Local resources in South Fulton
Ordered by review count, then name. Providers cannot pay to be listed, ranked, or edited.
17 resources in South Fulton
1. ABA Journey — South Fulton
ABA Journey names specific South Fulton communities it serves — Sandtown, Cliftondale, and Welcome All — rather than listing the city generically. No address, phone, ages, or funding were stated in what we found, so confirm those by phone.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
2. Achieve Behavioral — Atlanta metro
Covers the metro rather than South Fulton by name, so establish at the first call whether therapists come to your address and how far they travel.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
3. Achievements Therapy — South Fulton
Achievements Therapy delivers ABA support across home, school, daycare, and community settings in South Fulton rather than one fixed site. No address, phone, ages, or funding were stated in what we found, so confirm those by phone.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
4. All About ABA — South Fulton
All About ABA lists South Fulton among the areas it serves, as one of several similar Georgia pages. No address, phone, ages, or funding were stated in what we found, so confirm by phone whether it has genuine local coverage.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
5. American Association of Adapted Sports Programs
Runs through schools rather than around them, so the first question is whether your district participates — worth raising at the next school meeting.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
6. Apex ABA — South Fulton
Apex ABA offers at-home ABA therapy in South Fulton, one of several similarly formatted Georgia city pages it publishes. No address, phone, ages, or funding were stated in what we found, so confirm by phone whether it has genuine local coverage.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
7. Autism Society of Georgia
Free information, referrals to local resources, educational workshops and support groups for autistic people and families of all ages.
Ages All ages
8. Babies Can't Wait — Fulton County Board of Health
Free developmental screening and service coordination for children under three. Ongoing services available through Medicaid, insurance or sliding scale.
Ages Birth to age 3
9. Emory Autism Center
Comprehensive autism diagnostic evaluation and treatment for ages 15 months through adulthood, including ABA services and psychiatric consultation.
Ages 15 months through adulthood
10. Flywheel Centers — South Fulton
Flywheel Centers names specific South Fulton neighbourhoods it covers with in-home ABA — Camp Creek, Cascade Heights, Sandtown, and Wolf Creek. No address, phone, ages, or funding were stated in what we found, so confirm those by phone.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
11. Intellistars ABA — South Fulton
Intellistars provides in-home ABA assessments, therapy, and family training in South Fulton rather than from a fixed centre. No address, phone, ages, or funding were stated in what we found, so confirm those by phone.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
12. Kids Club ABA — Georgia
A metro-wide provider. South Fulton has no ABA centre of its own on this listing, so the first question is which of its sites is reachable from your side of the city.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
13. Marcus Autism Center
Comprehensive autism evaluation by an interdisciplinary team including neurologists, pediatricians and psychologists. Also offers parent training and feeding programme.
Ages Infants through adolescents
14. Parent to Parent of Georgia
Free family resource centre, support groups, peer mentoring and training on education rights for families of children with disabilities (birth through age 26).
Ages Birth to 26
15. Regency ABA — South Fulton
Regency ABA offers in-home ABA therapy and parent coaching in South Fulton, focused on communication, emotional regulation, and daily living skills. No address, phone, ages, or funding were stated in what we found, so confirm those by phone.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
16. Samba ABA — South Fulton
Samba ABA delivers in-home ABA in South Fulton aimed at communication, social development, and independence skills. No address, phone, ages, or funding were stated in what we found, so confirm those by phone.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
17. Special Olympics Georgia — find a programme
South Fulton has no adaptive club of its own on this listing. The state finder is the way to locate the nearest area programme rather than guessing.
Ages Ages not published in the sources we saw — ask when you call
The short answer for South Fulton
- Under 3: call Fulton County Board of Health, (770) 520-7500, and ask for Children 1st / Babies Can't Wait — a parent can start this referral directly, and the eligibility screening costs nothing.
- 3 and older: submit a written evaluation request to Fulton County Schools; state rule requires the district to finish testing within 60 calendar days, counted from the date you give written consent.
- No ABA therapy company turned up with a physical South Fulton address in this research; the closest referral-based diagnostic options are Marcus Autism Center (404-785-9400) and Emory Autism Center (404-727-8350).
- For the NOW or COMP Medicaid waiver, apply through DBHDD's Region 3 Field Office in Decatur, (404) 244-5050 — the statewide list of people waiting has stayed above 7,000 for years, so early application matters.
