Comprehensive, neuroaffirming Autism assessments for adults and older adolescents (16+), providing a clear and clinically grounded understanding of neurotype, identity, and longstanding patterns of functioning.
At Spencer Psychology in Nedlands, Autism assessment is approached as a careful and reflective process, with an emphasis on understanding rather than pathologising difference. The focus is on how each person experiences, interprets, and navigates the world, and how these patterns have developed over time.
Many people seek an Autism assessment in Perth later in life to make sense of longstanding differences in communication, sensory processing, emotional regulation, and social experience. These patterns are often present from early development, though they may only become more visible or more difficult to manage as life becomes more complex.
An assessment provides an opportunity to step back and develop a clearer understanding of these experiences, and to consider whether they are consistent with an Autistic neurotype, or shaped by other overlapping factors.
Assessments are conducted by Dr Jacqueline Spencer, Clinical Psychologist, and are grounded in evidence-based practice and careful psychological formulation.
