County resource guide
Autism Resources in Eddy County, New Mexico
Local providers, school contacts, and support services for autism families in Eddy County. New Mexico statewide resources also apply.
Eddy County (Carlsbad, Artesia) is in southeast New Mexico. Carlsbad Medical Center provides services. Carlsbad Municipal Schools and Artesia Public Schools provide special education. EPICS (NM PTI) provides free statewide IEP advocacy. Families typically access Midland/Odessa, Texas or Albuquerque for specialized evaluations.
Provider directory
Local Providers26 providers in Eddy County
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0 providers in Eddy 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.
Carlsbad · multi-county
Carlsbad Medical Center — Pediatric & Behavioral Health
Carlsbad Medical Center is the primary hospital for Eddy County in the Permian Basin. Developmental screenings and behavioral health referrals are available; full autism evaluations typically require referral to UNM Children's Hospital via telehealth or travel to Lubbock, TX (~165 miles east).
Permian Basin oil/gas region. Lubbock TX (Texas Tech UMC Children's) is a common specialist destination for Eddy County families.
Albuquerque · multi-county
UNM Health — Telehealth Developmental Pediatrics
UNM Children's Hospital offers telehealth consultations for developmental and autism concerns across rural New Mexico. Chaves County families can access UNMH developmental pediatricians remotely without the 3-hour drive to Albuquerque.
Telehealth available statewide. Ask specifically for developmental pediatrics telehealth when scheduling.
Early Intervention (0–3)
Free services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Roswell · multi-county
Family Infant Toddler (FIT) Program — Southeast Region
New Mexico's IDEA Part C early intervention program for children birth to three in Chaves County. FIT provides free evaluations, service coordination, speech, OT, and developmental services for families in the Roswell area.
FREE under IDEA Part C. No income requirement. Call to request a free evaluation.
Alamogordo · multi-county
Family Infant Toddler (FIT) Program — Southeast Region
New Mexico's IDEA Part C early intervention program covering Otero County. Free evaluations and home-based services for children under 3 with developmental concerns, including autism. Contact the local FIT office to request an evaluation.
FREE under IDEA Part C. No referral needed — call to request an evaluation.
Carlsbad · multi-county
Family Infant Toddler (FIT) Program — Southeast Region
New Mexico's IDEA Part C early intervention program covering Eddy County. Free developmental evaluations and home-based services for children birth to three. Service coordinators reach families throughout the county including rural oil-field communities.
FREE under IDEA Part C. No referral needed. Call to request a free evaluation.
Hobbs · multi-county
Family Infant Toddler (FIT) Program — Southeast Region
New Mexico's IDEA Part C early intervention program for Lea County. Free evaluations and home-based services for children birth to three in Hobbs, Lovington, and surrounding Permian Basin communities. FIT is often the most accessible early developmental service in southeastern NM.
FREE under IDEA Part C. No referral needed. Lea County FIT can provide local referrals for other services.
ABA therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Carlsbad · multi-county
Centria Autism — Telehealth & In-Home (Eddy County)
In-home and telehealth-supported ABA therapy for Eddy County families through Centria's NM network. BCBA-supervised. Accepts NM Medicaid (Centennial Care) and most commercial insurance for ABA.
NM Medicaid covers ABA. In-home delivery important in this geographically dispersed oil-patch county.
Respite care
Respite care providers giving families a break — in-home, center-based, and overnight.
Statewide · multi-county
New Mexico DOH Respite Program
Short-term temporary care for children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, so a caregiver can have a break. New Mexico is unusually flexible about where it happens: the family and provider decide together, and it can be the family's own home, the provider's home, a respite home, or a community setting the family chooses such as a community center, a park or a swimming pool. For a child who does badly with unfamiliar buildings, that flexibility is the whole difference.
Also on (505) 841-4736. Respite is separately funded under the HCBS waivers — worth asking about both, given DD Waiver waits of 10 to 12 years.
~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.
Albuquerque · multi-county
Autism Society of New Mexico
Statewide autism family organization connecting Eddy County families to peer support, resource navigation, and events across New Mexico. Contact them for information about families and resources in the Carlsbad area.
Albuquerque · multi-county
Autism Society of New Mexico
New Mexico's statewide autism family organization providing peer support and resource navigation for Lea County families. The Hobbs/Lovington area's connection to the Permian Basin economy may offer some informal employer-connected resources not found in other rural NM counties.
Statewide virtual support. Lubbock TX autism community resources may also be accessible for Lea County families.
Advocacy & legal
Legal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Albuquerque · multi-county
EPICS — Parent Training & Information Center
New Mexico's federally funded PTI center (Empowerment for People in Community Settings) serving Chaves County families. Free IEP advocacy, special education rights training, and family support. Bilingual English/Spanish services available.
FREE. Serves all NM counties. Remote/phone advocacy available for rural Chaves County families.
Albuquerque · multi-county
EPICS — Parent Training & Information Center
New Mexico's federally funded PTI providing free IEP advocacy and special education rights support for Eddy County families. Bilingual English/Spanish services available — important for the significant Hispanic population in the Carlsbad area.
FREE. Bilingual English/Spanish. Remote advocacy available for rural Eddy County families.
Albuquerque · multi-county
EPICS — Parent Training & Information Center
New Mexico's statewide PTI providing free IEP advocacy and special education rights support for Lea County families. Remote and phone advocacy are available — important for this southeastern NM county far from Albuquerque.
FREE. Statewide. Phone/remote advocacy available for Lea County families.
Activities, clubs & recreation
Clubs, sports, camps, and social programs that welcome autistic children and teens — inclusive, adaptive, and special-needs specific.
Santa Fe · multi-county
New Mexico Governor's Commission on Disability - recreation and adaptive sports
The state commission maintains a recreation and adaptive sports listing - the closest thing New Mexico has to a statewide index, and worth checking outside Albuquerque and Santa Fe where organized provision is very thin.
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 Eddy 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 Eddy County
Serving families across Eddy County including Carlsbad, Artesia, Loving, Malaga, Hope, Otis, Whites City, Lakewood, Phenix and Queen and more.
See all New Mexico resources
Waivers, PTI centers, and state programs apply to all families in New Mexico.
New Mexico state guide →Common questions
Answered from the providers currently listed for this county — these update as the directory does.
How many autism providers serve Eddy County, New Mexico?
We list 14 providers serving Eddy County, covering parent & family support, diagnostic clinics, ABA therapy, advocacy & legal and early intervention (0–3), 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 Eddy County accept Medicaid?
1 of the providers we list for Eddy County state that they accept Medicaid, including Centria Autism — Telehealth & In-Home (Eddy County). Coverage and plan participation change often, so confirm directly with the provider before your first appointment.
Where can I find ABA therapy in Eddy County?
ABA providers serving Eddy 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.
Are there telehealth autism services for Eddy County families?
Yes — 3 providers serving Eddy County offer telehealth or virtual sessions. This is often the fastest route to support for families in rural areas or on long local waitlists.
Can autism therapy happen at home in Eddy County?
4 providers serving Eddy 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 New Mexico?
New Mexico families can apply to the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver, Medically Fragile Waiver and Supports Waiver, a Medicaid waiver that can fund respite, therapies and in-home support. The typical wait is 10–12 years for the DD Waiver, 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 Eddy County?
If none of the Eddy County providers is the right fit, these New Mexico counties currently have the most listed providers: Bernalillo County (22), Valencia County (22), Rio Arriba County (19), Grant County (17). 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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