County resource guide
Autism Resources in Macomb County, Michigan
Local providers, school contacts, and support services for autism families in Macomb County. Michigan statewide resources also apply.
Macomb County — home to Warren, Sterling Heights, and Clinton Township — is one of Michigan's most populous suburban counties, east of Detroit. Corewell Health Beaumont and Children's Hospital of Michigan serve Macomb County families for developmental evaluations. The Macomb County Community Mental Health (CMH) agency coordinates Michigan's Children's Waiver and other Medicaid services for eligible residents. Michigan's Early On early intervention program serves children under 3, and Michigan Alliance for Families provides free IEP advocacy statewide.
Provider directory
Local Providers35 providers in Macomb County
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Provider listings on Autism Parent Club are submitted by practices or researched from public sources. All listings are reviewed by a person before publication, and no provider has paid to appear here. Read how we verify listings, or use the “Suggest a correction” link below to flag anything inaccurate.
0 providers in Macomb 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.
Detroit · multi-county
Children's Hospital of Michigan — Developmental Pediatrics
Comprehensive autism and developmental evaluations at Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit's major pediatric hospital. Multi-disciplinary team serving Wayne County and the greater Detroit metro. Connected to Wayne State University's academic medical system.
Royal Oak · multi-county
Corewell Health Beaumont — Developmental Pediatrics
Developmental pediatric evaluations at Corewell Health (formerly Beaumont) in Oakland County. Serves Oakland and Macomb County families with accessible evaluation services in the northern Detroit suburbs.
Mount Clemens · multi-county
McLaren Macomb — Developmental Pediatrics
McLaren Macomb provides developmental pediatric services in Mount Clemens serving Macomb County families. Evaluation referrals and coordination with Children's Hospital of Michigan and Corewell Health Beaumont for comprehensive autism assessments. Convenient northern Detroit suburb location.
Early Intervention (0–3)
Free services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Clinton Township
Early On Macomb County — Macomb ISD
Michigan's Early On program for Macomb County is administered through Macomb ISD. Free developmental evaluations, IFSPs, and in-home therapy for infants and toddlers under age 3 throughout Warren, Sterling Heights, Clinton Township, and all Macomb County communities.
FREE under IDEA Part C. Self-refer — no physician referral required.
ABA therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Chesterfield Township · multi-county
Avid ABA Autism Therapy Centers
Professional ABA home health care for children with autism in Macomb, Oakland, Wayne, and St. Clair counties.
Source: https://avidaba.com
Warren · multi-county
Centria Autism — Macomb County
Center-based and in-home ABA therapy serving Macomb County communities including Warren, Sterling Heights, and Clinton Township. BCBA-supervised programs accepting most commercial insurance and Michigan Medicaid. Centria was founded in Michigan and maintains a strong metro Detroit presence.
Michigan requires commercial insurance to cover ABA therapy.
Dearborn · multi-county
Centria Autism — Metro Detroit
In-home and center-based ABA therapy across Wayne and Oakland counties. BCBA-supervised. Accepts most commercial insurance and Michigan Medicaid.
Michigan requires commercial insurance to cover ABA therapy.
Pontiac · multi-county
Centria Autism — Oakland County
Center-based and in-home ABA therapy serving Oakland County communities including Pontiac, Troy, Farmington Hills, and Southfield. BCBA-supervised programs accepting most commercial insurance and Michigan Medicaid. Michigan-founded Centria maintains multiple Oakland County clinic locations.
Michigan requires commercial insurance to cover ABA therapy.
Sterling Heights · multi-county
Early Autism Services — Sterling Heights
ABA therapy in Sterling Heights/Macomb County, also serving Wayne, Oakland, and St. Clair counties.
Source: https://www.earlyautismservices.com/locations/sterling-heights
Sterling Heights · multi-county
Great Lakes ABA — Macomb County
Great Lakes ABA provides center-based and in-home Applied Behavior Analysis therapy for children with autism in Macomb County and the greater Detroit metro. BCBA-supervised programs tailored to each child's individualized treatment plan, accepting most commercial insurance.
Troy · multi-county
Great Lakes ABA — Oakland County
Great Lakes ABA provides center-based and in-home Applied Behavior Analysis therapy for children with autism in Oakland County. BCBA-supervised individualized treatment plans accepting most commercial insurance and Michigan Medicaid. Serves the northern Detroit suburbs.
Detroit · multi-county
Illum Therapy
ABA therapy serving Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties in Metro Detroit.
Source: https://illumtherapy.com/michigan
Warren · multi-county
The Healing Haven — Metro Detroit
Full-spectrum behavioral health campus: ABA therapy, speech, OT, diagnostic evaluations, and family counseling under one roof. Serves Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne Counties.
Source: https://healinghavenaba.com/healing-haven-locations/
Respite care
Respite care providers giving families a break — in-home, center-based, and overnight.
