Abstract: Objective To investigate the current situation and the development of autism rehabilitation service institutions in China.
Methods The finance, supervision and management, recipients and rehabilitation standards of 117 autism rehabilitation service institutions were investigated with questionnaire and interview. Results Private service played an important role in autism rehabilitation, as 67.5% of all. The supervision was poor, and the age of the recipients were limited, and varied in standards of rehabilitation. Conclusion It is needed to support the private autism rehabilitation services with more supervision to make their service for all-age and more standardized.