Behavioral Health Business January 17, 2025
Robots in autism therapy could play a critical role in supporting patient development. But don’t expect to see too many of these showing up in homes or clinics any time soon.
Accelerating tech advancements, the increasing rate of autism diagnosis in America and structural challenges within the autism therapy industry make looking for new tools an utmost priority. But this uber-specific subcategory of health care technology simply isn’t likely to grab the limelight now or in the future, especially as other forms of technology and care interventions move toward adoption.
“This industry is pretty nascent,” Elliot Lewis, CEO of the robo-assisted instruction company Movia Robotics, told Autism Business News.
Lewis, who took on the CEO role of Movia Robotics...