Autism Resources in Denton, Texas

If you're raising an autistic child in Denton, you have one advantage many similarly sized Texas towns don't: a university-run autism center right in town. The UNT Kristin Farmer Autism Center, part of the University of North Texas, offers evaluations, ABA, speech therapy, and parent training under one roof — a genuine local anchor. Beyond it, Denton sits at the northwest corner of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, so the deep provider networks of Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, and Plano are within reach when local waitlists fill up. This guide walks through what's actually available in and around Denton — diagnosis, therapy, schools, activities, and funding — with honest notes about waits, insurance quirks, and Texas's years-long Medicaid waiver lists. Programs change and waits vary, so treat this as a starting map: call ahead, and get on more than one list wherever you can.