In 2024, the autism therapy industry faced a year mainly focused on finally reconciling many of the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic foisted upon the industry. In 2024, workforce challenges normalized or improved, some previously stuck payer rates are seeing incremental movement and the financial markets are moving in such a way to make dealmaking […]
Center for Autism & Related Disorders
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 […]
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders’ (CARD) bankruptcy was bad news for investors placing big bets in the autism therapy space. But there are upsides for the company. CARD’s new owners, Doreen Granpeeseh and Sangam Pant get a clean slate at the scaled autism therapy company. And it’s a company with which they are […]
The autism therapy space got a shock to the system with hundreds of layoffs at major operators. With the demand in services growing, investors and operators have seen the autism space as a golden investment opportunity. However, this rash of layoffs reveals the opportunity in autism comes with deep-seated challenges. A severe supply and demand […]