- Katie Beckett (TEFRA) can qualify a significantly disabled child for Georgia Medicaid without counting household income; reach the centralized team at 678-248-7449.
South Fulton became a city in 2017 — one of the newest in Georgia — but incorporating never gave it its own health department or school system, so an autistic child here is routed through the same Fulton County doors used everywhere else in the county: the county health department for early intervention, Fulton County Schools for special education, and a regional state office for adult and family Medicaid waivers.
No published count of autistic residents exists at the South Fulton level, so rather than estimate one, this page relies on county and state figures where they exist, sources every phone number and web address, and says plainly where something South Fulton-specific — a dedicated ABA office inside city limits, for instance — simply could not be confirmed.
Statewide programs, numbers, and rights are on the Georgia page. This page adds the local entry points that are specific to Atlanta metro (south Fulton County).
Early intervention under 3: Babies Can't Wait (Georgia's early intervention program)
Babies Can't Wait, Georgia's Part C early-intervention program, covers children from birth to their third birthday, and every family enters through Children 1st, the county health department's shared front door — for South Fulton that's the Fulton County Board of Health at (770) 520-7500. A pediatrician's referral isn't required: a parent, relative, or childcare worker can make the call, and the eligibility screening is provided at no charge. Once a child is found eligible, therapy continues on a sliding fee scale that accounts for insurance and Medicaid, and Georgia's own family guidance states that an inability to pay will never be used to cut a child off from services already deemed necessary. As the third birthday nears, the county BCW team coordinates the transition into Fulton County Schools' preschool special-education system.
- Babies Can't Wait (Georgia's early intervention program)
- Referral phone: 1-888-651-8224 (state Babies Can't Wait office)
New to early intervention? Read the plain-language guide first.
School districts and special education
South Fulton has never operated its own school system — Fulton County Schools covers it, the same as every Fulton city besides Atlanta — and the district's Services for Exceptional Children division runs Child Find, identifying and evaluating children birth through 21 at no cost, homeschooled and private-school children included. A written request opens the file, which the district is then required to complete within 60 calendar days, counting from the day you sign written consent. Families who instead choose Georgia Cyber Academy, the statewide virtual charter school, get an equivalent guarantee there, since GCA legally functions as its own school district for special-education purposes. Whichever path a family takes, the eligibility team's decision under Georgia's autism rule stands apart from any outside medical diagnosis.
- Fulton County Schools — district headquarters at 6201 Powers Ferry Road NW, Atlanta; Services for Exceptional Children's main line is 470-254-0400
- Georgia Cyber Academy — a statewide virtual public charter school that functions as its own school district; special-education intake runs through grade-level Student Support Team coordinators, (404) 334-4790
Evaluation and diagnosis pathways in South Fulton
These are hospital and university programs with public intake information. Listing here is informational — it is not a recommendation, and it is not medical advice. Public school evaluation is free and does not require any of these.
- Marcus Autism Center (Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) — the region's largest dedicated autism center, roughly 25-30 minutes from South Fulton by car — a same-day diagnostic evaluation for children 2 and under, two-visit evaluations for children 3 and older, and ongoing behavior, language, and feeding programs up to age 21. Every new patient needs a referral from a licensed provider except the feeding program, which accepts self-referrals. · 404-785-9400 · no published wait figure; Marcus maintains a dedicated resource page for families waiting on services, and local news has previously reported waits of six months or longer.
- Emory Autism Center — a Decatur-based diagnostic clinic evaluating patients from roughly age 1 through adulthood (currently accepting patients 17 and under); intake begins with an online interest form followed by a coordinator's phone call rather than a direct scheduling link. · 404-727-8350 · intake materials describe a wait-list step as a normal part of the process; no specific wait time is published.
Disability services and waivers: Georgia DBHDD — Region 3 Field Office (Decatur)
DBHDD, Georgia's developmental disability agency, runs the NOW and COMP Medicaid waivers that fund long-term supports like day programs, respite, and supported employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism included. South Fulton families apply through the Region 3 Field Office in Decatur, either online through the Individual IDD Connects portal (georgiacollaborative.com) or by paper application faxed to the field office; a DBHDD psychologist then makes a pre-eligibility call and places eligible applicants on the statewide I/DD Planning List. DBHDD says movement off the list is driven by assessed need rather than how long someone has waited, and final eligibility is confirmed separately by the state's Medicaid review contractor.
