ADHD and Autism Evaluations
Understanding the WHY Behind Behavior
ADHD Evaluations
ADHD can affect far more than attention. Individuals may experience difficulty with organization, time management, task initiation, memory, impulse control, emotional regulation, motivation, and completing daily responsibilities.
Fisher Therapy provides comprehensive ADHD evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults. The evaluation process includes a detailed clinical interview, review of developmental and mental health history, standardized rating scales, and assessment of symptoms that may overlap with ADHD, including anxiety, depression, trauma, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The goal of an ADHD evaluation is to provide a clearer understanding of the individual’s strengths, challenges, and daily functioning. When appropriate, the evaluation may result in a formal diagnosis and individualized recommendations for treatment, school supports, workplace accommodations, medication consultation, and executive functioning strategies.
Autism Screenings and Evaluations
When attention, emotional regulation, sensory needs, social communication, or executive functioning concerns begin affecting daily life, a comprehensive evaluation can provide clarity. Fisher Therapy offers ADHD evaluations and Autism Spectrum Disorder screenings and evaluations for children, adolescents, and adults. Services are individualized, neurodiversity-affirming, and designed to identify both areas of difficulty and personal strengths.Evaluations are available by telehealth for individuals located in Indiana, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Oregon.
Fisher Therapy specializes in Autism screenings and evaluations for individuals whose symptoms may be more difficult to recognize, including adults, women, individuals with average or above-average intelligence, and those who have learned to mask or compensate for their differences.
Many autistic individuals develop strategies to imitate social behaviors, suppress sensory needs, rehearse conversations, or hide difficulties in order to meet expectations. Although these strategies may make Autism less visible to others, they can contribute to chronic anxiety, exhaustion, burnout, emotional dysregulation, low self-esteem, and a lifelong feeling of being misunderstood. These individuals may also receive diagnoses that do not fully explain their experiences.
Receiving an Autism diagnosis in adulthood can be meaningful and validating. It can help individuals better understand their communication style, sensory needs, relationships, emotional responses, and patterns of burnout. An accurate diagnosis may also guide more appropriate therapy, improve self-advocacy, support workplace or educational accommodations, and reduce the pressure to continually hide or change natural behaviors.
Each evaluation is individualized and neurodiversity-affirming, with attention to developmental history, social communication, sensory processing, repetitive patterns, masking, adaptive functioning, and conditions that may overlap with Autism. The goal is not simply to assign a diagnosis, but to help the individual understand the “why” behind their experiences and identify supports that are practical, respectful, and personally meaningful.
Referrals from Professionals
Referrals are accepted from:
Primary care providers
Pediatricians
Psychiatrists
Therapists
Schools
Social service professionals
Probation and court professionals
Other healthcare providers
Fisher Therapy can collaborate with referring professionals when the client has signed an appropriate authorization for release of information.
A referral from your healthcare provider is not required to schedule an evaluation or screening. However, having your primary care provider, therapist, psychiatrist, or other treating professional submit a referral can be helpful.
A provider referral allows Fisher Therapy to better understand the concerns that led to the evaluation and supports collaboration with the professionals already involved in your care. With your written permission, evaluation results and recommendations can also be shared with your provider to help develop a more coordinated and effective treatment plan.
Working together can improve continuity of care and help ensure that medical, mental health, behavioral, and support needs are considered when determining the best next steps.