County resource guide
Autism Resources in Autauga County, Alabama
Local providers, school contacts, and support services for autism families in Autauga County. Alabama statewide resources also apply.
Autauga County (Prattville) is part of the Montgomery metro area. Autauga County Schools provides special education. Families have access to Montgomery's Baptist Medical Center South for evaluations. SEAC provides free statewide IEP advocacy.
Provider directory
Local Providers27 providers in Autauga County
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0 providers in Autauga County. Filter by your child’s age — including 18+, which is the hardest to find anywhere.
Based in Autauga County
Diagnostic clinics
Formal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Montgomery
Easterseals Central Alabama
Located at 2185 Normandie Drive, Montgomery, AL 36111 — approximately 15 miles from Prattville. Multiple sources confirm Easterseals Central Alabama explicitly serves Montgomery, Autauga, and Elmore counties. Offers a multidisciplinary ASD Diagnostic Clinic (psychologist, speech pathologist, OT), plus speech therapy and occupational therapy.
Source: https://eastersealsca.org/contact-easterseals/
Prattville · multi-county
Prattville Baptist Hospital — Developmental Pediatric Referral
Prattville Baptist Hospital serves Autauga County and coordinates developmental evaluation referrals to Montgomery specialists. Prattville is a fast-growing Montgomery suburb, giving families reasonable access (~20 min) to Montgomery's pediatric specialists and Children's of Alabama satellite programs.
Montgomery specialists are ~20 min southeast. Prattville's rapid growth is increasing local service demand.
Early Intervention (0–3)
Free services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Prattville
Alabama Early Intervention System — Autauga County
Alabama's IDEA Part C early intervention program for Autauga County. Free developmental services for children under age 3 in Prattville and across this fast-growing Montgomery suburb.
FREE under IDEA Part C. Contact Alabama Early Intervention to request evaluation.
Montgomery
Early Autism Services — Montgomery
Located at 8149 Old Federal Rd, Montgomery, AL 36117 — approximately 15 miles from Prattville. The provider's own website explicitly lists Autauga County and Prattville as service areas: 'From Montgomery to Prattville, we're here for your child's growth journey.' Offers ABA and early intervention services for young children with autism.
Source: https://www.earlyautismservices.com/locations/montgomery
ABA therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Prattville
Great Leaps Learning Center
ABA clinic physically located in Prattville (Autauga County) at 114 Medical Center Drive. Founded by Dr. David F. Bicard, a BCBA with 25+ years of experience. Provides clinic-based and in-home ABA therapy for children with autism and developmental disabilities. Explicitly serves Montgomery, Autauga, and Elmore counties.
Source: https://autismconnect.com/directory/great-leaps-learning
Prattville · multi-county
Hopebridge — Prattville
Center-based ABA therapy in Prattville serving Autauga County and the Montgomery metro's northwest suburbs. BCBA-supervised programming accepts commercial insurance and Alabama Medicaid per Alabama's ABA requirements.
Alabama requires commercial insurance to cover ABA therapy.
Speech therapy
Speech-language pathology, AAC, pragmatic language, and feeding.
Prattville
Little Peach Pediatric Therapy — Prattville (Therapy Clinic)
Multi-discipline pediatric therapy clinic physically located at 550–660 McQueen Smith Rd N, Prattville, AL 36066. Offers speech therapy, occupational therapy, feeding therapy, and physical therapy using a family-focused, play-based approach. Serves Autauga County as confirmed by the Prattville Chamber of Commerce listing and Alabama Family Central.
Source: https://online.prattvillechamber.com/list/member/little-peach-pediatric-therapy-11716
Respite care
Respite care providers giving families a break — in-home, center-based, and overnight.
Mobile · multi-county
HEARTS Respite Program — UCP of Mobile
Statewide respite program operated by United Cerebral Palsy of Mobile. The provider's own website explicitly lists Autauga County as a served county. Provides trained respite caregivers for families with a child age 21 or under with a diagnosed disability, including autism. Allows parents to choose and train their own respite caregiver.
Source: https://www.ucpmobile.org/respite
Parent & family support
Parent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Prattville
Autism Society of Alabama — Autauga County
Parent support and resource network for autism families in Prattville and across Autauga County. Connects families in this fast-growing Montgomery suburb with local and statewide autism resources.
Advocacy & legal
Legal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Birmingham · multi-county
APOWER — Alabama Parent Education Center (Autauga County)
Alabama's federally funded PTI serving Autauga County. Free IEP advocacy and training for Prattville families navigating Autauga County Schools in this growing Montgomery suburb.