- Georgia DBHDD — Region 3 Field Office (Decatur)
- Phone: (404) 244-5050 (Region 3, Decatur) · 678-248-7449 (Katie Beckett centralized team)
Local organizations that help South Fulton families
- Parent to Parent of Georgia — Georgia's federally designated Parent Training and Information Center; free one-on-one parent matching and support groups statewide, birth through 26 (800-229-2038)
- Autism Society of Georgia — information and referral specialists, statewide support groups, and workshops across the lifespan (844-404-2742)
- Special Olympics Georgia — Area 4 (Fulton County) — covers Fulton County through Fulton County Schools' and Atlanta Public Schools' Unified Sports programs; no distinct South Fulton community delegation was listed as of this research — Area 4 staff (770-414-9390) can confirm current options
- Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities — the state DD council; publishes the clearest public reporting on the NOW/COMP waiver planning list
- United Way of Greater Atlanta 2-1-1 — dial 211, or search the database online, 24/7, for local health and human-service referrals
Documented waits and access notes
Wait times change. Each note below links to the public source it came from — confirm current status directly with the program.
- Georgia's autism insurance mandate, Ava's Law, forces state-regulated health plans to cover ABA and other autism services but lets insurers cap ABA spending at $35,000 a year, and it doesn't apply at all to self-funded employer plans — a large share of Georgia's insured workforce. (source)
- A 2024 state-budget analysis found more than 7,000 Georgians still sitting on the NOW/COMP waiver planning list, a figure that has stayed in the thousands for years. (source)
- A site search of the City of South Fulton's own Parks & Recreation program listings for 'adaptive recreation' returned no dedicated program as of this research, unlike some neighboring Fulton cities; families can call the department's Community Relations & Services line, 470-552-4311, to ask about current accommodations. (source)
- Fulton County Schools has 30 calendar days from an eligibility finding to hold the IEP meeting for a South Fulton child, a second deadline layered on top of the 60-day evaluation window. (source)
- A South Fulton toddler referred to Babies Can't Wait through Fulton's Children 1st line is covered by the same federal 45-day IFSP rule every Georgia Part C office follows. (source)
- Ava's Law's coverage mandate for autism care under a state-regulated Georgia plan expires at age 21. (source)
Paying for support in South Fulton
Georgia's NOW and COMP Medicaid waivers — the main long-term disability supports beyond early intervention and school services — are run by DBHDD, and South Fulton families should plan for a long wait: the statewide planning list has held above 7,000 people for years, so applying early matters more than waiting for a firm diagnosis. Separately, the Katie Beckett (TEFRA) pathway can enroll a child with significant disabilities in Georgia Medicaid while ignoring parental income entirely.
Nothing here is a recommendation — we list what exists, note what a provider says about itself, and let parents tell you the rest.
Common questions from South Fulton parents
Sources
- [1]Georgia DPH — Babies Can't Wait. Open source
- [2]Fulton County Board of Health — Babies Can't Wait / Children's Health. Open source
- [3]Fulton County Board of Health — Children's Health overview. Open source
- [4]DBHDD — how to apply for DD services. Open source
- [5]DBHDD — Region 3 Field Office. Open source
- [6]Georgia Budget and Policy Institute — DBHDD FY2026 budget overview (planning list figures). Open source
- [7]Georgia Medicaid — TEFRA / Katie Beckett. Open source
- [8]O.C.G.A. § 33-24-59.10 — Ava's Law (autism insurance coverage). Open source
- [9]Fulton County Schools — Child Find. Open source
- [10]Fulton County Schools — Services for Exceptional Children. Open source
- [11]Georgia Cyber Academy — Special Education. Open source
- [12]Marcus Autism Center — appointments and referrals. Open source
- [13]Emory Autism Center — diagnostic assessments. Open source
- [14]Special Olympics Georgia — Find a Program (Area 4). Open source
- [15]Parent to Parent of Georgia. Open source
- [16]Autism Society of Georgia. Open source
- [17]Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities. Open source
- [18]United Way of Greater Atlanta — 211. Open source
- [19]City of South Fulton — School System. Open source
- [20]City of South Fulton — Departments (Parks & Recreation programs). Open source
- [21]Wikipedia — South Fulton, Georgia (incorporation, population, parks). Open source
- [22]GaDOE / Parent to Parent — eligibility determination fact sheet (PDF). Open source
- [23]Autism Speaks — Georgia state-regulated insurance coverage. Open source
Last checked 2026-08-11. Programs and links change — confirm with the agency before relying on any detail. This page is information, not legal or medical advice.