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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parent, Jaime B., author.

Parent, Elizabeth Tracy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism spectrum disorders in children.

Developmentally disabled children.

Veterans.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

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:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

How to Use This Book

Prologue

1 Autism 101

2 What Is Obvious Now Was Oblivious Then

3 Autism and Gender Identity

4 Active-Duty Financial Planning

5 Assignments and Promotions

6 The Exceptional Family Member Program

7 TRICARE

8 Uniform Services Federal Health Plan (USFHP)

9 ECHO and ACD

10 Seeking Interventions

11 Education

12 Easing Transitions for Your Child

13 Employment

14 Housing

15 SSDI and Medicare

16 SSI and Medicaid and CHIP

17 Those G.I. Bills

18 Financial and Estate Planning for the Remaining Years

19 TFL and Medicare

20 Social Security

21 The Disabled Adult Child (DAC)

22 Guardianship and Advanced Directives

23 The DoD Incapacitated Child Benefit

24 A History of VA Self-Consciousness

25 VA Healthcare and Disability

26 Brave in the Attempt

Epilogue

List of Acronyms

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

ISBN:

979-88-8184-296-3

1-5381-9683-2

9798765160206

9781538196830

OCLC:

1570553539