FREE. Federally funded PTI serving all of Alabama.
Also serving Autauga County
These 17 are based elsewhere, or operate nationally, and list Autauga County in the area they cover. Worth calling to confirm how far they actually travel, and whether telehealth or in-home visits are an option.
Diagnostic clinics
Formal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Wetumpka · multi-county
UAB Medicine — Elmore County Developmental Referral
Elmore County families in Wetumpka and Millbrook access autism evaluations primarily through UAB Medicine or Children's of Alabama in Birmingham (~60 min north) or Montgomery specialists (~25 min south). Wetumpka is a growing Montgomery suburb with proximity to both major Alabama academic medical centers.
Montgomery specialists are ~25 min south; Children's of Alabama and UAB Birmingham are ~60 min north.
ABA therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Wetumpka · multi-county
Hopebridge — Elmore County / Wetumpka
Center-based ABA therapy accessible to Elmore County families. Hopebridge serves this growing Montgomery suburb with BCBA-supervised programming accepting commercial insurance and Alabama Medicaid per Alabama's ABA coverage requirements.
Alabama requires commercial insurance to cover ABA therapy.
Respite care
Respite care providers giving families a break — in-home, center-based, and overnight.
Statewide · multi-county
Alabama Lifespan Respite — family-directed, with counseling included
Worth noting given how restrictive Alabama's waiver is: its respite program is one of the more generous and flexible in the country, and it does not turn on an IQ test. Alabama Lifespan Respite gives unpaid family caregivers statewide a family-directed, personal-choice respite reimbursement — you pick the carer — plus free caregiver mental health counseling, training, and one-to-one resource referrals. The separate H.E.A.R.T.S. program provides voucher-based respite for families of children with additional needs up to age 19.
Free caregiver counseling is included and almost nobody uses it. If the waiver route has excluded you, this one is separate and worth trying.
Searchable by state
ARCH National Respite Locator
A free national directory of respite providers and programs, run by ARCH, the National Respite Network and Resource Center. ARCH says it is not a complete list, so it works best alongside…
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
ARCH's advice is to contact your State Respite Coalition or Lifespan Respite program first. Before you pay out of pocket, also check what your state's Medicaid waiver funds.
39 states and DC have been funded
Your state's Lifespan Respite program
Lifespan Respite programs are federally funded, state-run programs that help family caregivers of children or adults, regardless of special need, find and pay for respite.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
ARCH lists every state's Lifespan Respite contact and respite coalition on this page. Ask specifically about voucher or stipend programs — that is the part families most often miss.
Parent & family support
Parent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Wetumpka · multi-county
Autism Society of Alabama — Elmore County
Parent support and resource network for autism families in Wetumpka, Millbrook, and across Elmore County. Connects families in this growing Montgomery suburb with local and statewide autism resources.
Advocacy & legal
Legal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Birmingham · multi-county
APOWER — Alabama Parent Education Center (Elmore County)
Alabama's federally funded PTI serving Elmore County. Free IEP advocacy and training for Wetumpka and Millbrook families navigating Elmore County Schools in this fast-growing central Alabama county.
FREE. Federally funded PTI serving all of Alabama.
Activities, clubs & recreation
Clubs, sports, camps, and social programs that welcome autistic children and teens — inclusive, adaptive, and special-needs specific.
227 programs in 32 states
ACEing Autism
Tennis clinics for kids, teens and, in some locations, adults on the autism spectrum.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Cost varies by location and scholarships are available. Use the Find a Program search on their site with your zip code.
About 3,900 camps
American Camp Association — camp finder
A free searchable directory of about 3,900 camps, with a filter for disabilities and other special needs alongside distance, activities, session length and cost. A good single starting…
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Choose day or overnight, then use the "Disabilities and Other Special Needs" filter. Specialized camps can fill early, so start looking in the winter before.
All 50 states — find your local program
Best Buddies
One-to-one friendship matching between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities, with programs from elementary school through college and adulthood, plus…
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
A national organization, not a local listing — use the finder on their site, or call 1-800-89-BUDDY, to locate your nearest program.
Local Easterseals across the country
Easterseals — camps and recreation
Day and residential camps for children and adults with disabilities, plus sports, social activities and community outings run by local Easterseals.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Programs vary a great deal between locations — use the Find your Easterseals search on the page and check what yours actually runs.
Camps hosted in different towns each year
iCan Shine (iCan Bike)
Teaches people with disabilities to ride a conventional two-wheeled bicycle over a five-day camp, 75 minutes a day. iCan Shine says about 80% of participants ride independently by the end…
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Check their Camp Locations page for dates — camps run in different towns each year, so somewhere near you may host this year and not next.
