Autism Resources in Collin County, Texas
18 providers in McKinney, Plano, Frisco and nearby, plus 12 national programs. Waitlists change often, so it’s worth calling a few.
0 providers in Collin County. Filter by your child’s age — including 18+, which is the hardest to find anywhere.
Based in Collin County
Diagnostic clinics
1 providerFormal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
Children's Health Specialty Center — Plano
Plano, TX
Satellite location of Children's Medical Center Dallas offering developmental pediatrics and autism evaluation services in Plano. Part of the Autism Treatment Network, with access to multidisciplinary specialists including developmental pediatricians and neuropsychologists.
Expect waitlists. Ask about the cancellation list to get in sooner.
Early Intervention (0–3)
1 providerFree services for children under 3 under IDEA Part C.
Lighthouse Autism Center — Frisco
Frisco, TX
Center-based early intervention and ABA therapy for young children in the Collin County/Frisco area. Naturalistic teaching environment designed for children ages 2–6.
Frisco is in Collin County. Accepts most commercial insurance plans.
ABA therapy
1 providerApplied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Cortica — Plano
Plano, TX
Multidisciplinary autism clinic offering ABA therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy under one roof in Plano. BCBA-supervised with insurance billing and Medicaid accepted.
Integrates ABA, OT, and speech — helpful for families seeking coordinated care.
Parent & family support
1 providerParent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Autism Society of Texas — Collin County
McKinney, TX · serves several counties
Community support and resource navigation for autistic individuals and families in Collin County. Hosts parent meetups, social events, and connects families to statewide Autism Society resources.
Advocacy & legal
1 providerLegal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Texas Parent to Parent (TxP2P) — Collin County Families
McKinney, TX · serves several counties
Statewide PTI center connecting families of children with disabilities to peer mentors, IEP navigation support, and local resources. Serves all Texas counties including Collin. Free to families.
Federally funded Parent Training and Information center for all of Texas.
Also serving Collin County
These 25 are based elsewhere, or operate nationally, and list Collin 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
1 providerFormal autism evaluations by developmental pediatricians, psychologists, or neuropsychologists.
CPST Texas
Plano, TX · serves several counties
Comprehensive autism evaluations and psychological testing for children and adolescents in the Plano/Dallas area.
Source: https://cpsttexas.com/services/autism-evaluations/
ABA therapy
2 providersApplied Behavior Analysis therapy — typically requires insurance authorization.
Autism Treatment Center of Texas — Dallas
Dallas, TX · serves several counties
BCBA-supervised ABA therapy with center-based and in-home options in the Dallas metro. Focused on early intervention and school readiness skills.
Accepts Texas Medicaid and most commercial insurance.
Behavioral Innovations — Sherman / Grayson County
Sherman, TX · serves several counties
Texas-founded ABA provider serving Grayson County from the Sherman area. BCBA-supervised center-based and in-home ABA therapy. Accepts most commercial insurance and Texas Medicaid. Grayson County sits near the Oklahoma border — some families also explore resources in the DFW metro.
Texas ABA insurance mandate applies. Close to DFW — also check Collin County providers for expanded options.
Respite care
3 providersRespite care providers giving families a break — in-home, center-based, and overnight.
Take Time Texas — Texas Lifespan Respite Care Program
Statewide, TX · serves several counties
The state's respite program, for families caring for someone of any age with any chronic condition or disability. It provides vouchers of roughly $800 to $1,000 per eligible family, usable for in-home or facility-based respite, all at once or spread across three months. Apply through your local Area Agency on Aging. Texas is one of the more generous states here and the money is routinely left unclaimed.
Ask for the Texas Lifespan Respite Care Program by name. The Texas Respite Coordination Center is the central point of contact if your Area Agency is unhelpful.
ARCH National Respite Locator
Searchable by state, TX
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, TX
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
3 providersParent groups, sibling programs, and family peer support.
Autism Society of Texas — Denton Area
Denton, TX · serves several counties
Parent-led support group and community network for Denton County families. Monthly meetups, social activities for autistic individuals, and resource sharing.
Autism Society of Texas — Grayson County Families
Sherman, TX · serves several counties
Grayson County families connect through the North Texas chapter of the Autism Society. Support groups and resource navigation for Sherman, Denison, and surrounding communities near the Texas-Oklahoma border.
Autism Society of Texas — North Texas Chapter
Dallas, TX · serves several counties
North Texas chapter offering support groups, social events, and family resources across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Advocacy & legal
2 providersLegal advocates, special education advocates, and disability rights organizations.
Texas Parent to Parent (TxP2P) — Denton County
Denton, TX · serves several counties
Statewide peer support and advocacy connecting Denton County families to IEP navigation, peer mentors, and disability resources. Free for all Texas families.
Federally funded PTI — free to families regardless of income.
Texas Parent to Parent (TxP2P) — Grayson County / North Texas
Sherman, TX · serves several counties
Statewide PTI connecting Grayson County families to IEP coaching, peer mentors, and disability resources. Free for all Texas families. Grayson County families are close enough to DFW to access TxP2P workshops in person.
