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Your Mission at Home Matters as Much as the One in Uniform.
Drawing on decades of lived experience as parents, military family members, and seasoned
professionals, authors Jaime and Elizabeth Parent offer practical strategies and heartfelt
guidance for navigating autism within the unique challenges of military life. From healthcare
and education to benefits, financial planning, and transitions, their insights combine
expertise with empathy. This resource empowers you to advocate confidently, access critical support, and build resilience so that your family thrives during service and beyond.
Contents
How to use this book
Prologue: Better in the End
The Basics
Chapter One: Autism 101
Chapter Two: What is Obvious Now was Oblivious Then
Chapter Three: ASD and Gender Identity
Military Life
Chapter Four: Active-Duty Financial Planning
Chapter Five: Assignments and Promotions
Chapter Six: The Exceptional Family Member Program
Healthcare
Chapter Seven: Tricare
Chapter Eight: Uniformed Services Federal Health Plan (USFHP)
Chapter Nine: ECHO and ACD
Chapter Ten: Seeking Interventions
Chapter Eleven: Education
Chapter Twelve: Easing Transitions
When Service Ends
Chapter Thirteen: Employment
Chapter Fourteen: Housing
Chapter Fifteen: SSDI and Medicare
Chapter Sixteen: SSI and Medicaid
Chapter Seventeen: Those GI Bills
Retirement and Veterans Benefits
Chapter Eighteen: Financial Planning for the Remaining Years
Chapter Nineteen: Tricare for Life and Medicare
Chapter Twenty: Social Security
Chapter Twenty-One: The Disabled Adult Child (SAC) Benefit
Chapter Twenty- Guardianship and Advanced Directives
Chapter Twenty-Three: The DoD Incapacitated Child Benefit
Chapter Twenty-Four: A History of VA Consciousness
Chapter Twenty-Five: VA Healthcare and Disability
Chapter Twenty-Six: Brave in the Attempt
Epilogue: You Gotta Have Faith



