About ABA Mission Viewpoint
ABA Mission exists to help the autism services ecosystem scale access to care without sacrificing quality—by improving how technology, operations, and data are designed, selected, and used.
The work on this site is grounded in a simple belief:
most breakdowns in autism care are not clinical failures, but infrastructure failures—fragmented systems, unusable data, and tools that do not reflect how organizations actually operate at scale.
How to Read This Site
Analysis on ABA Mission is written from an operator and infrastructure perspective.
The focus is on how systems behave under real-world pressure:
- growth
- payor constraints
- workforce scarcity
- regulatory complexity
This is not a clinical training resource, and it is not a generic practice-management guide. The goal is to help readers think more clearly about system design, tradeoffs, and decision-making before selecting tools or tactics.
Most pieces are intended to shape how decisions are framed—not to prescribe one “right” answer.
What Gets Published
ABA Mission covers:
- Providers
- Platforms
- Markets
- The infrastructure that connects them
Some articles are long and deeply analytical; others are shorter and more interpretive, responding to shifts in technology, reimbursement, or market structure.
Over time, the site is intended to function less like a blog and more like a living body of analysis.
Most content is first published through the ABA Mission newsletter, which serves as the primary way new viewpoints and observations are shared.
Past issues are publicly available and can be read independently of subscription.
View the newsletter archive
Editorial and Sponsored Content
Editorial content is written independently and reflects the author’s best judgment at the time of publication. Platforms may be discussed without endorsement, and conclusions are not reviewed or approved by vendors.
Sponsored content, when it appears, is clearly labeled. It focuses on real workflows, use cases, or system design rather than marketing claims, and is intended to be useful to operators first.
Sponsorship supports the work, but it does not determine the conclusions.
Advisory Work
In addition to publishing, Scott Dickson occasionally provides advisory support related to technology, operations, and data in autism services.
This work is selective, context-specific, and separate from editorial coverage.
Being discussed on the site does not imply an advisory relationship.
Staying in Touch
Readers can subscribe to receive new analysis or explore specific sections of the site.
No action is required to engage with the content.
The site is designed to be read thoughtfully and critically.
For inquiries related to the site, advisory work, or partnerships, you can reach me at scottd@missionmetrix.com.
Why This Exists
The autism services market is crowded with strong intentions and weak infrastructure.
ABA Mission exists to narrow that gap—by focusing less on promises and more on how systems actually behave.
Scott Dickson
Scott’s work focuses on the intersection of technology, operations, and data in autism services.
He has held executive roles inside large, multi-state ABA organizations and has worked closely with providers, platform companies, and investors navigating scale, system design, and infrastructure constraints. His perspective is shaped by hands-on responsibility for technology stacks, data platforms, vendor selection, and system integration, alongside ongoing dialogue across the autism services ecosystem.
This site reflects an operating-level vantage point, not a clinical or academic one.