My Autism Profile
Understanding autism. Understanding you.
An autism evaluation can help answer an important question: “Am I autistic?” Your Autism Profile helps answer the next one:
“What does this mean for me—and what might help?”
At Access Autism Testing & Consultation, your Autism Profile connects your evaluation findings with your everyday experiences. It highlights your strengths, identifies support needs, and offers practical ideas for moving forward with greater understanding.
What is the Autism Profile?
Your Autism Profile is a personalized, easy-to-follow summary included in your comprehensive evaluation report.
It brings together information from interviews, assessments, observations, developmental history, and the experiences you or your family share. A clear, three-column format connects:
Areas of your profile → What they look like in your life → Supports to consider
Because autism looks different from person to person, your profile reflects your individual experiences, priorities, and circumstances.
What does your profile explore?
Depending on your age and evaluation findings, your profile may address:
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Social Communication: How you communicate, connect, and navigate social situations.
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Sensory Processing: How sounds, light, textures, and other sensory experiences affect you.
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Flexibility and Change: Your experiences with transitions, routines, and uncertainty.
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Repetitive Behaviors and Interests: The role of focused interests, familiar patterns, and repetitive movements.
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Emotional Regulation: How you experience stress and what helps you recover.
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Masking and Authenticity: The effort involved in adapting to expectations and expressing yourself.
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Executive Functioning: Planning, organizing, starting tasks, and managing demands.
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Daily Living and Independence: Your strengths and support needs in everyday routines.
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Co-Occurring Conditions: Other evaluation findings that may shape your needs.
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Identity and Disclosure: Understanding your diagnosis and deciding whether, when, and how to share it.
Work and career needs may also be included when relevant. Child profiles are adapted to the child’s development, family routines, and school experiences.
What might an Autism Profile look like?
How can your profile help?
For adults
Your profile can give you language for experiences you may have struggled to explain. It can help you recognize what uses extra energy, identify adjustments worth trying, and communicate your needs to people you choose to involve.
For children and families
Your child’s profile can help you understand their strengths, recognize situations that become overwhelming, and identify ways to support communication, transitions, and daily routines. It also provides concrete discussion points for school and care teams.
From understanding to everyday support
Your Autism Profile helps connect the evaluation to daily life.
Together with your report’s recommendations and feedback appointment, it provides a starting point for deciding which supports to explore. Those supports can evolve as your needs, goals, and circumstances change.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Autism Profile a separate test?
No. It is a personalized summary of your evaluation findings, rather than a separate standardized assessment or diagnostic score.
Does everyone receive the same profile?
No. Each profile reflects the individual’s strengths, experiences, support needs, and relevant evaluation findings.
Does it replace the full evaluation report?
No. It is included within your comprehensive report. The full report provides the assessment results, diagnostic reasoning, and detailed recommendations that give your profile context.
Can I share my profile?
Yes. You may choose to share it with a provider, school team, employer, or trusted person to help explain your needs. You decide what information you feel comfortable disclosing. Organizations may require additional documentation when considering accommodations.
Clarity you can carry forward
Understanding your experiences can help you make more informed choices about the support you need. Learn more about AATC’s autism evaluations and how your personalized Autism Profile fits into the process.