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