Speech-language therapy supports communication in all its forms — spoken language, understanding, social communication, and AAC. This guide covers how to access it for autistic children in the Des Moines metro.
Serves children and young adults birth to 21 with communication, cognition, and functional feeding needs across Des Moines, Johnston, Ames, Iowa City, and Cedar Rapids. Therapists have advanced autism training and the program runs 12-week social groups led jointly by SLPs and OTs.
Visit siteWest Des Moines clinic offering pediatric speech, feeding and swallowing therapy, and myofunctional therapy, and one of the few in the metro providing services in both English and Spanish. Offers a free consultation, which is a low-cost way to gauge fit before committing.
Visit siteGreater Des Moines practice offering play-based speech, feeding, and occupational therapy in person and via teletherapy, describing its approach as neurodiversity-affirming. If that framing matters to you, ask concretely what it changes about goal-setting and session structure.
Visit siteDeep SLP bench at 1200 Pleasant Street with staff trained in gestalt language learning, childhood apraxia, AAC, stuttering, and SOS feeding therapy. Therapy runs in roughly 12-week episodes of care with intentional breaks between them, and families are typically asked to commit to weekly appointments for the full block.
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