Maybe the same three foods are the only safe ones, or a small change to the morning routine ends the whole day. Maybe you are the adult who has been quietly wondering for years. Our Autism Evaluations in New Berlin, WI look closely at what you are seeing, for children, teens, and adults alike. No referral is required to begin.
Each evaluation opens with a baseline of cognitive, adaptive, and executive function, and from there the testing is shaped around the concern that brought you in. One licensed psychologist carries the case the whole way through, using gold standard tools that include the ADOS-2, and we screen for the conditions that often ride alongside autism, such as ADHD and anxiety.
You might see the same outfit insisted on every day, a short list of accepted foods, hand flapping, or eye contact that comes and goes. Speech may have arrived late, and a small shift in the routine can bring a big reaction. Predictable things pull hard, and lining up toys can feel better than playing with them.
In middle and high school it often looks like social exhaustion and pulling away, feeling flooded by noisy hallways, and missing the unspoken cues other kids seem to catch. Routines become non negotiable, keeping track of assignments is a daily struggle, and one or two deep interests set them apart from the crowd.
Autism can be named at any age. Many adults describe years of masking, real tiredness after even the good social moments, and childhood quirks that finally make sense looking back. Sensory sensitivities and a need for routine are common, and women and people assigned female at birth are especially likely to have been missed for a long time.
We start with about an hour of talking, with a parent or caregiver for a child, or directly with the adult being seen. Your psychologist builds a full picture, from early milestones to how things look now at home, in class, or at work. That conversation points to which autism specific measures will give the clearest read.
From there your psychologist assembles a battery matched to age and presentation. In person testing typically runs 2 to 6 hours across one to two days, with questionnaires sent to parents or teachers to capture behavior in other settings. Because ADHD and executive function differences show up often, screeners for those are built in as standard.
The testing data, the observations from the room, and the questionnaire results are pulled together into one detailed diagnostic report. If anything co occurring surfaces along the way, from anxiety to sensory processing differences, it is documented and folded in so you leave with the whole picture rather than a piece of it.
Typically two to three weeks later you come back for the feedback session. Your psychologist talks through the findings in plain terms and lays out individualized recommendations, including strategies for home and school, therapy resources, and guidance on accommodations tailored to the specific needs in front of us.
No. A referral is never required to be seen at Core Spring Diagnostics. You can reach out and schedule on your own, and we will coordinate with your pediatrician or another provider only if that is something you want.
A cognitive, adaptive, and executive function baseline, autism-specific testing with gold standard tools like the ADOS-2, a clinical interview, caregiver questionnaires, and screening for conditions that co-occur. One psychologist owns the case straight through the feedback session.
Signs can be assessed as early as 18 to 24 months, though the right timing really depends on the concerns you are noticing. We see children, teens, and adults, so there is no age at which it becomes too late to get answers.
It varies with the person. The interview comes first, followed by testing over however many sittings the situation warrants, and no one is locked into a preset number of sessions or a fixed block of hours.
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Call us at (414) 387-2100 and we will talk through your concerns and set up a first consultation. There is no referral to chase down and no gatekeeping to get through first.
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