Autism Resources in Akron, Ohio

A guide for Summit County families navigating diagnosis, therapy, school, and support — for kids, teens, and autistic adults.

If you are searching for autism resources in Akron, you are probably trying to figure out one of a few things: where to get your child evaluated, which therapies make sense and how to pay for them, how local schools handle autism, or what exists for autistic teens and adults here in Summit County.

This page is for parents and caregivers across the Akron metro — Akron proper, Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Barberton, Hudson, Green, and the surrounding Summit and Medina county communities — as well as autistic adults looking for local services and connection. Akron has one significant advantage: Akron Children's Hospital operates one of the stronger pediatric neurodevelopmental programs in the region.

We have written this as a starting point. Local readers who know things better than we do — please tell us what we got wrong or missed.