CHOC’s new Thompson Autism Center is ready to open

A new $9.5 million autism center opening this month at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County will allow kids easily unsettled by new places to remain in its familiar, calming environment while their doctors come to them.
Said to be the first of its kind in the area, the Thompson Autism Center will offer a wide range of programs, from diagnosis to counseling, for children and their families. A few blocks away from the hospital’s main campus in Orange, it opens to existing CHOC pati