In the news | August 4, 2026Future Leader: Brianna Fitchett, Vice President of Clinical Impact, Catalight Behavioral Health Business named Brianna Fitchett, Catalight’s vice president of clinical impact, a 2026 Future Leader in the behavioral health category for increasing access to person-centered autism care through her work launching Catalight Academy. Read News
In the news | July 22, 2026Inside NSAP’s Effort to Create an All-Encompassing Autism Therapy Advocacy, Standards Organization Behavioral Health Business talks to National Society of Autism Professional CEO Robin McLeod and Catalight Executive Vice President Rodrigo Mahs about how Catalight helped create a first-of-its-kind professional society that seeks to advocate for all stakeholders involved in autism therapy, not just those representing ABA. Read News
In the news | July 10, 2026Nonprofit Leadership In Autism Care Chief Clinical Officer Doreen Samelson writes for Forbes about how nonprofit autism therapy providers like Catalight and Easterseals can distinguish themselves from private equity centers that are finding themselves embroiled in claims of overbilling and fraud. Read News
In the news | June 17, 20263 Ways Nonprofits Can Provide Better Brain-Health Support Chief Clinical Officer Doreen Samelson writes for Forbes about three areas where brain health can be addressed for young children with developmental disabilities. Read News
Article | June 16, 2026Catalight Awarded Gold Stevie for Managing an Autism Care Network That’s Reshaping the Industry Catalight accepted a Gold Stevie Award at the 24th annual American Business Awards in New York. The nonprofit was honored in the “Achievement in Management” category for leading a 15,000 practitioner network that is reshaping the autism care industry. Read article
In the news | June 12, 2026How Susan Armiger Built Catalight and Helped it Launch a New Professional Association What began as a local nonprofit has evolved into a national organization helping reshape autism and developmental disability care through research, value-based care and systems change. Read News
In the news | April 29, 2026Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation Grants $25,000 to Catalight to Expand Autism Support Services for Rural and Underserved Communities Catalight is expanding its RUBI parent training program for practitioners in Washington state’s rural and underserved communities thanks to this grant from the Molina Healthcare Charitable Foundation Read News
In the news | April 28, 2026Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Autism Doesn’t End at Childhood. Here’s the Reality Catalight’s work and RUBI program is listed by Dr. Sanjay Gupta as a program for autistic individuals transitioning into adulthood on his CNN podcast, “Chasing Life.” The mention was part of his “Paging Dr. Gupta” segment where he was answering a listener’s question about support needs changing as autistic kids grow into teens. Read News
In the news | April 23, 2026Catalight and Cognoa Partner to Cut autism Diagnosis Wait Time From Years to Days Pediatricians using Cognoa’s Canvas Dx tool to diagnose children will refer parents to Catalight’s vast network of more than 15,000 practitioners delivering personalized services to upwards of 25,000 patients annually – cutting down on wait times to evaluation and gaps between diagnosis and service. Read News
In the news | April 23, 2026Catalight Wins Gold Stevie Award for Health Services The American Business Awards honored Catalight with a gold “Stevie” award in the Health Products and Services category. It highlighted Catalight’s work in transforming autism care by establishing wellbeing as an outcome. Read News
