Onion ABA: A Behavior Analytic Satire
No one is safe as Scott A. O’Donnell, PhD, takes a satirical look at the field of ABA in the year 2036. Scott A. O’Donnell, PhD Temple University and S.A.O.B.A., LLC
Opinion
Where the field argues with itself. Op-eds from BCBAs, founders, payers, attorneys, and self-advocates: the abolition-vs-reform debate, the 2026 payer reckoning, autistic representation in clinical leadership, and the right investors for a clinic. Bylines reflect their authors. Continues in private equity, policy, clinical practice.
What If We’ve Been Scaling ABA the Wrong Way?
Exploring how caregiver-led implementation, implementation science, telehealth, and new service delivery models can help expand access to evidence-based ABA without compromising quality.
Beyond the ABA Income Statement: The Profitability Analysis Every Owner Needs
Looking beyond revenue to uncover the hidden drivers of profitability, smarter decision-making, and long-term practice value.
Private Equity in ABA Explained for Mere Mortals
The PE playbook fits in five steps and four vocabulary words. I grew a pediatric therapy company to 250 employees across multiple clinics and was oblivious about private equity.
When No ABA Provider Could Push Back, CareSource Slashed Rates 20%
The cut will close clinics, accelerate private-equity consolidation, and narrow access to a federally mandated benefit for the children least able to advocate for themselves. None of it is necessary.
The WSJ’s ABA Therapy Story Is a Reckless Depiction of Providers, Children Will Pay
A single Brooklyn operator billing $13,000 an hour is not the field that 81,000 certified analysts practice in. The Journal’s own data proves the point it buried.
How to Prepare Your ABA Company for an Aggressive Medicaid Audit
The methodology being used in audits does not distinguish between fraud and incomplete documentation. Honest providers are getting caught up in a system built for bad actors. What you do before, during…
Why Independent ABA Operators Need a Fractional CFO
Your BCBA program prepared you for clinical work. It did not prepare you to model unit economics, forecast cash through authorization cycles, or understand your financials at the depth the environment now…
ASAN’s 2012 Warning on ABA Still Unheeded by Industry Leaders
Despite calls for autistic representation and ethical reforms, ABA clinics remain largely neurotypical in leadership roles, stalling meaningful change.
The Abolition vs. Reform Debate in ABA: Can Applied Behavior Analysis Be Made Neurodiversity-Affirming, or Is That a Fundamental Contradiction?
The neurodiversity movement has split into two distinct critiques of ABA therapy. Reformists argue that ABA can evolve to center autistic perspectives, client assent, and quality of life while retaining its scientific…
2026: The Year ABA Must Prove Its Value or Watch Payers Prove It for Them
Industry insiders are warning that the ABA sector faces a reckoning in 2026 as payers of all types seek to control runaway spending. Reimbursement rates are declining, authorized hours are being cut,…
Why Every ABA Therapy Professional Needs to Be At the Autism Law Summit
The One Conference ABA Professionals Can't Afford to Miss.
The Wrong Type of Investor Will Destroy Your ABA Therapy Practice
ABA Therapy founders need to find right partner, or live with regret.