Six cities only: Chicago, DC–Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, St. Louis
KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now)
Free, non-competitive, one-to-one recreation for youth ages 5 to 21 with physical or developmental disabilities, led by trained volunteer coaches.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Free to families. KEEN runs in six cities plus two university campus chapters (Vanderbilt and the University of Virginia) — outside those, it is not available yet.
Through local Little Leagues — use the League Finder
Little League Challenger Division
Little League's adaptive baseball program for anyone with a physical or intellectual challenge.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Use the League Finder on their site to locate the nearest Challenger division, or ask about starting one. Little League's rule is that a player who can take part in regular Little League with reasonable accommodations should do so.
300 leagues — check for one near you
Miracle League
Baseball for children and adults with physical or mental disabilities, played on custom-designed rubberized turf fields that accommodate wheelchairs and other assistive devices.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Use the Find a Miracle League page on their site — there are 300 leagues, so coverage is good but not universal.
Nationwide — find your local program
Special Olympics
Year-round sports training and competition for children and adults.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Eligibility requires an intellectual disability, a cognitive delay measured by formal assessment, or significant learning or vocational problems due to cognitive delay, identified by an agency or professional. If your child is autistic without a cognitive delay, have a direct conversation about fit before signing up rather than after. Ask your local program about any costs.
Through local soccer clubs
TOPSoccer (US Youth Soccer)
The Outreach Program for Soccer — recreational soccer for children and adults with intellectual, emotional or physical disabilities, offered through local US Youth Soccer clubs.
A national program with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Find your state association's TOPSoccer clubs through the link on their page, or ask your state association office directly — it is often not advertised on the club's own website.
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Helpful guides
Guides for Autauga County families
Step-by-step help on the topics that matter most.
School & IEP
Navigating the IEP process
Your rights under IDEA, how evaluations work, and what every IEP section means.
Finding help
ABA, OT, speech and waitlists
How to find qualified providers, navigate insurance, and get off waitlists faster.
Getting started
Where to start after diagnosis
A week-by-week checklist for the first 90 days — from evaluation to early intervention.
Benefits & money
SSI, Medicaid waivers, ABLE accounts
Federal benefits your child may qualify for and how to apply without losing your spot.
Mental health
Co-occurring conditions and support
Managing anxiety, ADHD, and depression alongside an autism diagnosis.
Daily life
Sensory processing and OT
Understanding sensory needs, sensory diets, and how occupational therapy helps.
Adulthood
Employment, housing, legal planning
Supported employment, housing options, guardianship alternatives, and ABLE accounts.
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Waivers, PTI centers, and state programs apply to all families in Alabama.
Alabama state guide →Common questions
Answered from the providers currently listed for this county — these update as the directory does.
How many autism providers serve Autauga County, Alabama?
We list 15 providers serving Autauga County, covering early intervention (0–3), respite care, advocacy & legal, parent & family support and diagnostic clinics, plus 2 more. Some are based in the county and others serve it from nearby areas. Every listing is reviewed by a person before it is published.
Which autism providers in Autauga County accept Medicaid?
2 of the providers we list for Autauga County state that they accept Medicaid, including Hopebridge — Elmore County / Wetumpka and Hopebridge — Prattville. Coverage and plan participation change often, so confirm directly with the provider before your first appointment.
Where can I find ABA therapy in Autauga County?
ABA providers serving Autauga County are listed in the ABA therapy section of this page, with phone numbers and websites. Many deliver services in the family's home or at school as well as in a clinic. Ask about waitlists when you call — they vary widely and change month to month.
Can autism therapy happen at home in Autauga County?
1 provider serving Autauga County delivers services in the family's home. Many children do better in a familiar setting than in an unfamiliar clinic room, and in-home visits remove the travel burden.
Does Medicaid pay for autism services in Alabama?
Alabama families can apply to the Intellectual Disabilities (ID) Waiver, Living at Home Waiver and Community Waiver Program, a Medicaid waiver that can fund respite, therapies and in-home support. The typical wait is Multi-year on both established waivers, and your place is usually set by the date you apply — so applying early matters even if you are unsure what services you need. Many waivers also disregard parental income, so families who don't qualify for regular Medicaid often still qualify here.
What if I can't find an autism provider in Autauga County?
If none of the Autauga County providers is the right fit, these Alabama counties currently have the most listed providers: Shelby County (22), Etowah County (21), DeKalb County (20), Hale County (20). Many providers travel or offer telehealth, so it is worth calling even if they are not based nearby. You can also tell us about a provider we are missing.
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