Autism Resources in Hawaii

A statewide guide to autism services across Hawaii — for families on Oahu (Honolulu and beyond), and on the neighbor islands of Hawaii Island, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, and Lanai.

Hawaii's autism services are shaped by two big realities. The first is Luke's Law — Hawaii's 2015 autism insurance mandate — which requires most health plans to cover autism diagnosis and treatment, including ABA. The second is geography: services are heavily concentrated on Oahu, and families on the neighbor islands often face real gaps, sometimes traveling inter-island by plane to reach specialists. Hawaii has strong bones — the Department of Health's Early Intervention Section, Med-QUEST Medicaid with a robust EPSDT benefit for children, and a Developmental Disabilities Division I/DD waiver — but the Oahu-centric distribution of providers is the honest central challenge.

This page walks through how the pieces fit together and where the gaps are — honestly.

We've written this as a starting point. Hawaii readers who know specifics better than we do — tell us what we got wrong or missed.