A comprehensive, curated directory of neurodevelopmental services in Buncombe County and the broader Western North Carolina region - to help families and care coordinators navigate the post-diagnosis landscape.
This resource was researched and compiled by Skylar Belt, Co-Founder of ConnectEd Circles, drawing on years of direct clinical experience in Buncombe County’s early childhood system. It is organized by service category to help parents, educators, and care coordinators quickly identify the right support at the right time. ConnectEd Circles does not financially benefit from referrals to any listed organization.
These organizations provide comprehensive neurodevelopmental evaluations, autism diagnoses, and individualized intervention planning.
A UNC-affiliated regional clinic providing comprehensive, lifespan diagnostic evaluations and targeted, individualized intervention planning for autistic individuals across all ages.
Features a multidisciplinary team including developmental pediatricians and child psychologists. Facilitates immediate integration with follow-up speech, occupational, and physical therapies.
A private practice specializing in early psychological evaluations for toddlers as young as 2.5 years. Notably accepts Medicaid and most commercial insurance.
Offers a streamlined “one-stop” clinical model combining initial diagnostic evaluations (starting at 15 months) with subsequent, on-site ABA therapy.
A specialized neuropsychology practice with over 20 years of local experience. Operates on a superbill/out-of-network financial basis.
Applied behavior analysis, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and multidisciplinary clinical services.
Provides both center-based and in-home Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), featuring state-of-the-art sensory gymnasiums and mock classrooms for school readiness preparation.
A nonprofit entity delivering highly individualized, home and center-based behavioral interventions for autistic individuals and their families.
A large, multidisciplinary clinic offering speech, physical, and occupational therapy. Actively recruits bilingual providers to serve diverse families.
Relationship-based, sensory-supportive, and developmental alternatives to traditional behavioral therapy.
An intensive, in-home, relationship-based developmental program specifically tailored for young children aged 18 months to 6 years, training parents as their child’s best play partners.
A specialized sensory gymnasium engineered specifically for safe, regulated sensory play and peer socialization among neurodivergent children and their families.
Organizations providing parent support, community connection, therapeutic activities, and rights advocacy.
An Asheville-based nonprofit providing free or highly subsidized therapeutic activities - including music therapy, art therapy, yoga, and massage - for autistic individuals of all ages.
A Mission Hospital-based initiative facilitating vital parent-to-parent peer support and specialized local resource navigation for families of children with disabilities and special needs.
Advocates for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, providing crucial assistance with special education rights and complex service navigation.
State-mandated and federally funded services for young children with developmental needs.
The state-mandated Infant-Toddler Program (Child Development Services Agency) that evaluates and provides federally mandated early intervention services for children under age 3 at no cost to families.
Navigating the post-diagnosis landscape can be overwhelming. ConnectEd Circles provides personalized resource navigation and IEP support coaching to help families find the right path. We’re familiar with most of the organizations listed here and can help you ask the right questions.
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