In the news | September 29, 2023‘We’ve Got To Do More’: Providers Seek To Close Gap In Mental Health Care For Neurodiverse People People with autism are four times as likely to experience depression in their life than typically-developing peers. Despite the increased risk, people with autism or other neurodiversities often face significant obstacles when seeking mental health care. Barriers like clinicians’ lack of specialty training, staffing shortages and pitfalls with payers often prevent neurodiverse people from accessing … Read News
Article | August 22, 2023Solving the Access Issue Once and For All With today’s behavioral health care staffing shortages and increasing prevalence of developmental disabilities and autism, it’s a major challenge to create enough capacity to be able to serve these communities. But payers’ network adequacy is a key factor affecting access to care and it’s getting more attention from lawmakers because of “ghost networks,” particularly in … Read article
Article | August 2, 20235 Ways Paraprofessionals Can Drive Better Client Care How paraprofessionals can up their skills and drive better individual care Read article
Article | July 12, 2023Is Autism Spectrum Disorder Getting Lost in Behavioral Health Care? A search for “behavioral health” in The New York Times and The Washington Post turned up 3,163 results in the past year, and searches for “substance use,” “opioids” and “opioid crisis” similarly turned up thousands of results. A search for “autism?” Just 213 search results in the same time period. The fact that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is getting … Read article
Press release | June 12, 2023Study Suggests Parents Benefit When They Lead Care for Autistic Children Families raising a child with autism often face significant challenges in ensuring their child receives proper care. Recent research shows a common treatment for autistic children may offer added benefits when led by parents, rather than paraprofessionals. Parents who lead the treatment see increased confidence in their parenting ability according to a study of 152 families with … Read press release
Article | May 23, 2023Catalight on the World Stage For the first time since 2019, the world’s premier autism research conference was back in person, this year in Stockholm, and I attended with my colleagues Dr. Linsey Sneed and our CEO Susan Armiger. We were reminded of how important it is – both for us as researchers and clinicians and for Catalight as a … Read article
In the news | April 18, 2023Overcoming Stigma to Create More Inclusive Communities April is Autism Awareness Month and World Autism Day was April 2, 2023. These observances create important opportunities to break down existing biases and build more inclusive communities where all people are valued for their unique abilities. While greater awareness is needed to foster understanding and support, shouldn’t we set our sights a little higher? … Read News
Article | April 17, 2023Conversations On Value Value-based care gains momentum, yet lags in behavioral health like ASD treatment. Catalight pioneers flexible, outcome-focused approaches. Read article
Article,In the news | April 11, 2023The Importance of Telediagnostics in ASD Diagnosis and Treatment The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant challenges and opportunities for psychologists conducting diagnostic evaluations for people with suspected autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While there had been research on telediagnostics for ASD, at the start of the pandemic these procedures had not been widely applied or accepted as valid means of diagnostic practice. Read News
Article | March 6, 2023Seeing the Big Picture For clients with developmental disabilities and their families, it can be challenging to find the right level of care and support—especially with today’s current practices. Often, they are faced with a disjointed care journey and inconsistent outcomes. Traditional approaches to care may exacerbate these problems as treatment can be shaped without considering the variety of … Read article
