County resource guide
Autism Resources in Houston County, Alabama
Local providers, school contacts, and support services for autism families in Houston County. Alabama statewide resources also apply.
Houston County (Dothan) is the largest city in southeast Alabama and a regional hub for the Wiregrass area. Southeast Health provides evaluation services. Houston County Schools provides special education. SEAC (AL PTI) provides free statewide IEP advocacy. Families also access Columbus, Georgia or Montgomery for specialized evaluations.
Provider directory
Local Providers29 providers in Houston County
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0 providers in Houston County. Filter by your child’s age — including 18+, which is the hardest to find anywhere.
Diagnostic clinics
Formal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Dothan
Dothan Behavioral Medicine Clinic
Behavioral medicine clinic in Dothan offering formal autism spectrum disorder psychological evaluations including IQ, adaptive functioning, and cognitive assessments. Two Dothan office locations.
Source: https://dbmclinic.com/our-services/testing
Dothan
Milestones Psychology & Therapy
Dothan psychology practice offering autism evaluations, behavior specialist services, and social skills groups for adults on the spectrum. Two locations in Dothan. Multidisciplinary team approach.
Source: https://milestoneshealth.com/services/psychological-services
Dothan · multi-county
Southeast Health — Children's Services (Coffee County)
Southeast Health in Dothan (Houston County) is the regional pediatric hub for Coffee County families in Enterprise. Developmental pediatricians and autism evaluation referrals available. Dothan is roughly 20–30 minutes from Enterprise.
Dothan is the regional hub; comprehensive evaluation at Children's AL for complex cases.
Dothan · multi-county
Southeast Health — Pediatric Developmental & Behavioral Services
Southeast Health in Dothan is the regional medical hub for the Alabama-Georgia-Florida tri-state corner. Their pediatric developmental services provide autism evaluations for Houston County families and those from neighboring counties in AL, GA, and FL.
ABA therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Ozark · multi-county
ABA Therapy — Dothan Area Providers
Dale County families access ABA therapy through Dothan-area providers in neighboring Houston County, about 20 miles south. Several ABA clinics serve the southeast Alabama region. Ask providers about driving distance and Tricare coverage for military families.
Dothan is the nearest ABA hub. Military families: verify Tricare coverage with each provider.
Geneva · multi-county
ABA Therapy — Dothan Area Providers
Geneva County families access ABA therapy through Dothan-area ABA clinics, the regional hub for southeast Alabama. Multiple providers in Houston County offer BCBA-supervised ABA with commercial insurance and Medicaid accepted.
Dothan (Houston County) is the nearest ABA hub at ~20 miles.
Abbeville · multi-county
ABA Therapy — Dothan Area Providers
Henry County families access ABA therapy from Dothan-area providers in neighboring Houston County. BCBA-supervised ABA clinics serve southeast Alabama with commercial insurance and Medicaid coverage.
Dothan is the nearest ABA hub at ~25 miles.
Dothan
Beck Behavior Therapy
Neurodivergent-affirming ABA therapy practice in Dothan founded in 2022. Uses ABA techniques to reduce maladaptive behaviors and build new skills for children. Offers therapy and consultation services.
Source: https://beckbehaviortherapy.com/contact-us
Dothan · multi-county
Behavioral Framework — Dothan (Barbour County access)
ABA therapy center in Dothan serving SE Alabama including Barbour County. BCBA-supervised programs with in-home and center options. Dothan is the regional hub for Barbour County families seeking intensive behavioral support.
Dothan · multi-county
Learning Tree ABA Therapy — Dothan
ABA therapy center serving Dothan and Houston County. Provides naturalistic and structured ABA programming for children with autism, with BCBA oversight and insurance billing for Alabama's ABA mandate.
Alabama requires commercial insurance to cover ABA therapy.
Dothan
Progress Therapy Center
ABA therapy and speech therapy clinic at Ross Clark Circle in Dothan. One of the first clinics in Dothan to offer specialized autism programs combining ABA, speech, and sensory integration services.
Source: https://progresstherapycenter.com/about-us
Speech therapy
Speech-language pathology, AAC, pragmatic language, and feeding.
Dothan
Circle City Speech
Pediatric speech-language pathology and occupational therapy practice with a Dothan location at Ross Clark Circle. Serves autism spectrum disorders, language disorders, motor speech, and feeding difficulties. Accepting new patients.
Source: https://www.circlecityspeech.com/our-team
Occupational therapy & sensory
Occupational therapy, sensory integration, and sensory diets.
Dothan
Wiregrass Therapy Associates
Pediatric speech, occupational, and physical therapy practice in Dothan. Serves children in the Wiregrass region including Houston County. Listed in autism resource directories for the area.
Source: http://wiregrasstherapy.com/
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.
~3,000 providers nationwide
ARCH National Respite Locator
A free national database of respite providers searchable by state and locality — home care agencies, community-based organizations and state programs. The single best starting point for finding respite anywhere in the country, and it is the tool state agencies themselves point families toward.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Before you pay out of pocket, check what your state's Medicaid waiver funds — respite is covered by nearly every state waiver, and many families never think to ask.
Most states run one
Your state's Lifespan Respite Care Program
Lifespan Respite Care Programs are federally seeded, state-run programs that help families of any age and any disability find and pay for respite — often including vouchers or subsidies that do not depend on having a Medicaid waiver. Most states have one, they are chronically under-used, and they are rarely mentioned by anyone else in the system.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Search for "[your state] Lifespan Respite" or use the ARCH directory. Ask specifically about voucher or subsidy programs — that is the part families most often miss.
