In Arkansas Fayetteville the city has free service early intervention jake coulnt talk just made sounds i got him into a new daycare at 2 was surprised that it also was for special needs early intervention with speech ot occupational they found out he couldnt walk his feet grew inward they bought pollywalge inserts to go in his shoes he was there 3 years still had speech problems they also got ssi for me h e had a psychologist there all in one place called kids for the future. Donna van kirk is on this sight diagnosied him with autism and adhd the school only said development delayed we see no signs of autism i knew better so i ask my doctor for referal and donna van kirk was the person that helped. I know my child more than doctors so i had to reach out be persistent. and followed my insight and heart the schools are great vandergriff is awesome he is going to sing with all the other 4 graders at a baceball game and is taking a dance. class and yesterday he surprised me and said they cat was so adorable but was non verbel at 5 i have had 1 bad school and called supperintent and Arkansas support network and he went to another school even out of our jurisdiction.this area is 6 th fasted growing place in United States i dont pay for a thing and his therapies are all at school

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Hi Manish, @A MyAutismTeam Member

In order to narrow options, in your shoes, I would go by :
1. Climate preference, 2. Services 3. Cost of living 4. Areas where one can find more community support.
Please check out FB groups, (Desi special needs spot, GH etc.) In all big cities of US, you will find special needs desi portals / groups where you can ask this query & get more in depth info.

I'm in San Diego where there are good services in specific counties and school districts. Not all. You need to get into specifics for decision making.

Good luck.

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Wherever you go, you will likely have to push to get services you feel your child needs. I have found no government organization so far that has said to me "here, let us give you all the services your son deserves and needs" but if you talk with people, if you research your rights and the laws, you will find services. My top three state picks would be NJ, NY, and CA.

While therapy options will obviously be a big part of your decision, it might be helpful to identify some other preferences first (climate, city size, demographics, etc) to narrow your choices down to a few locations and then do some more in depth research on those specific locations. Good luck!