Autism Resources in Reno, Nevada

Reno anchors autism services for all of northern Nevada — and it holds one of the state's best-kept secrets: the University of Nevada, Reno's University Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment (UCAN), which provides no-cost, fully multidisciplinary autism evaluations, the only program of its kind in the region. Around it sit UNR's Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities (the state's UCEDD), the Sierra Regional Center, a modest but real ABA and therapy market, and Washoe County's school system. This guide walks through what's here, what requires patience or travel, and how Nevada's distinctive funding programs — ATAP and the Katie Beckett option — work for northern families.