Biotech firm MARAbio has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the launch of its blood test for detecting maternal autoantibody-related (MAR) autism. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based biotech company plans to use the funds to bring its proprietary blood testing technology to market. MAR autism is linked to specific patterns […]

Doreen Granpeesheh has spent the last year pruning out and grafting in strategies and plans at the Center for Autism & Related Disorders (CARD).  One thing for certain won’t be grafted back in: private equity. Granpeesheh and her business partner acquired the company she founded in 1990 through a bankruptcy proceeding in August 2023. During […]

After eight years working in the Indiana public schools as a speech-language pathologist (SLP), Ashley Whitaker decided to focus on helping children diagnosed with autism. “Speech is one the first symptoms people recognize in individuals with autism,” Whitaker told Autism Business News. She found a mentor in Janine Shapiro, a speech-language pathologist who had gone […]

About a year ago, Ramon Falero jumped into the fray of a company in the middle of a transformation. That transformation hopes to turn the page for the company and help it join other autism therapy providers seeking to write the next chapter of the industry. Miramar, Florida-based MySpot is seeking to consolidate its legacy […]

An autism care provider that touts a multifaceted treatment approach has expanded into North Carolina. Cortica Inc. announced last week that it has opened a center in Cary, North Carolina, a city just west of Raleigh and south of Durham. In addition to setting up shop in the Raleigh-Durham area, Cortica plans to open an […]

The federal government announced in 2014 that Medicaid programs nationwide were required to cover medically necessary diagnostic and treatment services for children with autism.  This requirement led to millions of people having access to insurance coverage for applied behavior analysis (ABA) and other autism therapy modalities. Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, MassHealth, has now gone a step […]

Autism therapy provider NeurAbilities Healthcare has a new CEO after its prior leader resigned in April. The Voorhees, New Jersey-based company tapped former Fresenius Medical Care executive Andrew Holstein to the CEO position, according to a LinkedIn announcement earlier this month, following the departure of Kathleen Stengel, the company’s CEO since 2018. “Drew brings decades […]

More innovative solutions around autism diagnostics are starting to gain momentum. The latest example of this idea: Wyoming’s Medicaid program will cover Cognoa’s Canvas Dx product. According to a Sept. 26 announcement, Wyoming is now the first state to cover Cognoa’s tool for early-autism diagnosis. Dr. Sharief Taraman, CEO of Cognoa, described the move as […]

The need for board-certified behavioral analysts (BCBAs) who provide applied behavior analysis (ABA) has dramatically increased in recent years. In 2023, the number of open job listings for BCBAs even outstripped the total number of practicing clinicians.  To help create more BCBAs and create a pipeline of trained clinicians, ABA provider Helping Hands Family has […]

WTWH Media, the parent company of Behavioral Health Business, has announced the acquisition of Autism Investor Summit from Jade Health. Autism Investor Summit is the premier in-person event dedicated to advancing investment, innovation, and patient outcomes in the autism and behavioral health services industry. This influential conference brings together key decision-makers from across the behavioral […]