Autism Resources in Baltimore City, Maryland
17 providers in Baltimore and nearby, plus 12 national programs. Waitlists change often, so it’s worth calling a few.
0 providers in Baltimore City. Filter by your child’s age — including 18+, which is the hardest to find anywhere.
Based in Baltimore City
Diagnostic clinics
2 providersFormal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Johns Hopkins Children's Center — Developmental Pediatrics
Baltimore, MD
Comprehensive developmental and autism evaluations at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, one of the country's preeminent academic medical institutions. Multi-disciplinary team with national research expertise.
High academic reputation. Complex and hard-to-diagnose cases especially benefit from Hopkins' multi-specialty approach.
Kennedy Krieger Institute — Autism Programs
Baltimore, MD · serves several counties
One of the world's foremost centers for autism research and clinical care, headquartered in Baltimore. The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) at Kennedy Krieger offers comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, behavioral treatment, and specialized programs for complex presentations. An Autism Treatment Network (ATN) site and federally designated Center of Excellence. Families travel from across Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region for care here.
World-class — one of the most important autism programs in the country. Significant waitlists; ask about community-based evaluation options and satellite locations.
Early Intervention (0–3)
1 providerFree services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Easterseals Greater Washington-Baltimore
Baltimore, MD · serves several counties
Comprehensive early intervention, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and ABA services for children with autism and developmental disabilities across the Baltimore metro and DC suburbs. Serves families from infancy through school age with community-based and center-based options.
ABA therapy
1 providerApplied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Hopebridge — Baltimore
Baltimore, MD · serves several counties
Center-based ABA therapy in the Baltimore metro. BCBA-supervised with multidisciplinary approach integrating speech and OT. Accepts most commercial insurance and Maryland Medicaid.
Occupational therapy & sensory
1 providerOccupational therapy, sensory integration, and sensory diets.
Positive Development
We're a developmental relationship-based therapy provider serving children and youth ages 2-18. Our in-home, play-based, developmental therapy programs focus on your child's history, interests, and communication styles. We use a child's natural curiosity to support development at their own pace. Centered around your child's readiness, our model adapts to their comfort level and encourages sharing experiences they choose, as they're ready. Our approach to care is heavily focused on bringing parents/caregivers together with their children through organic forms. It is primarily based on coaching and supporting parents to create deep and meaningful interactions with their children through gentle and warm exchanges. This relationship-based framework invites a child to better communicate, learn, problem-solve and regulate emotions and feelings. In addition, we offer one-to-one support for parents as well as extra support through recommended additional therapies for a child, if needed, based on an initial assessment by a clinician.
Parent & family support
1 providerParent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Autism Society of Maryland — Baltimore Chapter
Baltimore, MD · serves several counties
The Baltimore area chapter of the Autism Society of Maryland provides peer support groups, family resource fairs, recreational events, and advocacy. Connects families with local services and state-level policy efforts. Free membership available.
Advocacy & legal
1 providerLegal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Parents' Place of Maryland (PPM) — Baltimore Office
Baltimore, MD · serves several counties
Maryland's federally funded Parent Training and Information (PTI) center, with a presence in Baltimore. Provides free IEP advocacy coaching, special education rights training, and one-on-one support for families navigating Baltimore City Public Schools and surrounding districts.
FREE. Federally funded. Essential resource before any IEP meeting or dispute in Maryland.
Also serving Baltimore City
These 22 are based elsewhere, or operate nationally, and list Baltimore City 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
2 providersFormal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Kennedy Krieger Institute — Autism Programs
Baltimore, MD · serves several counties
One of the world's most respected institutions for autism assessment and treatment. Kennedy Krieger in Baltimore is internationally recognized for its diagnostic precision, behavioral treatment research, and specialized programs for complex presentations. An Autism Treatment Network site with a national reputation. Worth the drive for any Maryland family.
World-class. One of the nation's most respected autism programs. Waitlists are significant — ask about community-based evaluation options.
Kennedy Krieger Institute — Community Services (Towson Region)
Towson, MD · serves several counties
Kennedy Krieger Institute, headquartered in Baltimore City, serves Baltimore County families through its community-based evaluation and outpatient programs. The Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) is approximately 15 minutes from Towson. Internationally recognized for diagnostic precision and behavioral treatment research — an essential resource for Baltimore County families.
World-class autism center. Waitlists exist — ask about community evaluation options and telehealth.
ABA therapy
1 providerApplied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Behavioral Innovations — Towson
Towson, MD · serves several counties
Center-based ABA therapy in Towson serving Baltimore County families. BCBA-supervised programs using evidence-based naturalistic strategies. Accepts most commercial insurance under Maryland's ABA insurance mandate and Maryland Medicaid.
Maryland's ABA mandate ensures commercial insurance coverage. One of the large national ABA networks with strong local presence.
Respite care
3 providersRespite care providers giving families a break — in-home, center-based, and overnight.