Statewide · multi-county
Respite through your Community Mental Health agency (CMHSP)
In Michigan the door to respite is your local Community Mental Health Services Program rather than a state office. The CMHSP decides eligibility based on the nature and severity of your child's disability, and administers the Children's Waiver Program, which funds respite among other supports to keep a child living at home. Michigan also publishes a family guide to respite specifically for children, which is unusually practical for a state document.
Michigan Alliance for Families is the free, independent help for getting through the CMHSP process — worth calling before you call the CMHSP.
~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.
Warren · multi-county
Autism Alliance of Michigan — Macomb County
Autism Alliance of Michigan provides resource navigation, peer support, and family programming for Macomb County families. AIM's helpline helps families access Medicaid waiver services, appeal insurance denials, and connect with local support groups in metro Detroit's northern suburbs.
Detroit · multi-county
Autism Society of Michigan — Detroit
Michigan's statewide autism organization with active Detroit-area programming. Support groups, resource navigation, family events, and the ASM resource directory.
Advocacy & legal
Legal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Detroit · multi-county
CAUSE — Coalition, Advocacy, Unified Systems, Empowerment
Michigan's federally funded Parent Training and Information Center for families of color, serving Detroit and Wayne County. Free IEP advocacy, training, and culturally responsive support. Particularly focused on closing the service gap for Black and minority families in Michigan's special education system.
FREE. Federally funded PTI. Culturally responsive — particularly strong for Detroit families.
Lansing · multi-county
Michigan Alliance for Families
Michigan's primary federally funded Parent Training and Information Center. Free IEP advocacy, workshops, and one-on-one support for Michigan families statewide. Knows Michigan's special education rules and procedural requirements.
FREE. Federally funded PTI. Essential before any IEP meeting or dispute.
Activities, clubs & recreation
Clubs, sports, camps, and social programs that welcome autistic children and teens — inclusive, adaptive, and special-needs specific.
Southfield · multi-county
Autism Alliance of Michigan - adaptive sports
Statewide autism organization with an adaptive sports program and a navigator service that can point a family to local options - useful outside the Detroit metro, where organized provision thins out.
Detroit · multi-county
Autism Society of Greater Detroit - adaptive sports
Adaptive sports programming plus a maintained listing of adaptive parks and recreation options across the Detroit area - one of the few local organizations that has actually done the work of collecting what exists nearby.
Mount Clemens · multi-county
Macomb County - Move More Macomb adaptive recreation
The county's own adaptive recreation programming. Public provision is the cheapest and closest option and rarely surfaces in an autism search.
Rochester · multi-county
OUCARES - Oakland University Center for Autism
Sports programs for autistic children, teenagers and adults - indoor and outdoor soccer, swimming, bowling, yoga, judo, basketball, volleyball and golf - as part of programming explicitly designed across the whole lifespan rather than stopping at 18. The range means there is a realistic chance of matching an existing interest rather than asking a young person to adopt a new one.
Detroit · multi-county
YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit - Adaptive Social Club
A Saturday social club bringing together peers with disabilities for fitness, games, crafts and community outings. Saturday is exactly when families most often find there is nothing, which makes this more useful than its size suggests.
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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School districts & government services
Public programs and school district contacts for Macomb County.
School & special education
Services & benefits
Helpful guides
Guides for Macomb 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 Macomb County
Serving families across Macomb County including Sterling Heights, Warren, Clinton Township, Macomb Township, Shelby Township, Chesterfield, St. Clair Shores, Eastpointe, Roseville and Fraser and more.
See all Michigan resources
Waivers, PTI centers, and state programs apply to all families in Michigan.
Michigan state guide →Common questions
Answered from the providers currently listed for this county — these update as the directory does.
How many autism providers serve Macomb County, Michigan?
We list 23 providers serving Macomb County, covering activities, clubs & recreation, parent & family support, ABA therapy, advocacy & legal 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 Macomb County accept Medicaid?
4 of the providers we list for Macomb County state that they accept Medicaid, including Centria Autism — Macomb County, Centria Autism — Metro Detroit, Centria Autism — Oakland County and Great Lakes ABA — Oakland County. Coverage and plan participation change often, so confirm directly with the provider before your first appointment.
Where can I find ABA therapy in Macomb County?
ABA providers serving Macomb 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 Macomb County?
6 providers serving Macomb County deliver 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 Michigan?
Michigan families can apply to the Habilitation Supports Waiver (HSW), a Medicaid waiver that can fund respite, therapies and in-home support. The typical wait is Multi-year; priority goes to crisis and institutional transition, 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 Macomb County?
If none of the Macomb County providers is the right fit, these Michigan counties currently have the most listed providers: Antrim County (31), Oakland County (28), Wayne County (25), Osceola County (23). 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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- Which dentist here has managed a cleaning without it becoming a fight?
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