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A Pyrrhic Victory?

By Hal Walter When we last left off in the continuing saga of our efforts to get Harrison on Medicaid coverage through the Children’s Extended Support (CES) Waiver, his application had been denied by the state, and I was determined to raise hell about it. As background, Harrison is diagnosed with autism and ADHD, and he also exhibits a complex of other labels such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, sensory integration disorder, and discalculia, which together result in random frequent outbursts, sleep disturbances and behavioral issues, sometimes violent. In contrast, he is an inquisitive learner, runs on the Custer County ...

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