Overview

Anderson Center for Autism is a not-for-profit in Dutchess County, NY that provides autism services across childhood to adulthood. It operates a residential school for ages 5-21 using Applied Behavior Analysis to teach academics, social, and communication skills with a low student-to-teacher ratio; for adults it offers day habilitation and vocational training at LifeLong Learning Centers and runs 25 Individual Residential Alternatives group homes. The center also extends its impact through consulting to help make schools and municipalities autism-friendly environments and by hosting international scholars, with services delivered by an interdisciplinary team of educators, behavior analysts, therapists, nurses, and psychologists funded largely by school districts. Its goal is to optimize quality of life for individuals with autism by supporting learning, independence, and community participation across childhood and adulthood.