Adult Diagnosis Resources

Want to read other resources that we have recommended to autistic adults on a variety of topics?

General Information

• Milestones Adult Diagnosis Tool Kit -- This tool kit helps explain the difference between self-diagnosis and receiving a formal diagnosis from a professional. It also gives some website references for learning more about being diagnosed with autism as an adult.
• Individuals: Am I Autistic? -- A tool kit designed by OCALI allows individuals to learn not only whether they may be autistic but also how to navigate acquiring a diagnosis if they desire one.
• Autism Grown Up -- this website offers blog posts and downloadable tools specifically for autistic individuals and school professionals who work with autistic individuals.
• Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) – A national nonprofit that brings together the academic community and the autistic community to conduct research projects relevant to the needs of adults on the autism spectrum. 

Self-Diagnosis Testing websites

• Autism Spectrum Quotient
• Autism 360
• Embrace Autism
•  Aspie Quiz
• Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale (RAADS)
  
• Times of Autism Online Assessment for Adults

Autism and The Workplace

• Employment Opportunities and Support for Autistic People
• Supporting Autistic Employees
• "Should I disclose?" Decision Tree  from Autism Grown Up
• Common Workplace Accommodations from Autism Grown Up

Post-Diagnosis Planning

• For Adolescents and Adults Who Are Newly Diagnosed from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism
• Welcome to the Autistic Community! -- an online book for autistic people, whether they are self-diagnosed or diagnosed by a doctor, and their supportive family and peers
• After You Receive the Diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Resource for Adolescents and Adults

Self Advocacy

• Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) -- ASAN works to make our society more inclusive for autistic people through policy and legal advocacy, leadership training for autistic self-advocates and making educational resources 
• RespectAbility – A diverse, disability-led nonprofit that works to create systemic change in how society views and values people with disabilities, and that advances policies and practices that empower people with disabilities to have a better future.
• People First of Ohio – A chapter of the nationwide self-advocacy group that gives individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities training to build skills in decision-making so they can advocate for themselves.
• Autistic Women and Nobinary Network -- A nonprofit organization with a mission to provide community, support and resources for Autistic women, girls, transfeminine and transmasculine nonbinary and genderqueer people, trans people of all genders, Two Spirit people, and all others of marginalized genders.
• Autistic Inclusive Meets (AIM) -- Created by autistic people in the UK, AIM provides support and advice to families and individuals, promotes acceptance of autism through education of the general public, and protects autistic rights by campaigning against autistic mistreatment.
• Autistics 4 Autistics (A4A) --  Canada’s national autistic self-advocacy organization, they are an international affiliate of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN).
• Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) – A national nonprofit that brings together the academic community and the autistic community to conduct research projects relevant to the needs of adults on the autism spectrum. 
• Autastic.com – An online autistic community offering support, community and resources for adults with an autism diagnosis.
• Navigating Autism Assessments for Women and Girls -- OCALI explains the difference in recognizing autism in women and girls along with the potential for different diagnostic markers.