Autism support in Fremont, California: a parent's guide

Fremont is one of the East Bay's largest cities — home to roughly 230,000 people and a proud, deeply multicultural community, with large South Asian, Chinese, and Spanish-speaking populations. It is a city in its own right, not a bedroom suburb, and it happens to be home to one of the Bay Area's most important autism nonprofits, Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN).

If your child has just been diagnosed, or you suspect autism and don't know where to start, this guide walks through how to get help in Fremont — the diagnostic clinics, therapy providers, schools, camps, and community programs nearby — and how California's Regional Center system pays for much of it. Many local services offer help in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Spanish, and other languages; you can and should ask for support in the language you're most comfortable with.