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Press release | April 15, 2025

New CDC Report Shows Higher Autism Rates and Highlights Complicated Challenges of Accurate Diagnosis

The CDC’s 2025 report released today on autism spectrum disorder prevalence and early identification shows increase to 1 in 33 among children aged 4 and 8 years.

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Press release | January 22, 2025

Catalight CEO Discusses Pressing Healthcare Challenges in World Economic Forum Interview

Catalight President and CEO Susan Armiger spoke about the care economy and democratization of healthcare in an interview from Davos, Switzerland, that aired on CBS News during the World Economic Forum

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Press release | December 30, 2024

Study Confirms the Validity of the New Parental Stress Scale for Families of Children with Autism and Other Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Psychometric study of Catalight’s Parental Stress Scale for families with an intellectual or developmentally disabled child published in the “Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders” shows the tool to be a viable measure.

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Press release | November 19, 2024

Catalight’s New Compass Behavioral Program Empowers Neurodivergent Teens and Young Adults

Catalight this month launched Compass Behavioral – an innovative initiative offering neurodivergent teens and young adults life coaching that helps them build the essential skills they want and need to grow into adulthood.

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Press release | September 19, 2024

Catalight Classroom Offers Continuing Education on Innovations That Will Expand Access to Autism Care

Catalight Classroom offers web-based learning for any clinicians seeking training on treatment options to use in their practice, educational opportunities, improving client outcomes, pursuing wellbeing and promoting personalized care.

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Press release | June 26, 2024

New Podcast on Innovative Autism and Other Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Care Launches Today

Catalight launches a new podcast, What’s Up With Catalight!, about
innovative care for people with autism and other developmental disabilities

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Press release | April 23, 2024

Catalight Practice Guidelines Reflect a Contemporary Research View of the Dosage Effect and Outcome Measures in Autism Care

Catalight, one of the largest behavioral health networks in the United States working to support individuals with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), recently unveiled a set of guidelines for behavioral analysts, psychologists and clinicians working with community-based applied behavioral interventions. The Catalight Practice Guidelines challenge the common belief of a ‘dosage effect’ by …

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Press release | March 4, 2024

Catalight Unveils Wellbeing Scale to Assess and Enhance the Lives of Families Living with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities and Autism

Proven Accurate by Data Analysis in Recent Study, Scale Will Be Made Available to Outside Agencies

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Press release | November 21, 2023

Study: Autistic Children May Need Fewer Hours of Treatment Than Previously Thought

Each year, tens of thousands of parents and caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face vital decisions: What kind of treatment should my child receive? Who should deliver their care? How many hours of care does my child need to make progress? A study published yesterday suggests autism care led by parents and …

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Press release | November 13, 2023

Catalight Honored as a Healthy People 2030 Champion from Department of Health and Human Services

Citing the company’s bold vision for the future, Catalight was recently named a Healthy People 2030 Champion by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Catalight is one of the nation’s largest non-profit providers of autism and developmental disabilities care services and research. This alignment underscores …

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