Parent & family support
Parent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Dothan
Autism Society of Alabama — Houston County Chapter
Support group and resource network for families in Dothan and the Wiregrass region. Connects Houston County families with statewide autism resources, peer support, and local events.
Advocacy & legal
Legal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Birmingham · multi-county
Alabama Parent Education Center (APEC)
Alabama's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center. Provides free one-on-one IEP advocacy, training workshops, and dispute support for families in Tuscaloosa and across Alabama. APEC knows Alabama special education law and can accompany families to IEP meetings.
FREE. Federally funded PTI center serving all of Alabama.
Dothan · multi-county
Wiregrass Arc
The Wiregrass Arc supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities — including autism — and their families in Houston County and the Wiregrass region. Provides advocacy, recreational programming, and service navigation.
Activities, clubs & recreation
Clubs, sports, camps, and social programs that welcome autistic children and teens — inclusive, adaptive, and special-needs specific.
200+ locations nationwide
ACEing Autism
Weekly Saturday tennis clinics built specifically for autistic children aged 5 to 18, run by volunteers at more than 200 locations across the country, serving over 7,000 players. Sessions run in six-week blocks of an hour. This is the clearest example of the interest-based model working: the sport supplies the structure, the turn-taking and the reason to be there, so the social side happens sideways rather than being the task.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Cost varies by location — around $120 for a six-week session at some sites, with scholarships available. Use the map on their site to find your nearest program, schedule and local contact.
~4,000 camps nationwide
American Camp Association — camp finder
A free searchable directory of close to 4,000 summer camps that can be filtered for camps serving autistic campers, by distance, session length, activities and cost. The best single starting point for finding a day or overnight camp anywhere in the country.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Registration for specialized camps typically opens December–February and popular overnight camps fill within days. Start the funding conversation in autumn.
Nationwide — find your local chapter
Best Buddies
One-to-one friendship matching between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities, plus employment, leadership and inclusive living programs. Over 4,000 chapters across all 50 states, serving school-age through adult. If what your family wants is a friend rather than an activity, this is the most direct answer in the country.
A national programme 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 1-800-89BUDDY, to locate your nearest chapter.
Local affiliates across most of the country
Easterseals — camps and recreation
Day and overnight camps run through local Easterseals affiliates, several of them autism-specific, with weekend respite and family camp sessions as well. Many affiliates operate sliding-scale fees, and several camps serve adults alongside children.
A national programme 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 affiliates — check what your nearest one actually runs rather than assuming the national description applies.
Week-long camps hosted nationwide
iCan Shine (iCan Bike)
Teaches people with disabilities to ride a conventional two-wheeled bicycle, using adapted roller bikes over a week-long camp that gradually transfers balance to the rider. Learning to ride a bike is a milestone a lot of autistic children are quietly written off for, and this is the program that most reliably delivers it. Camps are hosted by local organizations across the country, so availability is by host town rather than by chapter.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Check their site for host locations and dates — camps run in different towns each year, so somewhere near you may host this year and not next.
Local chapters in a number of US cities
KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now)
Volunteer-led one-to-one recreation for children and young adults with developmental and physical disabilities, at no cost to families or carers. The one-to-one model is the point: a volunteer is paired with your child for the session, which makes it workable for people who cannot manage a group setting unsupported.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Free to families. Runs through local chapters in a number of US cities rather than everywhere — check whether yours has one.
900+ divisions nationwide
Little League Challenger Division
Baseball for children and adults with a physical or intellectual disability, across more than 900 divisions. The main division serves ages 4–18, or up to 22 if still enrolled in school; the Senior League Challenger Division serves 15 and above with no upper age limit.
A national programme 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.
200+ communities
Miracle League
Baseball on purpose-built accessible fields in more than 200 communities. Every player bats and every player scores, so ability differences do not decide the game.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Check their location list for the nearest field — coverage is good but not universal.
Every state — county-level programs
Special Olympics
Year-round sports training and competition at no cost to the athlete or their family, for children and adults alike. Programs run at county level in every state.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Eligibility centers on intellectual disability or a closely related developmental disability. If your child is autistic without an intellectual disability, have a direct conversation about fit before signing up rather than after.
Through local clubs and state associations
TOPSoccer (US Youth Soccer)
The Outreach Program for Soccer — recreational soccer for children and adults with intellectual, emotional or physical disabilities, usually with buddy support on the pitch. Run through ordinary local soccer clubs rather than as a separate organization.
A national programme with local chapters — we have not verified a chapter in this county. Use their finder to locate the nearest one.
Ask your state youth soccer association which local clubs run TOPSoccer — it is often not advertised on the club's own website.
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Helpful guides
Guides for Houston 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.
Communities served
Cities in Houston County
Serving families across Houston County including Dothan, Ashford, Columbia, Gordon, Cowarts, Webb, Taylor, Rehobeth, Newton and Elberta and more.
See all Alabama resources
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 Houston County, Alabama?
We list 17 providers serving Houston County, covering ABA therapy, respite care, advocacy & legal, parent & family support and speech therapy, 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 Houston County accept Medicaid?
1 of the providers we list for Houston County state that they accept Medicaid, including ABA Therapy — Dothan Area Providers. Coverage and plan participation change often, so confirm directly with the provider before your first appointment.
Where can I find ABA therapy in Houston County?
ABA providers serving Houston 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 Houston County?
1 provider serving Houston 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 Houston County?
If none of the Houston County providers is the right fit, these Alabama counties currently have the most listed providers: Hale County (23), Shelby County (23), Etowah County (22), DeKalb County (21). 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.
Nearby counties in Alabama
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