Adult Autism Assessments Indiana and Texas
Welcome! I'm Arielle and I am a neurodivergent provider offering assessments to adult women who suspect they are Autistic. The assessments are from the comfort of your own home, via telehealth. I can see you if you are located in Indiana or Texas (where I am licensed). I offer the MIGDAS-2 Adult Autism Assessment.
Process:
The day of our appointment:
Total Cost: $750
ADHD assessment add on: $250
Self-pay only, insurance is not accepted & no super bill will be provided. I do not offer a sliding scale or payment plans.
Process:
- Email me ([email protected]) so we can discuss further.
- Feel free to send any details/notes/online questionnaires to help me understand why you believe neurodiversity is likely.
- I will respond with some questions for us to discuss a bit more about your suspicions and to explore if I am the best fit for your needs.
- Once we agree, I will send you additional paperwork and your invoice for the non-refundable deposit of $250.
- After the deposit is received we will schedule your appointment.
- My intake will likely take you several hours as there are extensive questions and self-report tools. You have until the week of your appointment to complete.
- Assessment are self-pay only and no insurance of any kind is accepted.
- Appointments are scheduled via Telehealth. I am located in Eastern Time Zone. I do not currently have a waitlist and can get someone in within 30-60 days.
- Assessments can be up to 3 hours.
The day of our appointment:
- We will complete assessment for ASD using the MIGDAS-2 Adult. I will have reviewed all of your paperwork and scored your questionnaires prior to meeting.
- If you wish to be additionally assessed for ADHD, utilizing the DIVA-5, the cost is an additional $250 and will be another 1-2 hours of your time.
- Reserve at least 3 hours of uninterrupted time on your schedule (5 if you also complete ADHD assessment).
- Your remaining non-refundable balance of $500 will be charged in the hours before your appointment. If it is declined, your appointment will be cancelled and cannot be rescheduled until payment arrangements are made.
- Feel free to use any fidgets, stims, comfort items, etc during your appointment.
- Dress as comfortable as you wish and be in an environment that is most comfortable to you. It's ok if your pets are with you. You can walk around and move about. It's also ok to take breaks or snack.
- I take a laid back, but thorough, approach to assessment. Idgaf about eye contact but I do care about conducting a good assessment with fidelity to the protocol.
- Discuss what your assessment indicated.
- Answer any questions you have.
- I will send you a summary letter of what we discussed with diagnosis.
Total Cost: $750
ADHD assessment add on: $250
Self-pay only, insurance is not accepted & no super bill will be provided. I do not offer a sliding scale or payment plans.
Please contact me via email only at: [email protected]
Special Notes & Considerations:
What I am offering is not psychological testing or a neuropsychological evaluation. Indiana and Texas code specifies that LCSWs may use appraisal tools, screenings, questionnaires and structured interviews in the diagnostic process. This is what is being utilized. I am offering an assessment to determine if ASD and/or ADHD is or is not what you have been experiencing. Autism and ADHD can be diagnosed by an LCSW, if it's within their scope of practice, training and education. I have completed well over 50 hours of additional professional continuing education on neurodivergence, diagnosing adults and trained with the creator of the MIGDAS-2. Additionally, I keep up on the latest research, training, books and podcasts. I have been an LCSW for over a decade.
I am not ideal for those applying for disability, requesting accommodations, needing assistance with guardianship, those who have a guardian or are not verbally fluent. In all of those scenarios, your best option is to pursue neuropsychological testing where they perform testing and provide you a full written report. They will also evaluate for many other diagnoses, which I am not. I will provide a summary letter, with diagnosis, but not a report. I also do not provide accommodation letters.
Unfortunately, some organizations are very rigid on what they will and will not accept as a "proper diagnostic process" - even though there is no agreed upon standard for diagnosing adults. Some organizations will even be inflexible about this for accommodation letters. While I deeply disagree with this, as I know how difficult it is to find a competent clinician, I do not want anyone to miss out on the services they deserve because of this.
Please carefully review what is needed in your particular situation and what you plan to do with this information in the future, before moving forward with me. This article explains what psychological testing and neuropsychological evaluations are, both of which are not what I offer.
Other assessment options: GRASP (provides report and accommodation letters), Dr. Lauren Megrew & Reclaimed Divergence
Neuropsychological testing in Indiana: Dr. Kassandra Lowery or Sycamore Center (provides full report, more appropriate for those applying for SSI/SSD)
I am not ideal for those applying for disability, requesting accommodations, needing assistance with guardianship, those who have a guardian or are not verbally fluent. In all of those scenarios, your best option is to pursue neuropsychological testing where they perform testing and provide you a full written report. They will also evaluate for many other diagnoses, which I am not. I will provide a summary letter, with diagnosis, but not a report. I also do not provide accommodation letters.
Unfortunately, some organizations are very rigid on what they will and will not accept as a "proper diagnostic process" - even though there is no agreed upon standard for diagnosing adults. Some organizations will even be inflexible about this for accommodation letters. While I deeply disagree with this, as I know how difficult it is to find a competent clinician, I do not want anyone to miss out on the services they deserve because of this.
Please carefully review what is needed in your particular situation and what you plan to do with this information in the future, before moving forward with me. This article explains what psychological testing and neuropsychological evaluations are, both of which are not what I offer.
Other assessment options: GRASP (provides report and accommodation letters), Dr. Lauren Megrew & Reclaimed Divergence
Neuropsychological testing in Indiana: Dr. Kassandra Lowery or Sycamore Center (provides full report, more appropriate for those applying for SSI/SSD)
About Me
I am a later in life diagnosed neurodivergent woman and understand the challenges and relief of learning of this diagnosis. I was doing research and kept thinking, this sounds oddly familiar to my life. Even as a trained clinician, I had no understanding of neurodivergence and had the stereotypes in my head, so I never suspected myself. I just knew I always felt different but did not know why.
Once I believed this was likely, per my usual, I went into overdrive to learn everything I could about neurodivergence (hello special interest deep dives!). I watched every video, listened to every podcast, read the articles, did the online tests, read a bunch of books, completed clinical trainings and came to the conclusion this was very likely.
I then learned how difficult it was to find someone who actually understood neurodivergence. I read a lot of horror stories on Reddit of people who spent $2.5K+ to be told "you do not have Autism because you make eye contact." When I got on the waitlist for one organization, it was over 2 years away. I also did not find it essential to do an entire battery of testing/a full neuropsychological evaluation. From my research, there is not an accepted standard for diagnosing adults, so I did not see a point. I found someone but it was a SEARCH. Through this experience, I learned it is seriously difficult to find someone trained in this area. I went on to do additional training that so I could offer assessments to people who wanted the professional opinion but did not need/want a full psych eval.
Once I believed this was likely, per my usual, I went into overdrive to learn everything I could about neurodivergence (hello special interest deep dives!). I watched every video, listened to every podcast, read the articles, did the online tests, read a bunch of books, completed clinical trainings and came to the conclusion this was very likely.
I then learned how difficult it was to find someone who actually understood neurodivergence. I read a lot of horror stories on Reddit of people who spent $2.5K+ to be told "you do not have Autism because you make eye contact." When I got on the waitlist for one organization, it was over 2 years away. I also did not find it essential to do an entire battery of testing/a full neuropsychological evaluation. From my research, there is not an accepted standard for diagnosing adults, so I did not see a point. I found someone but it was a SEARCH. Through this experience, I learned it is seriously difficult to find someone trained in this area. I went on to do additional training that so I could offer assessments to people who wanted the professional opinion but did not need/want a full psych eval.