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Financial Planning Seminar

On Saturday, September 26, at 9am-12pm there will be a financial planning seminar at The Drake Center. There will be several presenters from the First Paragon Financial Group and Frost Brown Todd Group.  To learn more information, click on the link provided below:

Download SPN Seminar Flyer Sept 26th_2009

 

“America’s Affordable Health Choices Act Of 2009”

This is a crosspost from "Autism Votes."

News Center House Energy and Commerce Committee Passes Autism Insurance Reform Amendment to “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act Of 2009”

Key House Committee Stands Up for Families’ Access to Insurance Coverage of Autism Therapies

NEW YORK, NY (July 31, 2009) -- Autism Speaks, the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, today applauds the members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee for passing Representative Mike Doyle’s (D-PA), autism insurance reform amendment to “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009,” H.R. 3200. Mr. Doyle serves as Chairman of the Congressional Autism Research and Education Caucus in the House.

The amendment will prohibit discrimination in benefits against persons with autism by amending current sections of H.R. 3200 to include behavioral health treatments as part of the essential benefits package. 

“We are grateful to Representative Doyle and his committee colleagues for passing this amendment to the health care reform bill. The legislation will ensure that families dealing with autism will be a part of larger health care reform," said Elizabeth Emken, Vice President of Government Relations for Autism Speaks. “Short of finding a cure for autism, there is nothing that can have a more significant impact on the lives of people with autism and those who love them than putting an end to insurance discrimination.  Now is the time to finally right this terrible wrong.” 

Watch Congressman Mike Doyle Make His Historic Pledge to the Autism Community on July 16, 2009:

Lead Poison Awareness

Lead Poison Prevention is a priority of The Arc, because lead exposure has been known to cause learning and behavior problems in children.

Lead is especially toxic for children under six years of age. The effects of lead poisoning are irreversible and may lead to hyperactivity, learning and behavioral problems, brain damage, impaired hearing, juvenile delinquency, kidney problems, vomiting, headaches, and appetite loss.

 Download EPA Protect your child

All contractorsshould be abiding by The Lead PRE Rule - a Federal regulation affecting construction contractors, property managers, and others who performs renovations for compensation in residential housing that may contain lead-based paint.

Download Info for Renovators

 

Lead poisoning is entirely preventable.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 310,000 United States children aged 1 – 5 years have blood lead levels greater than 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood, the level at which CDC recommends public health actions be initiated.   The only way to determine exposure from lead is to receive a blood lead test.   There is no safe level of lead in the blood.  

Review the City of Cincinnati's Lead Poison facts.