Today, Vice Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Steven Glassman, presented ABA Centers with a proclamation declaring September 3 indefinitely as “ABA Centers Day” throughout the city.
Headquartered in downtown Fort Lauderdale, ABA Centers was established due to its founder Christopher Barnett’s personal experience in trying to acquire a diagnosis and then quality care for his own daughter on the spectrum, who first spent years dealing with a misdiagnosis and missing out on the proper treatment that she desperately needed. Mr. Barnett was able to see what was available in terms of autism care from a parent’s perspective. The inadequacies, the lack of services available, and the long wait lists that families experienced were infuriating and simply unacceptable.
Since its founding, ABA Centers has strengthened its footprint along the East Coast and expanded westward, now providing evidence-backed autism care in 31 service markets throughout 10 states: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Nearly 1,500 team members support the organization in providing families impacted by autism with help – and hope – at a time when they need it most.
“As a native Floridian, I am honored for our company to be recognized with such high regard in our hometown,” said Mr. Barnett. “The creation of ‘ABA Centers Day’ will allow us to reach even more families that have been searching for answers, for assistance, and for acceptance of their child on the spectrum – and that is the greatest commendation of all.”
This proclamation comes on the heels of ABA Centers making its debut on this year’s Inc. 5000 as the No. 5 fastest growing private company in America due to an outstanding revenue growth of 32,192 percent in the three-year period assessed for the list. A de novo and self-funded growth strategy set ABA Centers apart – and ahead – of thousands of other enterprises vying for a spot on this highly coveted line-up. The organization has carved out a self-sufficient path to success that has proven to be substantial and sustainable, without any private equity investment, nor any significant debt financing.
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