This website, funded by the National Autistic Society(who are supporters of neurodiversity btw) lets you download legitimate diagnostic tools for assessing ASDs in a clinical setting free of charge. It’s all open source. What this means is that your therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist can give you a legitimate diagnosis without paying 2000 dollars for the ADOS. Western Psychological Services owns copyrights to all the big name tests like ADOS and the ADI-R. Everytime their tests are used, royalties go to WPS. This is why diagnosis is so difficult to procure. NAS and ARC however are making it their mission to make diagnosis accessible to everyone. Other open source diagnostic tools include the RAADS-R, Stroop Test, and the QGAS(which has been scanned online in three pages here: 1, 2, 3, scoring sheet). All of these tests are used in diagnostic settings and they do not require special training DVDs. They are available for everyone! This means that those of you who think you may be on the spectrum but worry that you can’t afford diagnosis(or your doctor says it’s too expensive to diagnose you) there are several legitimate approved diagnostic tools that you can do yourself or link to your doctor or therapistso they may administer it for you. Other relevant test resources: Jean Ayres Sensory processing Disorder Checklist Rombergs Test(contains video for visual support) Aspie Quiz which is gaining scientific traction Memory and Cognition screening tests More: Video on Girls with Asperger’s – http://www.autismhangout.com/news-reports/feature-programs.asp?id2=123  Video on emotions and alexithymia in Autism -  http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/video-dr-tony-attwood-autism-and-identifying-emotional-feelings-33993843  Video on Sensory Sensitivities (How we experience the world) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=plPNhooUUuc  Video on Sensory Overloads – http://vimeo.com/52193530 Again, if your doctor has trouble diagnosing you and you think you deserve a diagnosis, all of these tests have been either developed in and for clinical settings or are currently in the process of being proved useful for clinical settings. They are all free. Some you can do yourself. Others doctors can do with you without payment or test specific trainings. I have collected all of these links here in one post so you may link your doctor, counselor or therapist the full array of tests.

This website, funded by the National Autistic Society(who are supporters of neurodiversity btw) lets you download legitimate diagnostic tools for assessing ASDs in a clinical setting free of charge. It’s all open source. What this means is that your therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist can give you a legitimate diagnosis without paying 2000 dollars for the ADOS. Western Psychological Services owns copyrights to all the big name tests like ADOS and the ADI-R. Everytime their tests are used, royalties go to WPS. This is why diagnosis is so difficult to procure. NAS and ARC however are making it their mission to make diagnosis accessible to everyone. Other open source diagnostic tools include the RAADS-R, Stroop Test, and the QGAS(which has been scanned online in three pages here: 1, 2, 3, scoring sheet). All of these tests are used in diagnostic settings and they do not require special training DVDs. They are available for everyone! This means that those of you who think you may be on the spectrum but worry that you can’t afford diagnosis(or your doctor says it’s too expensive to diagnose you) there are several legitimate approved diagnostic tools that you can do yourself or link to your doctor or therapistso they may administer it for you. Other relevant test resources: Jean Ayres Sensory processing Disorder Checklist Rombergs Test(contains video for visual support) Aspie Quiz which is gaining scientific traction Memory and Cognition screening tests More: Video on Girls with Asperger’s – http://www.autismhangout.com/news-reports/feature-programs.asp?id2=123  Video on emotions and alexithymia in Autism -  http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/video-dr-tony-attwood-autism-and-identifying-emotional-feelings-33993843  Video on Sensory Sensitivities (How we experience the world) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=plPNhooUUuc  Video on Sensory Overloads – http://vimeo.com/52193530 Again, if your doctor has trouble diagnosing you and you think you deserve a diagnosis, all of these tests have been either developed in and for clinical settings or are currently in the process of being proved useful for clinical settings. They are all free. Some you can do yourself. Others doctors can do with you without payment or test specific trainings. I have collected all of these links here in one post so you may link your doctor, counselor or therapist the full array of tests.

Self Diagnosis Resources for ASD

A decent masterpost for those who are considering they might have autism

Diagnostic tests

A couple charts of common behaviors exhibited by nonmen on the autism spectrum (tw for misgendering if you are not a woman)

Autism and sleep disorders

The resources page on askanautistic

A bit on shutdowns

A video on burnout (which I believe also has some good resources?)

Weighing the pros and cons of professional diagnosis and self diagnosis

Think a professional diagnosis is right for you?

Also note: When researching, a great thing is to talk to people! People who have autism and other illness(es)/disorder(s) that have overlap (like ADHD, and I’ve heard schizophrenia, as well)! People who knew you when you were younger! People who know you well now! (Separate note that only do this if the people you are considering talking to will be supportive).