Autism Resources in Ohio

A statewide guide to autism services across Ohio — for families in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and communities across the state.

Ohio has one genuinely distinctive tool that families in most other states don't: the Autism Scholarship Program, a state-funded scholarship of up to roughly USD 34,000 per year that parents can use to pay for private autism education and therapy services outside the public school. Ohio also anchors serious clinical capacity — Nationwide Children's in Columbus, the Cleveland Clinic, and Cincinnati Children's are among the country's leading pediatric hospitals — alongside a county-based developmental disabilities system and Medicaid waivers with waiting lists.

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

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