Ethan Webb

Ethan Webb

Staff Writer, Acuity Media Network

Ethan Webb is a staff writer at Acuity Media Network, where he covers the business of autism and behavioral health care. His reporting examines how financial pressures, policy changes, and market consolidation shape the ABA industry — and what that means for providers and families. Ethan holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and brings more than seven years of professional writing and editing experience spanning healthcare, finance, and business journalism. He has served as Managing Editor of Dental Lifestyles Magazine and has ghostwritten multiple titles that reached the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.

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Articles by Ethan Webb

How AI and Virtual Reality Are Expanding What’s Possible in ABA

Technology · Feb 17, 2026

How AI and Virtual Reality Are Expanding What’s Possible in ABA

AI is entering the therapy room, VR is simulating real-world scenarios, and the traditional clinic model is under pressure—but can…

Catalight Taps AI Startup Frontera to Scale Its Lower-Intensity Care Model

Technology · Feb 13, 2026

Catalight Taps AI Startup Frontera to Scale Its Lower-Intensity Care Model

The nonprofit, which recently published research questioning high-hour ABA therapy, is betting on technology to deliver what it calls “quality…

ABA’s Power Players: The 10 Largest Providers Reshaping Autism Care

M&A · Feb 12, 2026

ABA’s Power Players: The 10 Largest Providers Reshaping Autism Care

From a single Austin clinic to 334 locations in under a decade, these are the 10 largest ABA providers reshaping…

What a Massive Study on Heartburn Medication Reveals About Prenatal Risk Research

Regulation · Feb 11, 2026

What a Massive Study on Heartburn Medication Reveals About Prenatal Risk Research

The study, published in JAMA on January 7, 2026, followed more than 2.7 million mother-child pairs and found no evidence…

The Goldilocks Problem: New Research Isn’t So Clear-Cut on Social Media’s Effects on Adolescents

Technology · Feb 11, 2026

The Goldilocks Problem: New Research Isn’t So Clear-Cut on Social Media’s Effects on Adolescents

New research, which followed 100,991 adolescents over three years, found that the relationship between social media use and well-being is…