More than a year ago, Benjamin’s therapists filed an insurance claim for a new shower chair. Our insurance denied the claim saying that a shower chair wasn’t medically necessary. Benjamin’s pediatrician set up a peer-to-peer review with a doctor from the insurance company hoping to overturn the decision without a formal appeal.

No such luck.

According to the doctor from the insurance company, “A shower chair is a comfort and convenience item.”

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Last year I wrote a piece about my miserable sense of direction and motherhood. Excited to say that today Navigating Motherhood and Autism is published over on Today’s Parenting Team.

Take a look and if you’re so inclined cast your vote of approval.

Thanks everyone!

Joanne