Autism Resources in Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth anchors the western half of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and it has something many cities its size don't: a major pediatric health system of its own. Cook Children's Medical Center — and especially its Child Study Center — is the region's hub for developmental and autism evaluation, and the city supports a deep market of ABA, speech, and occupational therapy providers, autism-experienced private schools, and an unusually strong sensory-friendly scene (the Fort Worth Zoo was the first zoo in Texas to become a Certified Autism Center). Being part of the DFW metroplex means Dallas-side providers are within reach too. This guide walks through what's available to Fort Worth families: diagnosis, therapy, schools, community and sensory-friendly activities, and how Texas's funding programs — including the interest lists you should join today — actually work.