Federally funded PTI — no cost to families.
Autism-friendly dentists
1 providerDentists experienced with autistic patients — desensitisation visits, sensory accommodations, and staff who take the time it takes.
Texas A&M College of Dentistry — Special Care Clinic
Dallas, TX · serves several counties
3000 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75226
The special care clinic at Texas A&M's dental college in downtown Dallas, treating patients whose disabilities make ordinary dental care difficult. Dental school clinics trade time for expertise: appointments run longer because students do the work under supervision, and there can be a wait for a first visit. In exchange you get a team that treats disabled patients every day, usually at a lower cost, and they generally accept Medicaid.
Activities, clubs & recreation
13 providersClubs, sports, camps, and social programs that welcome autistic children and teens — inclusive, adaptive, and special-needs specific.
Miracle League — Dallas–Fort Worth
Irving, TX · serves several counties
Accessible-field baseball and, at some sites, basketball for children and adults with disabilities across the Metroplex, with fields in Irving, Waxahachie, Coppell and Southlake.
Baseball in Irving and Waxahachie; basketball in Irving and Coppell; a separate Southlake league. Check which field is nearest before calling — they are run by different local organizations.
Special Olympics Texas
San Antonio, TX · serves several counties
P.O. Box 47106, San Antonio, TX 78265
Year-round sports training and competition at no cost to athletes or families, organized into local Areas across the state so training is genuinely local rather than centralized.
Find your Area on their site rather than ringing the state office. Greater Dallas (Area 10): (817) 284-0074. North Texas (Area 9): (737) 704-6379. Houston / Heart of East Texas (Area 6): (832) 617-0930. Eligibility centers on intellectual disability — ask about fit if your family member is autistic without one.
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas — adaptive and special needs programs
Dallas, TX · serves several counties
Adaptive and special-needs programming across the Dallas YMCA branches — swimming, sport and fitness with support. Worth asking each branch what it actually runs, since provision varies by location rather than being uniform across the association.
ACEing Autism
227 programs in 32 states, TX
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, TX
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, TX
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, TX
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, TX
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, TX
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, TX
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, TX
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, TX
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, TX
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?
Start with our plain-language guide to ABA, speech and OT — what each one is, and questions to ask on the first call.
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School evaluation
Request a School Evaluation
Under IDEA, your school district must evaluate your child for free if you request it in writing. The request goes to your own district — the one you live in. If that is listed below, this is who to call in Collin County. If not, ask your district’s special education office; your rights are the same.
Frisco ISD — Special Education, Early Childhood Child Find
Birth to prekindergarten. School-age children have their own line, listed below.
Frisco ISD — Special Education, School Age Child Find
Kindergarten through age 21.
Allen ISD — Special Services (Child Find)
Birth through age 21.
Checked against each organization’s own website, September 2026. Numbers change, so confirm when you call.
Learn how to write your evaluation request →About autism services in Collin County
Collin County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, serving Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Allen, and Prosper. Multiple large school districts including Plano ISD, McKinney ISD, and Frisco ISD offer well-developed autism programs. The county has an extensive network of ABA therapy centers, OT, and speech providers.
Helpful guides
Guides for Collin 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 Collin County
Serving families across Collin County including Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Allen, Richardson, Murphy, Wylie, Sachse, Anna and Prosper and more.
See all Texas resources
Waivers, PTI centers, and state programs apply to all families in Texas.
Texas state guide →Common questions
Answered from the providers currently listed for this county — these update as the directory does.
How many autism providers serve Collin County, Texas?
We list 18 providers serving Collin County, covering parent & family support, ABA therapy, diagnostic clinics, early intervention (0–3) and activities, clubs & recreation, plus 3 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 Collin County accept Medicaid?
3 of the providers we list for Collin County state that they accept Medicaid, including Autism Treatment Center of Texas — Dallas, Behavioral Innovations — Sherman / Grayson County and Cortica — Plano. Coverage and plan participation change often, so confirm directly with the provider before your first appointment.
Where can I find ABA therapy in Collin County?
ABA providers serving Collin 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 Collin County?
2 providers serving Collin 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.
How do I get a free evaluation for a child under 3 in Collin County?
Early intervention for children under 3 in Texas is run by Early Childhood Intervention Services, Family Health Services Department, not by the school district. You can call (877) 787-8999 to make a referral. Under Part C of IDEA you can request an evaluation yourself — you do not need a doctor's referral, and the evaluation is free. From age 3, evaluations move to your local school district.
Does Medicaid pay for autism services in Texas?
Texas families can apply to the Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Waiver, a Medicaid waiver that can fund respite, therapies and in-home support. The typical wait is 10–13 years, 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 Collin County?
If none of the Collin County providers is the right fit, these Texas counties currently have the most listed providers: Tarrant County (25), Dallas County (23), Harris County (21), Rusk County (19). 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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