Autism Assessments

Whether you have been searching for months — even years — for an assessment or prompted by others around you to seek better understanding from a new angle, here’s information on how I approach adult autism assessments.

My approach to assessments is to go beyond the “yes/no” answer and move towards helping you build a profile of understanding yourself across domains, including:

social (including a masking profile),
sensorimotor (i.e., stimming, interests, sensory, routine),
executive function,
alexithymia & emotional understanding,
mental health, autistic burnout and
general day-to-day functioning

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Virtual Autism Assessments

  • Have you felt socially different from others for as long as you remember? Does everyone else seem to have “the social rulebook” that you’ve been trying to figure out all these years?

  • Do body movements/stimming soothe you (e.g., rocking)? Have you always had passionate interests that you deep dive into?

  • Do you thrive better in routine? Do certain sounds, food textures, clothing textures (SOCKS are evil), lights, smells/scents bother you?

If yes, then an autism assessment may help you better understand yourself better along all of these dimensions.

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Here’s what an autism assessment looks like in full:

    • Learning more about you and your experiences.

    • Questions about you, your mental health, physical health.

    • Questions about your social experiences, childhood and adulthood

    • Questions about stimming behaviours/phrases, passionate interests, routine, sensory sensitivities in childhood and adulthood

    • Questions about school and work

    • You will be sent a questionnaire battery after the appointment to complete by the following week.

    • You are welcome to take additional notes as you complete the questionnaires.

    • If an informant is available, we may additionally ask them to complete questionnaires about your social experiences and organization/prioritization skills.

    • Not included in an autism-only assessment

    • For assessments with add-ons related to ADHD, OCD, and/or other appointments, an additional 1-2 appointments may be needed to explore these questions

  • We discuss:

    • The results

    • The profile & how I reached the results

      • e.g., scores

    • Recommendations

    You are welcome to join alone, or with the support of a loved one.

  • You will receive your report up to 1 week after, downloadable in pdf form.

    You may opt-in and provide consent for us to support you in faxing the documentation to your healthcare team (e.g., family doctor, psychiatrist, etc.) — because who owns a fax machine these days? (We do.)

    You can choose either a letter or a full report.

    Letter: (billed at 1 hour)

    • Contains a summary of background, summary of scores, conclusions and recommendations.

    • Suitable for work accommodations. Perfect for people like things short or are on a budget.

    Full Report: (5 hours)

    • Contains full background history, detailed description of scores and subscale scores, conclusions and recommendations.

  • Free of cost:

    • Please feel free to reach out if any tweaks to work/school recommendations are needed.

    • Simple forms such as initial Disability Tax Credit applications, OSAP, and ODSP forms are not charged an additional fee.

    Ongoing assessment

    • (Follow-up documentation from DTC or significant changes taking more than 30 mins worth of modifications will be charged the regular assessment rate).

Cost Breakdown

Autism Assessment

An autism assessment focuses on the question of whether autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder) describes your experiences. This includes a mental health screen, autism-focused interview, psychometric measures and inclusion of informants (childhood and/or adulthood informant, if available).

There are two options for the assessment, depending on the type of documentation you wish to receive.

A letter is a 1-4 page document that includes:

  • brief summary of background, brief summary of scores, conclusions, full list of recommendations.

  • This option is often sufficient for workplace accommodations.

  • Clients who choose this option often prefer a short summary or are staying within a budget.

A full report is a 15-25 page document that includes:

  • detailed background history, detailed breakdown of scores and subscale scores, conclusions, full list of recommendations

  • This option is sometimes sufficient for specific college or university accommodations (although some schools have specific requirements to access testing and extension accommodations).

  • This is sufficient for workplace accommodations; a separate appendix letter will be provided so that your workplace does not have access to your full extended history and assessment information.

Autism Assessment with Letter: $1590 (includes 6 hours at $265/hour: initial appointment - 3 hours, scoring/chart review - 1 hour, letter writing - 1 hour, feedback session - 1 hour).

Autism Assessment with Report: $2650 (includes 10 hours at $265/hour: initial appointment - 3 hours, scoring/chart review - 1 hour, report and scoring - 5 hours, feedback - 1 hour).

Each year, 12 sliding scale spots are available. Please select the option on the referral form to learn more about which spots are available.

Inquiries made before Dec 1, 2026 will be at the rate of $265/hour. Inquiries made Jan 1, 2027 onwards may be subject to an increased fee as rates are adjusted for inflation each year.

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Autism + Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

An autism + ADHD assessment focuses on the question of whether autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and/or ADHD describes your experiences. It is often helpful to examine autism + ADHD together as aspects of autism may mask ADHD characteristics (e.g., periods of hyperfocus on special interest may complicate attention-related questions, etc.)