Low Intensity Support Services (LISS) — and DDA respite
Statewide, MD · serves several counties
LISS is Maryland's flexible fund for families and it is broader than most people realise: it pays for respite alongside assistive technology, childcare, home and vehicle modifications and personal care. It serves children living at home with their families and adults living in their own homes, and does not require you to hold a waiver. DDA also funds respite directly, in or out of the home, planned or in an emergency.
LISS operates on an annual application cycle with limited funds — apply as early in the fiscal year as you can rather than when you reach crisis point.
ARCH National Respite Locator
Searchable by state, MD
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.
Your state's Lifespan Respite program
39 states and DC have been funded, MD
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
1 providerParent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Autism Society of Maryland — Baltimore County
Towson, MD · serves several counties
The Autism Society of Maryland provides active support group programming, family resource events, and advocacy connections for Baltimore County families. The county's suburban geography and proximity to Baltimore City's resources make AUSM Baltimore County programming robust and well-attended.
Advocacy & legal
2 providersLegal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Parent's Place of Maryland
Towson, MD · serves several counties
Maryland's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center. Free IEP advocacy, training, and one-on-one support for Maryland families. Knows Maryland's special education regulations, IEP timelines, and due process procedures.
FREE. Federally funded PTI. Essential before any IEP meeting or dispute in Maryland.
The Arc Baltimore
Towson, MD · serves several counties
The Arc Baltimore is one of Maryland's largest disability advocacy and services organizations, serving Baltimore County and Baltimore City residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities including autism. Provides employment support, residential services, family advocacy, and connections to Maryland DDA waiver programs.
One of Maryland's most established disability organizations — especially strong for adult services and employment.
Activities, clubs & recreation
13 providersClubs, sports, camps, and social programs that welcome autistic children and teens — inclusive, adaptive, and special-needs specific.
Baltimore Adapted Recreation and Sports (BARS)
Baltimore, MD · serves several counties
Year-round adapted sport for people of all ages with disabilities and their families - whole-family framing rather than dropping a child off, which suits families who want to do something together.
Easterseals Camp Fairlee
Chestertown, MD · serves several counties
A residential summer camp on the Eastern Shore for children AND adults with all kinds of disability. Residential provision that continues into adulthood is scarce, and for many Maryland families this is the main option after school services end.
TALMAR
Parkville, MD · serves several counties
Recreational, vocational and therapeutic programs built around horticulture and farming. Gardening and animal care work well for a lot of autistic people - predictable, sensory in a manageable way, and productive without being social.
ACEing Autism
227 programs in 32 states, MD
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.
American Camp Association — camp finder
About 3,900 camps, MD
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.
Best Buddies
All 50 states — find your local program, MD
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.
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Easterseals — camps and recreation
Local Easterseals across the country, MD
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.
iCan Shine (iCan Bike)
Camps hosted in different towns each year, MD
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.
KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now)
Six cities only: Chicago, DC–Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, St. Louis, MD
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.
Little League Challenger Division
Through local Little Leagues — use the League Finder, MD
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.
Miracle League
300 leagues — check for one near you, MD
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.
Special Olympics
Nationwide — find your local program, MD
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.
TOPSoccer (US Youth Soccer)
Through local soccer clubs, MD
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.
Not sure which kind of therapy you need?
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About autism services in Baltimore City
Baltimore City is home to Kennedy Krieger Institute — one of the world's most respected autism programs and an Autism Treatment Network site — and Johns Hopkins Children's Center. SEEC is a nationally recognized supported employment organization for adults. Parent's Place of Maryland provides free IEP advocacy statewide. Maryland's ABA insurance mandate applies to all commercial plans.
Helpful guides
Guides for Baltimore City 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 Baltimore City
Serving families across Baltimore City including Baltimore, Inner Harbor, Federal Hill, Fells Point, Hampden, Roland Park, Waverly, Pigtown, Brooklyn and Remington and more.
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Waivers, PTI centers, and state programs apply to all families in Maryland.
Maryland state guide →Common questions
Answered from the providers currently listed for this county — these update as the directory does.
How many autism providers serve Baltimore City, Maryland?
We list 16 providers serving Baltimore City, covering parent & family support, activities, clubs & recreation, ABA therapy, early intervention (0–3) 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 Baltimore City accept Medicaid?
2 of the providers we list for Baltimore City state that they accept Medicaid, including Behavioral Innovations — Towson and Hopebridge — Baltimore. Coverage and plan participation change often, so confirm directly with the provider before your first appointment.
Where can I find ABA therapy in Baltimore City?
ABA providers serving Baltimore City 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.
Are there telehealth autism services for Baltimore City families?
Yes — 1 provider serving Baltimore City offers telehealth or virtual sessions. This is often the fastest route to support for families in rural areas or on long local waitlists.
Does Medicaid pay for autism services in Maryland?
Maryland families can apply to the DDA Community Pathways Waiver, a Medicaid waiver that can fund respite, therapies and in-home support. The typical wait is 3–10 years, but your priority category matters more than your date, 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 Baltimore City?
If none of the Baltimore City providers is the right fit, these Maryland counties currently have the most listed providers: Baltimore County (23), Howard County (22), Montgomery County (21), Anne Arundel 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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