Adult AuDHD Assessment

We’ll start with a brief orientation to the AuDHD assessment process and what to expect. We then begin with a conversation-based autism assessment using the MIGDAS-2, a clinical interview designed for adult autism evaluations. Instead of firing off yes/no questions or asking infantilizing things like “Did you play with trains as a kid?”, we invite you to share your real experiences in your own words.

We pay attention to how you communicate, how you process the world, your sensory experiences, and social patterns, especially the ones that might have flown under the radar. Throughout the autism assessment, we’ll adapt to your pacing and your communication style. You can ask questions, pause, circle back, stim, take breaks, and be fully yourself.

Once we’ve explored your experiences through an autistic lens, we’ll transition into the ADHD assessment, using the DIVA-5, a diagnostic interview that focuses on adult ADHD. By this point in the process, we’ve usually already uncovered many relevant ADHD patterns during the earlier autism conversation (because, yes, there’s a lot of overlap). So the DIVA-5 portion tends to move more quickly and builds on the foundation we’ve already established.

The ADHD assessment dives into attention, focus, executive functioning, impulsivity, and other related traits, looking at how these show up now and across your life.

A lot of people hear “AuDHD test” and assume it’s only for folks who meet criteria for both autism and ADHD. That’s not how we approach this. We’re assessing each neurotype independently, with an affirming understanding of how they often overlap or interact. Not only can we help you answer the question, “what is AuDHD?” but also help you understand “what does AuDHD mean for me?”

At the end of the process, we’ll talk through our clinical impressions and let you know whether you meet criteria for autism, ADHD, both, or neither. You’ll never be left wondering what we’re thinking, we go over everything with you clearly and respectfully.

Once we’ve completed both parts of the assessment, we’ll review your results, walk you through our feedback, and talk about next steps. Depending on what you need, this may include a full diagnostic report, or support recommendations tailored to your goals.