Hue Wellness
Feeding and Weight Support Built for Neurodiverse Individuals
Standard weight programs aren't built for neurodiverse individuals. We are. Our team works alongside families, caregivers, and support teams to build nutrition and behavioral plans that fit how your family member actually lives.
Who We Serve
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Massachusetts DDS Clients
Massachusetts DDS Program
If your family member has a DDS Service Coordinator, their care at Hue Wellness may be available at absolutely no cost to you — through our state contract with the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services. We've been working with the DDS population since 2019 and understand this journey like no one else. Click below to find out how easy it is to get started.
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Everyone Else
Open Access Program
Specialized neurodiverse weight management, available virtually to families anywhere in the world. No insurance needed — just expert, personalized care that finally fits. Sliding scale fees are available for families who need them, because we believe the right support should be within reach.
Meet the Team
Hue Wellness was built by clinicians who saw a gap in care for neurodiverse individuals are healthy weight management— and decided to do something about it. Our team combines deep expertise in behavioral health, clinical nutrition, eating disorders and weight management with a genuine understanding of what neurodiverse individuals and their families actually need. We don't just treat clients; we partner with the people who show up for them every day.
CEO & Co-Founder | Behavior Specialist
Dr. Russell Kennedy, Psy.D, MA
Dr. Kennedy has spent over two decades at the intersection of behavioral health and weight management — and has dedicated the last several years specifically to the neurodiverse population. He created Massachusetts's first weight management program for individuals with IDD, ASD, and PDD while at Walden Behavioral Care, where he and Rosanna built the clinical foundation that became Hue Wellness. His work has been featured in NIH-funded research and the Netflix documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead 2. He brings both the science and the human understanding to every client he works with.
Nutrition Director & Co-Founder | Registered Dietitian
Rosanna Alvarez, RDN, LD, CD
Rosanna has been helping neurodiverse individuals and their families build healthier, more sustainable relationships with food since 2019 — and has over 20 years of clinical nutrition experience across hospitals, eating disorder programs, and community settings. She holds a medical degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in the Dominican Republic and completed her dietetic licensure in the United States, bringing an exceptionally deep clinical lens to her nutrition practice. Rosanna provides fully bilingual services in English and Spanish, making Hue Wellness accessible to families who have long struggled to find culturally competent specialty care.
Our Approach
At Hue Wellness, we've spent years doing what no one else was doing — building a weight management program designed from the ground up for neurodiverse individuals. Not adapted. Not modified. Built specifically for people with IDD, ASD, and PDD, whose relationship with food, movement, and routine looks fundamentally different from the neurotypical experience.
Our approach starts with personalized nutrition planning that meets each person where they are — accounting for sensory preferences, dietary restrictions, medication effects on metabolism, and the practical realities of daily life. No generic meal plans. No one-size-fits-all advice.
What makes us different is what we call Support-Based Treatment. We've known since we started this work in 2019 that sustainable change doesn't happen in a clinical vacuum. It happens at the kitchen table, in the group home, in the Tuesday-night dinner routine that a caregiver has been managing for years. So we bring the whole team in — family members, guardians, direct support professionals, and caregivers — because they are not bystanders in this process. They are the process. We build our plans around how life actually works for the people you support, and we give the people around them the knowledge, tools, and confidence to make it stick.
The result isn't a short-term fix. It's a lasting shift — one that fits the person, fits the team, and fits real life.
