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Adult Autism Assessments
Prosper Health provides specialized assessments for autistic adults - all via telehealth and covered by insurance.
What sets autism assessment at Prosper Health apart
How to know if an adult autism assessment may be right for you?
Consider an assessment if you would like a better understanding of
How social cues, relationship dynamics, and feeling understood by others impact your interactions and connections.
The role routines, focused interests, and repetitive patterns play in your daily life and overall well-being.
How your responses to bright lights, loud noises, strong smells, and other sensory inputs shape your experiences.
The ways organization, planning, and emotional regulation influence your ability to navigate daily challenges.
The underlying reasons behind past confusion, misdiagnoses, or a feeling that something deeper explains your experiences.
Why an adult autism diagnosis can be life changing
At Prosper Health, we believe that gaining a deeper understanding of yourself is the first step on the journey toward a higher quality of life.
A diagnosis can clarify past experiences, highlight strengths, explain current challenges, and offer ideas for addressing needs.
A diagnosis unlocks personalized resources and accommodations, helping you feel understood and supported.
Reframing your experiences through the lens of autism for some leads to a greater sense of self-acceptance.
Understanding your communication style and sensory needs can improve how you relate to others.
We are committed to understanding autistic traits and experiences
Prosper Health psychologists are specially trained to recognize the unique characteristics of adult autism and understand its complex overlaps with other factors and conditions such as
Our adult autism diagnosis process
We know how hard it can be to find a psychologist that understands adult autism, so we make our process as easy as possible.
Start your journey by completing our form with your background and insurance details. Once submitted, our team will promptly verify your coverage and provide a clear cost estimate within just one business day, ensuring transparency and peace of mind.
Release of information
Share contact information about one or two people in your life who can fill out a brief online form about you.
Intake form
Additional background information for you to provide to your psychologist including your motivations, goals and medical history.
Rating forms
Clinical, standardized rating forms that we send to you via email and the one or two contacts that you provided in the Release of Information. These help our psychologist form a more complete view of you. Once these are completed, we can get scheduled!
Typically this is two 90 minute clinical interviews scheduled within 7 days of each other, but this may vary by state and insurance provider. Your clinician will ask questions about your background, behavior, communication style, and more!
Feedback
A 45 minute session to provide the results of the assessment, recommendations, and next steps. Generally takes place ~7 days after the second clinical interview.
Official report
Each Prosper assessment is summarized in an official report, written and signed by your psychologist. The report is yours to do what you want with.
Therapy
Work with one of our therapists in ongoing, one-on-one virtual sessions designed to provide continuous support and help you navigate life’s challenges. Together, you’ll develop personalized strategies to achieve your goals!
Community
Educational sessions and support groups to help you connect with other autistic adults and learn more about your recent diagnosis.
Start your journey by completing our form with your background and insurance details. Once submitted, our team will promptly verify your coverage and provide a clear cost estimate within just one business day, ensuring transparency and peace of mind.
Release of information
Share contact information about one or two people in your life who can fill out a brief online form about you.
Intake form
Additional background information for you to provide to your psychologist including your motivations, goals and medical history.
Rating forms
Clinical, standardized rating forms that we send to you via email and the one or two contacts that you provided in the Release of Information. These help our psychologist form a more complete view of you. Once these are completed, we can get scheduled!
Typically this is two 90 minute clinical interviews scheduled within 7 days of each other, but this may vary by state and insurance provider. Your clinician will ask questions about your background, behavior, communication style, and more!
Feedback
A 45 minute session to provide the results of the assessment, recommendations, and next steps. Generally takes place ~7 days after the second clinical interview.
Official report
Each Prosper assessment is summarized in an official report, written and signed by your psychologist. The report is yours to do what you want with
Therapy
Work with one of our therapists in ongoing, one-on-one virtual sessions designed to provide continuous support and help you navigate life’s challenges. Together, you’ll develop personalized strategies to achieve your goals!
Community
Educational sessions and support groups to help you connect with other autistic adults and learn more about your recent diagnosis.
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Prosper psychologists specialize in adult autism
Our psychologists are deeply familiar with evaluating autistic adults, even those from historically under-diagnosed groups.
FAQs for adult autism assessments
What are the common signs of autism in adults?
Common signs of autism in adults include difficulty with social cues and understanding sarcasm, repetitive behaviors like hand-flapping or rocking, intense focus on special interests, and sensory sensitivities, such as being overwhelmed by sounds or textures or not noticing pain or temperature changes.
Is the diagnostic process different for men and women?
The key features of the diagnostic process are the same, no matter a person’s gender. However, the way the psychologist interprets the data from the evaluation will be influenced by gender identity, access to services, and other factors that research shows will affect how autism may show up in a person. For instance, people who are identified as female in childhood may have more enhanced masking skills and may show different play skills from those who are identified male in childhood. Our psychologists know this and take it into consideration during evaluations.
What are the criteria to be diagnosed with autism?
To be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, individuals must meet the following criteria:
- Deficits in Social Communication and Interaction
- Challenges with social-emotional reciprocity, nonverbal communication, and building or maintaining relationships.
- Restricted, Repetitive Patterns of Behavior or Interests
- Repetitive movements or speech, insistence on routines, intense special interests, or unusual sensory responses.
- Symptoms Must
- Be present from early development (though they may emerge later).
- Cause significant impairment in daily life.
- Not be better explained by other conditions.
Can autism be misdiagnosed as something else?
When a psychiatric, developmental, or mental health condition which does not have a medical test is diagnosed, a misdiagnosis is possible. Prosper Health mitigates against misdiagnosis if a few ways:
- we collect reliability information to ensure the psychologists are reaching the same conclusion that another clinician would reach from the data;
- we are thorough in collecting information about early development;
- our process includes steps to rule out common situations that can mimic autism;
- we are comprehensive in interview, rating forms, and observation to document autistic traits.
What are the limitations of Prosper assessments?
The Prosper Health assessment is NOT a full neuropsych. It is an ASD-only assessment and is completed entirely virtually. Given this, Prosper may not be a good fit if:
- the case is highly complex with multiple differential diagnoses needed
- there are immediate mental health needs for higher level of care
- the client is non-speaking or unable to report their internal states and personal history
- the client is unable or unwilling to be on camera
- the client are seeking accommodations that specifically require a physician or full-neuropsych
Do you provide letters for support animals, FMLA, or other forms?
Our therapists can help with this. Our evaluations are very narrowly focused and do not yield enough information for our psychologists to complete any outside forms or recommendation letters. We typically recommend that clients take their report to their primary care provider or therapist to complete.
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