News & Events

April 04, 2012

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny and the 2012 It’s in the Cards Dinner Gala and Auction are featured on the cover of the March 21 Town & Style.
See the online version here.
Tickets and sponsorships are still available for the Gala. Click here for more details.

March 03, 2012

PRESS RELEASE—New York Times Bestselling Author David Finch to Visit Mizzou March 6
Finch to speak about life, marriage and living with Asperger Syndrome.

Columbia, Mo. February 21, 2012: David Finch, author of The Journal of Best Practices, comes to Mizzou March 6, 2012 to share his entertaining and enlightening story of living with Asperger Syndrome – [...]

June 11, 2010

What Families Should Know About Missouri’s Landmark Autism Bill
John Huff, Missouri Director of Insurance, YouTube
Missouri Director of Insurance John Huff explains the key provisions of the law just signed by Gov. Jay Nixon that guarantees insurance coverage for autism treatments.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mogov1#p/a/u/1/P-7tIhEYQ9U

June 10, 2010

(from KMIZ, ABC 17 -June 10, 2010)
Governor Nixon signed a bill into law Thursday (June 10) that requires insurance companies to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of Autism.
The new law requires up to $40,000 in coverage for a therapy called Applied Behavioral Analysis, or ABA, until kids turn 18 years old.  Supporters of [...]

May 20, 2010

Jefferson City, MO -  HB 1311, the autism insurance reform bill PASSED in the House on May 12 by a vote of 144:16 and less than one hour later in the Senate by a vote of 27:6!  The bill is now heading to Governor Nixon’s desk where he has promised [...]

April 06, 2010

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

6:00pm – 9:30pm

Boulevard Brewing

2501 Southwest Boulevard

Kansas City, MO

Tickets are $35 and include fight songs, bragging rights, sports highlights, appetizers and Boulevard beverages. Truman and Baby Jay will be there as well as staff from MU’s athletic department. To purchase tickets:
http://www.projectchange-kc.org/borderchallenge2/

March 22, 2010

(Cheryl Uterschultz, The Thompson Center Alumni Newsletter)
The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Missouri is proud to announce the 5th Annual Autism Intervention Conference to be held April 8-10, 2010 in Columbia, Missouri. For more information visit: http://thompsoncenter.missouri.edu/

January 29, 2010

(-Brian Krebs, Columbia Missourian)
JEFFERSON CITY — Parents of children with autism are one step closer to guaranteed insurance coverage for their children.
Missouri Senate committee members unanimously voted Tuesday (January 26, 2010) to pass a bill http://www.senate.mo.gov/10info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=3157601that would mandate insurance coverage for treatment of autism and related disorders.
Sen. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, sponsored the bill, which [...]

December 14, 2009

Press release from the office of Sen. Kit Bond
U.S. Senator Kit Bond today announced that he secured $750,000 in federal funds for the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Missouri (MU).
“Local and community leaders in Missouri asked me to help send some of their tax dollars back home for local [...]

December 03, 2009

By Jason Noble of the Kansas City Star
Gov. Jay Nixon appeared Thursday with several Missouri lawmakers to call for prompt passage of a bill requiring coverage of autism treatments.
“Families must have access to both the diagnosis of autism and the best therapies to treat the condition,” said Nixon, a Democrat.
House Speaker Ron Richard, a Republican, [...]