Sharpe: A national autism strategy would help families and save money

I am the proud parent of a 23-year-old daughter with autism. When she was diagnosed at two years, none months, I struggled to find treatment after a social worker came to my home and said that my daughter would end up “in a special home with others like her” because her disability was so severe.
I discovered that a treatment for autism existed that could help my daughter develop and grow, but it was neither provided by our public health care system nor covered by medicare. The treatm