ABA Therapy With No Waitlist
The short answer: No. Believing is Achieving does not use waitlists. When families reach out, we respond quickly and intentionally, and services begin when you're ready.
Why waitlists are so common in Illinois
Illinois is genuinely short on behavior analysts. There are about 2,388 BCBAs certified to an Illinois address — 8.8 per 10,000 children, below the national average of 10.3, which works out to roughly 1,130 children per BCBA versus 968 nationally (The ABA Index). Meanwhile demand keeps climbing: about 1 in 31 children aged 8 has been identified with autism, up from 1 in 36 in the previous surveillance year (CDC).
The result is that families in urban Illinois commonly wait six to twelve months to begin ABA (Get Started With ABA), and access is harder still for families on Medicaid (Illinois Autism Insurance Coalition).
Waiting isn't neutral. It's months of a family managing alone during the window when support matters most.
How we operate without one
We're honest about the mechanics rather than pretending it's magic. Because we're in-home only, we have no clinic capacity ceiling and no rooms to fill on a schedule. We onboard deliberately and grow at the pace we can staff well. We recommend hours based on clinical need rather than maximum billable capacity, which means we don't consume our own capacity unnecessarily. And we would rather tell a family honestly that we can't reach their area than add them to a queue.
What happens when you reach out
You contact us.
Call, book a consultation, or submit the insurance check form.
You talk to Mariah.
Not a sales team. The founder and owner.
We verify your benefits
and explain your coverage in plain language.
We schedule your in-home assessment
with Mariah or one of her BCBAs.
You review findings and goals,
then help choose your therapist.
Weekly in-home sessions begin.
While you're deciding
Whether or not you become a client, our free remote parent trainings over Zoom are open to any family, and our monthly community events are too. If you're waiting on a diagnosis or on another provider, come anyway.
Common questions
Does Believing is Achieving have a waitlist?
No. Believing is Achieving does not use waitlists. When families reach out, we respond quickly and intentionally, and services begin when you are ready. Because we are in-home only, we have no clinic capacity ceiling and no rooms to fill on a schedule.
How long do Illinois families usually wait for ABA therapy?
Families in urban Illinois commonly wait six to twelve months to begin ABA, and access is harder still for families on Medicaid. Illinois has about 2,388 BCBAs certified to an Illinois address, 8.8 per 10,000 children, below the national average of 10.3.
What happens after I reach out?
You contact us, then speak with Mariah, the founder and owner, rather than a sales team. We verify your benefits and explain your coverage in plain language, schedule your in-home assessment, review findings and goals with you, help you choose your therapist, and begin weekly in-home sessions.