Maybe your toddler melts down the moment a plan shifts, or maybe you are the adult who has spent a lifetime quietly copying how everyone else seems to move through a room. Our Autism Evaluations in Fox Point, WI look closely at what is really going on, for children, teens, and adults alike. No referral is needed to begin.
We start every case with a baseline of cognitive, adaptive, and executive function, and from there the assessment bends toward your specific worries rather than a fixed script. One licensed psychologist carries the whole process, using gold standard tools including the ADOS-2, and we watch for frequently overlooked companions such as ADHD and anxiety along the way.
You may notice the same shirt demanded every morning, a plate that only accepts a handful of foods, or hand flapping when excitement runs high. Eye contact can be fleeting, speech can arrive late, and a small change to the usual route home can undo an otherwise good day.
In busy hallways a teen may look wrung out rather than social, worn down by noise and crowds they cannot filter. Reading unspoken cues is hard work, routines feel non negotiable, and a deep, narrow interest can become both a refuge and a thing that sets them apart.
Adults often arrive after years of masking, drained even by gatherings they enjoyed. Old childhood quirks suddenly click into place, sensory sensitivities and a reliance on routine run deep, and a quiet sense of being different has always lingered. Women and people assigned female at birth are especially likely to have been missed for decades.
Things start with a clinical interview, usually near an hour long, with the caregiver who holds the fullest history. Your psychologist assembles a developmental account reaching from early milestones to how life looks today at home and school, and that account decides which autism specific tools will give the sharpest picture.
Next, your psychologist chooses a testing battery fitted to age and presentation, with in person work that typically takes 2 to 6 hours across one to two days. Questionnaires reach parents and teachers to capture behavior in different environments, and screeners for ADHD and executive function are always part of the standard set.
All the data, the direct observations, and the questionnaire input are consolidated into a thorough diagnostic report. If co occurring concerns appear during the process, from anxiety to sensory processing differences, they are recorded and addressed within the report so your understanding of the whole is complete.
Some two to three weeks afterward, you come back for a feedback session in which your psychologist talks the diagnosis through clearly. You leave holding individualized recommendations, including home and school strategies, therapy resources, and accommodation guidance shaped around the person who was evaluated.
No. A referral is never a condition of being seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You are welcome to schedule on your own, and we will loop in your pediatrician only if that is something you want.
A baseline of cognitive, adaptive, and executive function, autism specific testing on gold standard tools like the ADOS-2, a clinical interview, caregiver questionnaires, and a screen for co occurring conditions. One psychologist stays with it through the feedback session.
Some children can be seen as early as 18 to 24 months, though the right moment depends on your concerns. We evaluate children, teens, and adults, so there is no age at which it becomes too late to ask.
Yes. Many adults reach us after a lifetime of masking, and our adult evaluation speaks directly to lifelong patterns and the way women and people assigned female at birth are so often overlooked.
Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will find a time that fits. You can reach out directly, without a referral and without a doctor’s note.
A plain language report and a feedback session built around individualized recommendations, which may include therapy referrals, school accommodations, and practical strategies for daily life at home.
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