Autism Resources in Columbus, Ohio

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

If you're searching for autism resources in Columbus, 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 here in Central Ohio.

This page is built for parents and caregivers across the Columbus metro — Columbus proper, Dublin, Westerville, Hilliard, Grove City, Reynoldsburg, Gahanna, Pickerington, and the surrounding suburbs — as well as autistic adults looking for local services and connection. Columbus is unusual in one important way: it is home to Nationwide Children's Hospital, one of the largest pediatric systems in the country, and to Ohio State University's Nisonger Center. That concentration of expertise shapes the whole landscape.

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.