Autism Resources in Cleveland, Ohio

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

If you're searching for autism resources in Cleveland, you're 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 the local school districts handle autism, or what exists for autistic teens and adults across Greater Cleveland.

This page is built for parents and caregivers across the metro — Cleveland proper, Lakewood, Parma, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, Beachwood, Westlake, Strongsville, Mentor, and the surrounding suburbs — as well as autistic adults looking for local services and connection. Cleveland has an unusual advantage: it is home to major autism programs at the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, plus Milestones Autism Resources, a Cleveland-based nonprofit that runs a free statewide autism helpdesk.

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