All those who profit from the existence of autism....
Therapists
Behaviorists
School psychologists, and
Special Ed lawyers
....will denounce anything that threatens to make autism a thing of the past.
Although I have empathy for autistic children and affected families, I do not have much sympathy for the demands of the autism industry and autism special interest groups. The autism lobby is demanding insurance coverage for very expensive behavioral treatment. The demands range from $25,000 to $100,000+ behavioral therapy per year. I believe that a number of states have passed insurance mandates including Colorado.
The behavioral therapy is special education. The autism lobby insists that autism therapy is no different than cancer therapy. Placing that burden on medical insurance will cause many to lose coverage. The autism lobby will not accept no for answer. When taxpayers reject initiatives to fund autism therapy, the lobby attacks the insurance industry.
If autism therapy is supported, it should not be through medical insurance. The legislature should make tradeoffs between supporting autism therapy versus many other leftist causes. Some reasonable means testing should also be imposed. The autism lobby wants nothing to do with means testing or tradeoffs. They just want as much therapy as parents can demand.