Autism Evaluations
Many autistic adults navigate life without ever receiving a formal diagnosis. You may have spent years masking your differences, compensating to meet external expectations, or privately struggling with exhaustion, anxiety, and a persistent sense of feeling out of step with the world around you. Often, the strategies that worked in youth become harder to sustain over time.
If this sounds like you, you’re in the right place.
As board-certified neuropsychologists, we provide comprehensive, evidence-based autism evaluations for adults and older adolescents in Cincinnati. Our goal is to offer a warm, validating space and help you explore and understand your lifelong patterns of thinking, communication, sensory processing, and self-regulation, transforming years of questions into a clarity, self-compassion, and meaningful next steps.
Who We Help
We specialize in evaluating adolescents and adults who have been overlooked earlier in life, with particular focus on:
Late-Diagnosed Adults: Individuals seeking answers and self-understanding later in life
Women and AFAB Adults: Recognizing the highly skilled masking, social awareness, and unique presentations that often lead to women being misdiagnosed with anxiety, depression, or borderline personality disorder
Complex or Overlapping Profiles: Exploring the intersection of autism with ADHD, trauma, giftedness, and OCD
When to Consider an Autism Evaluation
An evaluation is not about checking off a list of deficits; it is about understanding how your unique brain processes the world.
You Might Consider an Autism Evaluation if You Experience:
Social fatigue: A persistent sense of feeling “different,” or feeling deeply exhausted by the conscious effort required to navigate social expectations and “people-pleasing.”
Sensory Overload: Sensitivity to light, sound, textures, or environments that impacts your daily energy and functioning.
A Need for Predictability: A strong preference for routines, structure, and clear communication, paired with significant difficulty navigating transitions or ambiguity.
Unexplained Burnout: Feeling chronically overwhelmed by daily demands that seem to come easily to others.
A Desire for Accommodations: Needing formal documentation to access support at work, in higher education, or in clinical settings.
Our Approach
We do not believe in one-size-fits-all assessment. Our evaluations are collaborative, comprehensive, and tailored to your history and goals.
Deep Clinical and Developmental History
We begin by looking at the big picture. We combine standardized measures of autistic traits and social cognition with a deep dive into your unique life history, identity, and cultural background.
Expert Differential Diagnosis
We are frequently asked: “Is this autism, ADHD, trauma, anxiety, or all of the above?” Rather than forcing your experiences into a single box, we carefully untangle how these overlapping patterns coexist. We help you distinguish between autism, executive dysfunction, trauma responses, and sensory processing differences so you get clarity.
Clear, Practical Feedback
An evaluation is only as good as the clarity it provides for you and your future. You will receive a comprehensive report that highlights your strengths just as much as your challenges. In our feedback session, we will walk through these findings together, translating them into practical, tailored recommendations for therapy, lifestyle adjustments, or formal workplace and academic accommodations.