5 Takeaways From a Times Investigation on Autism Therapy Clinics

Scritto il 23/05/2026
da Sarah Kliff, Margot Sanger-Katz and Asmaa Elkeurti

A rapidly growing industry often overprescribes treatment to young children with autism, who spend as many as 40 hours a week at the facilities.A clinic for autistic children in Concord, N.C., that uses applied behavioral analysis, one of the largest and fastest-growing kinds of medical care for state Medicaid programs.