National Society of Autism Professionals

What National Society of Autism Professionals does

The National Society of Autism Professionals (NSAP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional association launched on May 8, 2026, in Walnut Creek, California, with a stated mission to unify autism professionals across clinical care, financing/policy/system design, workplace/organizational design, innovation/enterprise, research/measurement/outcomes science, education/workforce preparation, and legal/advocacy systems. The organization operates two functional "engines": a Standards Engine (developing competencies, outcomes-measurement protocols, and ethical guidelines) and an Influence Engine (advocating with payers, legislators, and regulators). NSAP has no proprietary technology platform; its products are membership tiers, governance services (seven Domain Advisory Councils), task forces (currently Outcomes Measurement Standardization and Autism Professional Competency Framework), and a member portal/community forum hosted on nsap.org.

Revenue is generated through annual individual memberships ($50 Student, $150 Supporting Member, $250 Professional, $500 Founding Member) and organizational memberships ($5,000 Affiliate, $10,000 Institutional, $20,000 Strategic Partner, and a $50,000 first-year Founding Organization tier stepping down to $20,000 annually thereafter). Distribution is entirely direct-to-consumer via self-serve website sales, supplemented by advisory-council and task-force nominations as an enterprise engagement channel. Founding financial support was provided by The Catalight Group, one of the nation's largest behavioral health networks; the organization is independently governed by its board and members. CEO Robin McLeod, Ph.D., a licensed psychologist and former APA executive, leads the organization. NSAP's stated customer segments are professional personas rather than buyer accounts, and no revenue, membership count, or headcount has been disclosed.

Name

National Society of Autism Professionals

Legal name

National Society of Autism Professionals

Website

https://nsap.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The National Society of Autism Professionals is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association launched in May 2026 that unifies autism professionals across clinical, policy, research, education, workplace, innovation, and legal domains through tiered memberships, standards development, and advocacy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Autism Teacher Training & Professional Development (EDAKAKAL)

Keywords

• Professional association membership
• Autism care standards
• Professional competency frameworks
• Healthcare advocacy membership
• Nonprofit professional association

Headquarters

HQ city

Walnut Creek

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Membership Dues: Annual membership fees collected from individual professionals including students, supporting members, professional members, and founding members. Membership runs on a calendar-year basis from January 1 through December 31.
2. Organizational Membership Dues: Tiered annual membership fees for organizations ranging from affiliate organizations ($5,000/year) to institutional members ($10,000/year), strategic partners ($20,000/year), and founding organizations ($50,000 first year, then $20,000/year). Organizations receive varying numbers of staff seats based on tier.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NSAP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional membership association that unifies autism professionals across seven domains (clinical care, financing/policy, workplace design, innovation, research, education, and legal/advocacy). It sells individual and organizational memberships, runs two engines — a Standards Engine (competencies, outcomes measurement protocols, practice guidelines) and an Influence Engine (policy advocacy, payer alignment, workforce expectations) — and operates seven Domain Advisory Councils plus founding Task Forces on Outcomes Measurement Standardization and an Autism Professional Competency Framework.

Product overview

NSAP is a professional membership association, not a software product company. It offers eight individual and organizational membership tiers (Student at $50/year, Supporting Member at $150/year, Professional Member at $250/year, Founding Member at $500/year, Affiliate Organization at $5,000/year, Institutional Member at $10,000/year, Strategic Partner at $20,000/year, and Founding Organization at $50,000 first year then $20,000/year). Benefits include professional resources, educational programming, committees, working groups, publications, directories, events, and discounts. The organization is structured around two engines (Standards and Influence) and seven Domain Advisory Councils that guide standards, competencies, and outcomes measurement across the autism profession.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Professional Membership Annual membership tiered for individual students, supporting members (family/caregivers/self-advocates), licensed professionals, and founding members; includes webinars, newsletter, member directory listing, discounted events, peer networking, community forum (Supporting+), practice resources and protocols (Professional+), discounted continuing education, working group eligibility, and Founding Member recognition for inaugural joiners.
• Organizational Membership Annual organizational membership tiered for affiliate organizations, institutional members, strategic partners, and founding organizations, with allocated staff seats (10, 50, or unlimited), group discounts, practice management resources, working groups/task forces/committee participation, priority leadership access, sponsorship and co-branding opportunities, and a designated seat on an NSAP advisory council at the Strategic Partner level.
• Outcomes Measurement Standardization Task Force Founding task force convening psychometric experts and outcomes scientists to develop recommended cross-setting protocols for standardizing outcomes measurement in autism care.
• Autism Professional Competency Framework Task Force Founding task force developing a cross-disciplinary framework defining competencies across NSAP's seven professional domains to inform education, training, credentialing standards, and future continuing education and certification pathways.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Council for Exceptional Children: CEC is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the education of children and youth with disabilities, including autism. It overlaps with NSAP's Education and Workforce Preparation domain and already serves special-education teachers with credentials and CE.
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: ASHA is the primary professional and credentialing body for speech-language pathologists, a core discipline serving autistic individuals. NSAP must convince SLPs to engage beyond their existing ASHA membership for autism-specific standards and community.
• American Psychological Association: APA is the largest professional association of psychologists in the US and serves many autism-specialist psychologists. NSAP CEO Robin McLeod previously held executive leadership at APA, making it both an important channel and a powerful incumbent whose autism-related membership NSAP must recruit from.
• American Occupational Therapy Association: AOTA is the national professional association for occupational therapists, including the substantial subset working in autism intervention. AOTA already issues credentials and CE relevant to NSAP's targeted audience.
• National Association of Special Education Teachers: NASET is a professional membership association specifically for special education teachers, overlapping NSAP's education-domain audience. NASET offers publications, resources, and CE that compete with NSAP's educational programming.

Direct peers

• Council of Autism Service Providers: CASP is the most direct existing peer: an association of autism service provider organizations focused on setting standards, advocacy, and operational best practices across the autism field. NSAP is positioned as a complementary professional-membership counterpart to CASP's provider-organization focus.
• Autism Society of America: The Autism Society is one of the oldest and largest autism-focused advocacy organizations in the US. While more advocacy- and family-oriented than NSAP, it competes for the same donor and member mindshare and is a benchmark for grassroots autism field-building.
• Association of University Centers on Disabilities: AUCD is a network of university-based centers addressing disability, including autism. It serves a similar cross-disciplinary professional audience spanning research, clinical care, education, and policy — overlapping NSAP's domain structure.
• Association for Behavior Analysis International: ABAI is the primary scientific and professional association for behavior analysts, the largest clinical discipline serving autistic individuals. NSAP must compete for behavior-analyst membership and credibility, particularly on standards and competency frameworks.
• International Society for Autism Research: INSAR is the leading international scientific professional society dedicated to autism research. NSAP's Research, Measurement, and Outcomes Science domain overlaps directly with INSAR's mission, making it a peer for research-domain members and standards-setting authority.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NationalSocietyofAutismProfessionals

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about National Society of Autism Professionals