This assessment includes a mental health screen, autism-focused interview, psychometric measures and inclusion of informants (childhood informants highly recommended, and/or adulthood informant, if available).

A letter is a 1-4 page document that includes:

  • brief summary of background, brief summary of scores, conclusions, full list of recommendations.

  • This option is often sufficient for workplace accommodations.

  • Clients who choose this option often prefer a short summary or are staying within a budget.

A full report is a 15-25 page document that includes:

  • detailed background history, detailed breakdown of scores and subscale scores, conclusions, full list of recommendations

  • This option is sometimes sufficient for specific college or university accommodations (although some schools have specific requirements to access testing and extension accommodations).

  • This is sufficient for workplace accommodations; a separate appendix letter will be provided so that your workplace does not have access to your full extended history and assessment information.

Autism + ADHD Assessment with Letter: $2120 (includes 8 hours at $265/hour: initial appointment - 3 hours, follow-up appointment - 1 hour, scoring/chart review - 1 hour, letter writing - 2 hours, feedback session - 1 hour).

Autism + ADHD Assessment with Report: $3180 (includes 12 hours at $265/hour: initial appointment - 3 hours, follow-up appointment - 1 hour, scoring/chart review - 1 hour, report and scoring - 6 hours, feedback - 1 hour).

Each year, 12 sliding scale spots are available. Please select the option on the referral form to learn more about which spots are available.

Inquiries made before Dec 1, 2026 will be at the rate of $265/hour. Inquiries made Jan 1, 2027 onwards may be subject to an increased fee as rates are adjusted for inflation each year.

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Add-Ons

  • See chart below regarding add-on options relating to:

    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

    • Social Anxiety Disorder

    • Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

    • Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

 Add-On options

  • You may consider an assessment for OCD if you experience:

    Obsessions: intrusive thoughts that you don’t truly believe in but are uncomfortable or scary in nature

    • aggression (e.g., fear of harming self or others)

    • contamination (e.g., germs, cleanliness)

    • sexual

    • hoarding/saving

    • religious (e.g., concerned about being blasphemous)

    • obsession with symmetry

    Compulsions: these are behaviours used to decrease your intrusive thoughts but don’t necessarily make sense:

    • e.g., cleaning/washing compulsions

    • e.g., checking compulsions (e.g., locks, that you did not insult someone, etc.)

    • e.g., repeating rituals (redoing or rewriting something until perfect)

    • counting

    • ordering/rearranging

    • hoarding/collecting

    What the assessment involves:

    • +1h to the follow-up appointment

    • +1h of scoring and writing

    • Total additional cost: +$530

  • Social Anxiety Disorder

    • You may seek an assessment for social anxiety disorder if you:

      • experience significant anxiety in most social situations

      • experience significant anxiety in presentation-specific contexts

      • the focus is surrounding how others perceive you

    Major Depressive Disorder

    • You may seek an assessment for Major Depressive Disorder if you:

      • Experience recurring periods of low mood/depression

      • Experience recurring periods of “feeling bleh” i.e., not wanting to engage in your hobbies anymore, or not finding fun in them

    Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    • You may seek an assessment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder if:

      • You feel overwhelmed by uncontrollably worry.

      • You constantly feel tense with no physical cause.

    What does an assessment look like?

    • Additional components of interview

    • Additional questionnaires

    Cost for assessment of each of these:

    • +0.5h follow-up appointment

    • +0.5 scoring and writing

    • total: $265

  • My goal is that your assessment results are helpful for you in moving forward through different phases of life! Although you will leave with a list of recommendations, your life will evolve and those may change.

    I’m happy to support free-of-charge for tasks that take less than 15 mins:

    • Updating letters or paperwork for work and school based on new environments

    • Providing more specific recommendations based on emerging needs and concerns

    For tasks that take longer than 15 mins, I charge by increments of 15 mins at $265/hour.

    If you are unsure how long a task may take, please feel free to ask! Most things are fairly quick.

    Finally, there are a limited number of sliding scale and pro-bono spots for post-assessment paperwork support — please ask if this might be helpful to you!

  • I provide optional follow-up appointments at 3-month, 6-month, or at other intervals (e.g., if something changes in your life) for updated recommendations.

    Cost:

    • 15 mins: free

    • 50 mins: $265

    A limited number of sliding scale or pro-bono options for follow-up available each month — please ask if there is a need!

Referral form

This can be completed by:

  • Person seeking assessment

  • Go-to contact person (e.g., partner, parent, friend helping with communication and admin)

  • Clinician