Maybe the guessing is the hardest part: is this just a phase, a personality, or something worth understanding more deeply? An Autism Evaluation in Waunakee, WI is built to replace that uncertainty with a clear, individualized answer, whether the person you are wondering about is a toddler, a teenager, or you. You can start without a referral from anyone.
We start where every strong evaluation should, with a baseline of cognitive, adaptive, and executive function, and then build outward toward the concerns that brought you in. The same licensed psychologist guides you from intake through feedback, drawing on gold standard tools such as the ADOS-2. And because conditions like ADHD and anxiety so often ride alongside autism, screening for them is part of the standard workup, not an add on.
With younger children, families in Waunakee often point to rigid routines and outsized distress when those routines break. You might see repetitive play like lining things up, a narrow menu of accepted foods, fleeting eye contact, hand flapping, or language that arrived later than expected. Predictability soothes; surprise unravels the day.
By the teen years, the struggle tends to move underground. A teen may hold it together at school and fall apart at home, drained by the constant work of decoding social cues. Sensory heavy environments wear them down, executive function slips, and a deep, specialized interest often becomes their steadiest anchor.
It is never too late to understand yourself. Adults frequently describe a lifelong sense of being slightly out of step, exhaustion after socializing that others find easy, sensory sensitivities, and a reliance on routine. Women and people assigned female at birth are particularly likely to have been overlooked or misdiagnosed, sometimes across decades.
Everything opens with a relaxed, roughly hour long conversation about the person at the center of it. Your psychologist assembles a complete developmental history, tracing early milestones through present day life at home and in the classroom or workplace. What we learn here decides which autism specific tools will bring the sharpest clarity.
From there we assemble a testing plan matched to age and presentation, generally 2 to 6 hours of in person evaluation across one or two days. Questionnaires go out to parents and teachers so behavior is captured in more than one setting. Because ADHD and executive function differences overlap so often, screeners for both are included by default.
We synthesize the testing results, clinical observations, and questionnaire responses into a single, readable diagnostic report. Should any co occurring conditions emerge, from anxiety to sensory processing differences, they are named and folded into the findings, so nothing important is left unspoken or unaddressed.
About two to three weeks after testing wraps, you come back for feedback. Your psychologist explains the diagnosis in everyday language and lays out recommendations you can act on right away: supports for home and school, therapy options, and accommodation guidance shaped to this individual.
Not at all. Core Spring Diagnostics never requires a referral. You are free to contact us and schedule directly, and we will coordinate with your pediatrician or other providers only when you would like us to.
You get a baseline of cognitive, adaptive, and executive function, direct autism testing with gold standard tools like the ADOS-2, a full clinical interview, caregiver questionnaires, and screening for conditions that commonly co occur. A single psychologist carries the case through to feedback.
We can begin looking at signs around 18 to 24 months, but the best timing depends on what you are seeing. Our practice serves toddlers, school age children, teens, and adults alike.
That depends on the individual. In general it means a clinical interview and then one or more testing sessions, spaced to fit the person, with feedback usually two to three weeks later. We do not lock anyone into a set number of sessions.
Yes. A large share of the adults we see spent years masking without answers. Our evaluation focuses on lifelong patterns, sensory experiences, and the ways autism is frequently missed in women and people assigned female at birth.
Reach our Madison office at (608) 396 4830 and a real person will help you find a starting point. There is no referral to chase and no gatekeeping, only a straightforward path to getting the evaluation booked.
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