The Mission at Home : Navigating Military Assignments, TRICARE, Education, Benefits, and Everyday Life with Your Child on the Autism Spectrum

Parent, Jaime B./ Parent, Elizabeth Tracy

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers（2026/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781538196823

Full Description

Autism and the Military Family is an invaluable resource that offers guidance for the unique challenges of ASD military families, including how to navigate healthcare, education, finances, insurance, as well as the emotional needs and stresses within the family unit.

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