I put this on my Twitter feed and blog, so sorry for the cross-posting.

Cigna now approves Speech Generating Devices!

From Twitter feed of Comm Greenhouse:

Barriers to AAC keep falling! Thanks to Lew Golinker & other AAC advocates, CIGNA no longer considers SGDs experimental.

http://www.cigna.com/assets/docs/health-care-professionals/coverage_positions/mm_0447_coveragepositioncriteria_autism_pervasive_developmental_disorders.pdf

Alisa Brownlee, ATP
Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology Services

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