Realizing you might be Autistic as an adult is rarely a single moment — it’s usually years of quiet suspicion, a diagnosis that never quite fit, or watching your child get evaluated and recognizing yourself on every page.
You’ll receive an evaluation that is clinically rigorous, neurodivergent-affirming, and built specifically for adults — especially women and gender-diverse adults — who were missed, masked, or misdiagnosed along the way.
Whether you’ve suspected this for years or only recently connected the dots, you can rely on a thorough, compassionate, and clinically credible assessment process from start to finish.
Each report clearly documents your history, symptoms, and clinical findings — including the cost of masking and the functional impact on your daily life — so you get real diagnostic clarity, not just a checklist.
If you’ve been waiting for someone to take your questions seriously, this is that moment. Every adult autism assessment at Gemstone Wellness is built to give you something concrete — a real answer, backed by real testing, from a clinician who understands this from the inside.
If any of this lands, you’re not imagining it. You’re describing a pattern — and patterns can be assessed.
Our process is designed to be thorough without being overwhelming:
Most adult autism “screenings” are a single questionnaire and a form letter. Many clinicians still evaluate autistic women against a diagnostic picture built almost entirely on observations of young boys — which is exactly why so many of you were missed, misread, and handed a different diagnosis instead.
At Gemstone, the evaluation is led personally by Jenny Martin, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist whose clinical lens is trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and built around exactly this population: adults — especially women and gender-diverse adults — whose autism was masked, misdiagnosed, or missed entirely.
This isn’t a checklist. It’s a full diagnostic process that treats masking as a clinical finding in its own right, not a reason to doubt what you’re describing.
We don’t accept insurance for Autism assessments. This allows us to keep the process fully in your control — without a diagnosis needing to be justified to, or altered for, an insurance panel.
If you have questions about whether this is the right investment for you, we’re happy to talk it through before you book anything.
Clients trust our process because it results in a thorough, affirming evaluation that helps them finally understand themselves — and gives them a clear, actionable path forward.
Gemstone Wellness offers telehealth adult autism assessments for clients in Illinois and participating PsyPact states. The process is clinically rigorous, affirming, and designed for adults who were missed or misdiagnosed earlier in life.
As a kid, I remember watching other children navigate the world with a kind of fluency I didn’t have. They seemed to just know — what to say, when to look away, how to read a room without trying. I was smart, a “good student,” a high achiever by every visible measure — but underneath that, I was anxious, confused, and quietly certain that everyone else had gotten a manual I’d never received.
What I didn’t realize at the time is that I’d made an entire study out of the thing that confused me most: people. Language. Social interaction. Psychology, long before I called it that. It became my special interest — and I got so good at it that by adulthood, I could move through almost any room with ease. I built fluency the hard way, by studying it like a subject, not absorbing it like a native language. It worked. But it came at a cost I didn’t have words for until much later — the exhaustion of constant translation, the sense of performing a version of myself that was technically accurate but never quite mine.
So many people — women especially — slip through the cracks the way I did. High-achieving. “Fine.” Quietly anxious, quietly exhausted, quietly wondering why something that seemed effortless for everyone else took so much out of them. I built this assessment arm for exactly that person. Not to hand you a label and send you on your way, but to give you real language — and the tools and resources to use it — so you can stop bending yourself to fit the world, and start making the world bend a little for you.
Adults who suspect they may be Autistic — including women and gender-diverse adults who were missed or misdiagnosed, late-identified adults seeking formal diagnosis, parents recognizing themselves after a child’s evaluation, and adults exploring AuDHD.
Two clinical interviews, validated self-report measures (RAADS-R, AQ, CAT-Q, ASRS v1.1), a childhood collateral questionnaire (SCQ), a feedback session, and a comprehensive written report with findings and recommendations.
The self-pay fee is $975, covering interviews, testing, feedback, and your written report. An expedited 2-week timeline is available for an additional $300. Payment plans and superbills for out-of-network reimbursement are available.
We do not accept insurance for autism assessments. This keeps the process fully in your control — without a diagnosis needing to be justified to an insurance panel. Superbills are provided if you want to seek out-of-network reimbursement.
Most clients complete the full process — from first contact to final report — within about 3 weeks. An expedited 2-week option is available.
Yes. Assessments are offered via secure telehealth for adults located in Illinois or any participating PsyPact state.
Evaluations are led by Jenny Martin, PsyD, a licensed clinical psychologist. The process is trauma-informed and neurodivergent-affirming, with particular attention to masking in women and gender-diverse adults.
Yes. Many clients come after diagnoses like anxiety, depression, or BPD that never fully fit. The evaluation treats masking as a clinical finding and looks at the whole developmental and sensory picture.
Request an autism evaluation through our appointment form, or call us. We’re happy to talk through fit, timeline, and investment before you book. Start here.
If you’ve been waiting for someone to take your questions seriously, this is that moment. Request an autism evaluation and we’ll walk you through next steps, availability, and whether this assessment is the right fit.