What to Expect From An Autism Assessment

Now a little disclaimer here, I can only speak from my experience and this post is meant to walk you through my assessment and what that looked like. I imagine everyone’s experience will be a little bit different depending on where you live and who does your assessment. I was, what I would consider “lucky,” in terms of finding a psychologist and getting a diagnosis fairly easily. I know many of us have struggled with this process.

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Before and During

My assessment took six hours total, divided over two days. So three hours each, and the appointments were about a week apart.

There was paperwork. A lot of it. So prepare yourself. And while your parent will also have forms to fill out, make sure yours take priority as you’re the one that knows yourself best. Also my dad has such an awful memory it really was my word against his at that point.

I did a number of assessments which I’ll list below:

1. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale — 4th edition (WAIS-IV)
2. Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities — 4th Edition (WJ-IV Cog)
3. Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement — 4th Edition Form A (WJ-IV Ach)
4. Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Oral…