personalize it if you’ve got a story to share. The best part? These changes won’t cost the state a dime.
📧 All the details are below from the Ohio Autism Insurance Coalition — including the sample email, contact info, and where to send it.
Email subject line: Please Support Autism Amendments in Budget for Insurance-Funded Therapies.
Body of Email: Please support and submit the autism amendments from the Ohio Autism Insurance Coalition to the Legislative Service Commission. These amendments do not have a fiscal impact on the state budget.
Share a short personal statement if you faced insurance challenges in accessing therapy for autism or other experiences where you have seen challenges.
Closing:
Please contact the Autism Insurance Coalition for the autism amendments they have drafted to remove these barriers that violate patient protections found in federal mental health parity law. The Coalition's contact is email Help@ASDOHIO.com or call 614-565-5765. Thank you for helping the autism community.
Share your name, address, and contact information.
Here are the legislator's emails.
Antonio@ohiosenate.gov
Craig@ohiosenate.gov
Smith@ohiosenate.gov
Liston@ohiosenate.gov
Romanchuk@ohiosenate.gov
Huffman@ohiosenate.gov
Liston@ohiosenate.gov
Ingram@ohiosenate.gov
Johnson@ohiosenate.gov
Wilson@ohiosenate.gov
If you have problems, please reach out at admin@asdohio.com.
💙 On behalf of the entire SOS team, thank you for being part of a movement to ensure every child in Ohio has access to the care they need. Let's make noise, let’s make change — together.