The practical details

Find Texas Children's Hospital — Meyer Center Autism Program on a map — we do not have exact coordinates for this location, so this searches by its address.

What this is, in plain language

An evaluation service rather than a therapy provider: a psychologist or developmental paediatrician assesses the child and produces a diagnosis, and ongoing therapy is arranged elsewhere afterwards. Worth knowing before you call, because families often arrive expecting one appointment to lead into treatment at the same place.

Getting started

You cannot refer yourself here — the referral has to come from your child's own doctor, so the first step is an appointment with them rather than with the hospital. New autism-programme referrals are taken for children under 12, and the hospital publicly reports a wait of roughly six to nine months for behavioural and developmental evaluations, so it is worth asking your doctor to send the referral before anything else is settled.

Written from what the provider publishes, to save you decoding it. It describes the service; it is not our view of how good it is.

What they say about themselves

Taken from the provider's own website. We have not verified the claims — the parent reviews below are the other half of the picture.

• Diagnostic evaluation is done by a psychologist or a developmental pediatrician.
• It is primarily an evaluation center, not a place for ongoing therapy.
• The Autism Program accepts new referrals for children under 12, and the referral must come from your child's provider — parents cannot self-refer.
• The hospital publicly reports a wait of about six to nine months for behavioral and developmental evaluations.

Details checked againstthe provider's website on 2026-08-06. Confirm current availability directly.