Autism Resources in Chesapeake, Virginia

A guide for Chesapeake and Hampton Roads families navigating diagnosis, therapy, school, and support — for kids, teens, and autistic adults.

If you are searching for autism resources in Chesapeake, 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 Chesapeake Public Schools handles autism, or what exists for autistic teens and adults here in Hampton Roads.

This page is for parents and caregivers in Chesapeake and across South Hampton Roads — including neighboring Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, and Suffolk — as well as autistic adults looking for local services and connection. Much of the region's specialty care runs through CHKD, and Chesapeake has a CHKD health center of its own.

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.