Yes, I am currently getting  therapy from a Speech-language
Pathologist.  She knows about the insurance company's unwillingness to
pay.  I think my therapist has put down my CP as cause of my
stuttering.  If I remember right.  I have not thought about asking my
voc rehab counselor about helping to pay for it.  I will ask him when I
see him later this month.  I will let you know how things turn out

Jan

Elizabeth Hill Thiers wrote:

> It's much harder to justify therapies once a person reaches adulthood
> unless their has been some type of major change in health status such
> as
> injury or stroke, etc.  That said, Jan, are you recieving services
> from a
> Speech-language Pathologist?  Are they aware of your difficulties in
> recieving payment from the insurance company.  I'm an occupational
> therapist working in private practice and we often have to be very
> aware of
> how we write up our evaluations and what codes we put down.  We tend
> to
> work up the medical aspects of the diagnoses.  Straight speech therapy
> is
> difficult to  get insurance to pay for.  Have you tried going through
> voc
> rehab?  You might be able to get them to pay for it since, you need to
>
> speak clearly to get through school and get a job.
>
> Elizabeth Thiers, OTR
> email: [log in to unmask]
> homepage: http://www.bv.net/~john/bethsot1.html
>
> ----------
> > From: Jan Nottmeier <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: [Fwd: Health Insurance, Stuttering (Was Quiet List)]
> > Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 9:59 PM
> > Hi Lara,
> >
> > what coverage are you talking about?  If you are talking about
> health
> > insurance, I am covered with my mother until the age of 27 because
> of my
> > CP.
> >
> > However, they refuse to pay for my stuttering therapy claiming it is
> not
> > necessary. Many times I felt like calling them and saying how can
> you
> > say the ability to talk is not necessary for someone with CP. But I
> have
> > filed an appeal, so my parents think calling them on the phone is
> not
> > going to help much because we are dealing with the company
> headquarters
> > not their phone answering service. They have already denied two
> previous
> > appeals though so I think nothing will change.  Sorry if I got off
> the
> > subject there.
> >
> > I do have one question though.  Does anyone know if stuttering is
> > somehow related to CP?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jan