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

Autism Gets a Hair Test: LinusBio and Frontera Build a Business Around ClearStrand as Scientists Question Whether the Biomarker Is Ready.

Technology · Aug 13, 2026

Autism Gets a Hair Test: LinusBio and Frontera Build a Business Around ClearStrand as Scientists Question Whether the Biomarker Is Ready.

The clinical pathway to an autism diagnosis remains constrained by long evaluation waitlists, with the national median age of identification…

Overdose Is Now a Leading Cause of Maternal Death, and the Danger Peaks After Delivery, Not Before.

Regulation · Aug 12, 2026

Overdose Is Now a Leading Cause of Maternal Death, and the Danger Peaks After Delivery, Not Before.

Longitudinal epidemiological data reveals that drug overdose, suicide, and homicide account for over a quarter of all maternal deaths—equaling the…

Gambling Disorder Is Behavioral Health’s Fastest-Growing Diagnosis, and the Treatment System Is Barely Built.

Regulation · Aug 11, 2026

Gambling Disorder Is Behavioral Health’s Fastest-Growing Diagnosis, and the Treatment System Is Barely Built.

Since the Supreme Court struck down PASPA in 2018, frictionless digital sportsbooks have driven a 61% surge in diagnosed gambling…

Methadone Reform Would Break the Clinic Monopoly in Opioid Treatment. A Bipartisan Bill Would Let a Pharmacy Fill the Prescription, and the Clinics Are Fighting It.

Regulation · Aug 10, 2026

Methadone Reform Would Break the Clinic Monopoly in Opioid Treatment. A Bipartisan Bill Would Let a Pharmacy Fill the Prescription, and the Clinics Are Fighting It.

Bipartisan federal legislation reintroduced as MOTAA 2.0 threatens to disrupt the decades-old monopoly held by specialized Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs).…

Autism-Friendly Dental Care in New Jersey Runs on Individual Heroics. Autism New Jersey and the New Jersey Dental Foundation Are Trying to Build a System.

Regulation · Aug 10, 2026

Autism-Friendly Dental Care in New Jersey Runs on Individual Heroics. Autism New Jersey and the New Jersey Dental Foundation Are Trying to Build a System.

Dental care remains the single most frequently reported unmet healthcare need among autistic individuals. In New Jersey, where CDC surveillance…