About us

Autism Parent Club exists because autism families deserve a resource that actually understands what they're going through — plain-language guides, real local providers, and a community that helps each other find the way forward.

Why we built this

We started with a simple idea: the information autism families need exists, but it’s scattered across government websites, Facebook groups, therapy waiting rooms, and word-of-mouth conversations between exhausted parents. We’re bringing it together in one place — organized, verified, plain-language, and free.

This isn’t a corporate project. It’s a community effort. Every guide we publish, every provider listing we add, every county page we build — it exists because someone in the autism community needed it.

Who we are

Autism Parent Club is written and maintained by Chris and Becky Fry— parents raising an autistic child. We’re not a clinic, a publisher, or a marketing company. We built this from inside the experience: learning the IEP process the hard way, navigating Medicaid waivers and therapy waitlists, and piecing together the same scattered information every autism family has to hunt for.

That lived experience is why our guides are written in plain language and grounded in federal law and official sources rather than jargon — and why every provider listing is reviewed before it’s published. When a claim affects your child’s rights or benefits, we link to the federal or state source so you can verify it yourself. See how we research & review →

What we believe

Autism families deserve better than a Google search and a prayer
Local matters — a provider in Salt Lake County is not the same as one in Houston
Parents need support too, not just their children
Information should be plain-language, legally grounded, and never paywalled
The community knows things that no website can — and we want to capture that knowledge

How you can help

This directory is only as good as the community behind it. Here’s how you can make it better for the next family who lands here:

Know a great provider? Tell us about them. If a therapist, clinic, or specialist helped your family, adding them to our directory means another family can find them when they need help most. Add a provider →

Found something wrong? Provider information changes. If a listing has an old phone number, wrong address, or closed practice, let us know. Suggest a correction →

Share what helps.If a guide answered a question you’d been struggling with, share it with another parent. The families who need this resource most are often the ones who haven’t found it yet.

Our promise

Provider listings are free. Featured placements — when we introduce them — will be clearly labeled and will never influence our editorial content. Our guides are written to help families, not to sell them anything. That will not change.

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