Better awareness and detection of autism has tripled diagnosis rates over the last 15 years, causing private equity investors to take note, Behavioral Health Business reports.
Of late, the market has seen a recent spate of private equity deals in the autism and Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy space. That follows a stalling out of investment in the autism treatment sector in recent years, after reaching a high in 2019, according to industry data.
Following the height of the coronavirus pandemic — which prompted investors to pour billions into the mental health services space — investors have had the chance to reorient themselves to the potential of investing in the autism and ABA space. Read more.
