INVESTIGATORS AND GETTING CRIME RESULTS WITH ERIC VON AIKEN. THIS IS NEWS6 AT FIVE.
>>> A CENTRAL FLORIDA MOM IS
FURIOUS.
SHE SAYS A PLACE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO HELP HER SOBSON WITH
HIS AUTISM SHUT DOWN WITHOUT
TELLING THEM.
SHE SAYS THEY WERE STRUNG ALONG
FOR MONTHS.
>>> IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
OPENING NEAR HER HOME.
SHE SAYS SHORTLY AFTER ACCEPTING
THEIR APPLICATION THE COMPANY
STOPPED ANSWERING HER CALLS SO
SHE TURNED TO NEWS6 INVESTIGATOR
TO GET RESULTS.
>> YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW
FRUSTRATED THIS MOM WAS AND WHAT
THIS SITUATION WAS LIKE FOR HER.
SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO GET
BEHAVIOR THERAPY FOR HER SON
KING.
SHE SAID SHE RUSHED TO BE ONE OF
THEIR FIRST CLIENTS ONLY TO
DISCOVER IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE
TRUE.
>> SHE FEELS DEFEATED.
THIS SINGLE MOM SAYS SHE SPENT
NEARLY SIX MONTHS WAITING FOR
HER SON TO GET BEHAVIR THERAPY.
>> HE’S AUTISTIC.
>> AND SHE HOPED TO GET IT AT
THE NEW WONDER MIND CENTER.
>> THEY SAID THEY HAD ALREADY
HIRED ALL THE THERAPISTS.
>> SHE SAID WORKERS TOLD HER
THEY WOULD CALL HER IN TWO WEEKS
FOR HER AND KING TO GO TO THE
GRAND OPENING.
I WAS SO UPSET.
I STARTED CRYING.
>> AFTER OUR VISIT WE WENT TO
WONDER MIND’S BUILDING WHICH
STILL HAD SIGNS OUT FRONT
CLAIMING TO BE OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.
>> LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE STILL
GETTING MAIL HERE.
>> AND THEN THEY DISCOVERED
THIS.
>> LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD A STICKER
SAYING MEDICARE MEDICAID BUT
THEY TOOK IT OFF.
>> THE PARKING LIGHT FINALLY
SENT US THIS TEXT BACK SAYING
THE KISSIMMEE LOCATION IS
PERMANENTLY CLOSED.
>> I WASTED LIKE FIVE, SIX
MONTHS WAITING ON THEM WHEN I
COULD HAVE PUT HIM SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
>>Reporter: SHORTLY AFTER OUR
VISIT THEY GOT THIST FROM THE
PRESIDENT APOLOGIZING FOR THE
INCONVENIENCE AND FINALLY
ADMITTED THEY HAD SHUT DOWN.
THE VERY NEXT DAY THE PRESIDENT
EVEN NOTIFIED THE STATE TO
DISSOLVE THE COMPANY ENTIRELY.
BUT THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR
HER.
SHE SAYS SHE’S WORRIED ABOUT ALL
THE PRIVATE INFORMATION THEY
COLLECTED FROM HER AND HER SON.
>> I WAS TERRIFIED THAT THEY CAN
USE THIS INFORMATION AND THEN
HE’S NOT EVEN GOING THERE.
>> WE DON’T KNOW HOW MANY
FAMILIES SIGNED UP WITH WONDER
MINDS AND IF ANY OF THEM PAID
THEM ORB GAVE THEM INFORMATION.
BUT IF THEY DID WE WANT TO HEAR
FROM THEM.
>> THIS IS A SINGLE MOM WHO TOOK
THE TIME TO DO ALL THE HOMEWORK
AND THAT’S SIX MONTHS THAT
SHE’LL NEVER GET BACK, WHAT CAN
PEOPLE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PLACE IS LEGIT.
>> WORD OF MOUTH IS MP AND SO
ARE REFERRALS SO COMING
UPPED 6 O’CLOCK, WE TALK TO
BEHAVIOR THERAPISTS WITH ARNOLD
PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
SHE SHARES CRUCIAL TIPS TO KEEP
THIS FROM HAPPENING TO YOU AND
WHERE YOU CAN GO TO FIND AN
ACCREDITED THERAPY CENTER NEAR
YOU.
WE ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS TO BE
ASKING.
>>> THAT’S THE LAST THING THAT
MOM NEEDED.
>> I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT
THAT CASE BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO