An autism assessment that takes you seriously

$1,774 on the nurse practitioner led path and $2,800 on the psychologist supervised path. A limited number of sliding scale places are available each month. As a nonprofit, our fee structure is deliberately built so the organization keeps almost nothing.

After each appointment, not all at once. The cost is spread across the assessment, and you can pause and resume as finances allow.

The psychologist supervised path is usually covered by extended health plans as a psychological assessment, subject to your plan's limits. The nurse practitioner path is generally not covered, or covered only as alternative medicine, but it is claimable on your taxes. One detail to check: the portion of the work performed by a Registered Psychotherapist is covered by most plans but counts against your annual psychotherapy allotment. We help you sort out what your specific plan covers before you commit.

Six to eight weeks from start to finish, and there is no waiting list to begin.

Yes. Many of our clients arrive fairly certain and need a diagnosis that institutions will accept. Both paths produce diagnostic letters. The nurse practitioner path can also complete government forms, including the Disability Tax Credit, in one additional paid appointment. The psychologist path includes accommodation letters and is the one insurers usually recognize.

Yes, once the assessment is complete. Accommodation letters are included on the psychologist supervised path. Specific additional forms can be prepared for a fee that varies with their length and complexity.

Every autism assessment screens for coexisting conditions, so nothing important gets ignored. If a combined evaluation or a dyslexia and dyscalculia screening would serve you better, we will tell you at the information session and explain the options and costs before you decide anything.

No. Where childhood information beyond your own memory is unavailable, we perform additional assessments at no extra cost to establish which features were present in childhood. Your diagnosis and report remain fully defensible.

It means we honour your neurotype instead of treating it as a defect, use strengths-based language wherever possible, and reserve clinical terminology for where it is genuinely needed, clearly labelled as the DSM-5's language rather than ours. It also means our whole organization was founded and is run by autistic people. This was not designed for us by people who are not us.