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We urge enactment of legislation that will prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (“ASD”). We urge the legislature to stop unfair insurance coverage practices that deprive necessary health care for individuals with ASD. As legal practitioners who work closely with families affected by autism – or have affected children – we have all too often observed that insurers have worked to deny coverage for basic interventions that would make a real difference for individuals with autism. We applaud legislators in New York for taking a close look at the autism insurance coverage issue.