Adult Autism Evaluation in California
Comprehensive adult autism evaluation and a personalized care plan for adults in California — designed for late-identified adults, including women, AFAB individuals, and high-masking adults whose autism wasn't recognized earlier.
Adults in California seeking adult autism evaluation often face uneven access — the Bay Area and LA have specialty providers but with months-long waitlists; areas outside major metros can be specialty deserts.
Neurokin offers a different approach for autistic adults across California — Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, and everywhere in between: a thorough, three-visit evaluation built specifically for adults — often late-identified — plus a detailed written care plan that documents your identification.
In California, we're licensed for evaluation and care planning. If your care plan includes medications for co-occurring conditions, prescribing happens through your local provider — most patients coordinate easily with their existing PCP or psychiatrist using our care plan as the clinical guide.
Same evaluation depth, same clinical work, same written care plan as our service in NJ and NY. Same price too — $2,050 across three visits.
What's Included for CA Patients
Same comprehensive autism evaluation we provide in NJ and NY.
Comprehensive three-visit evaluation
Approximately four hours of clinical time. Visit 1 (~120 min, $750) — extended autism consultation and developmental history. Visit 2 (~60 min, $650) — neurocognitive assessment. Visit 3 (~60 min, $650) — review and care planning.
Validated assessment
tools designed for adults
RAADS-R (Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised), AQ-50 (Autism Spectrum Quotient), and CAT-Q (Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire) for masking measurement. Tools selected specifically for adult autism assessment, not adapted from pediatric tools.
Cognitive testing with
Creyos when appropriate
Working memory, attention, executive function, and reasoning. Useful for documenting cognitive strengths and challenges that inform the care plan.
Detailed written care plan
Identification documentation (with ICD-10 codes if applicable), recommendations for sensory accommodations, social communication considerations, executive function support strategies, and recommendations for any co-occurring conditions. Yours to keep.
Late-identified adult framing throughout
Many of our autism evaluations are with adults identified for the first time in their 30s, 40s, 50s, or beyond. Our process is built for late-identified adults whose presentations don't match the textbook pediatric pattern — including the masking, the high cognitive ability, and the lifetime of compensation strategies that often obscure autism in earlier evaluations.
Provider coordination if needed
If your care plan includes medications for co-occurring conditions (anxiety, depression, ADHD), our office can communicate directly with your PCP or psychiatrist.
How Care Coordination Works in CA
Most autism care plans don't require prescribing. Here's what coordination looks like for autism patients specifically.
What autism evaluation produces:
Identification documentation (formal diagnosis if criteria are met), specific recommendations for accommodations and support strategies, sensory and social communication considerations, and a clear understanding of your specific autism presentation.
What it doesn't typically require:
Most autistic adults don't need ongoing medication management for autism specifically — autism isn't treated with medications the way ADHD or depression often are. The care plan focuses on accommodations, strategies, and self-understanding rather than prescriptions.
When prescribing matters:
Most autism care plans don't require prescribing. California has one of the largest networks of neurodiversity-aware PCPs and integrative health providers in the country — coordination is typically smooth.
What this means in practice:
Most autism evaluations are largely self-contained. You leave with identification, accommodations recommendations, and care plan documentation. Whether you continue formal care depends on your needs — some patients return for occasional follow-up visits ($175 each, $150 grandfathered), others use the care plan and don't need ongoing involvement.
Who Autism Evaluation in CA Is For
Autism evaluation at Neurokin is designed for CA adults who suspect autism and need comprehensive specialty assessment from a provider that takes adult autism seriously. You might be a good fit if you're:
An adult who suspects autism but has never been formally evaluated. Often after recognizing patterns in your social communication, sensory experiences, special interests, or executive function — and ready for clarity.
A late-identified adult. Especially women, AFAB individuals, nonbinary adults, and high-masking adults whose autism wasn't identified earlier because their presentation didn't match the textbook pediatric pattern.
An adult told you "don't have autism" by providers who didn't take the time. Brief screenings that missed your specific presentation. Providers who applied pediatric criteria to adult presentations. Evaluations that didn't account for masking.
An adult experiencing autistic burnout. The deep, cyclical burnout that follows extended masking — often misidentified as depression or anxiety, but rooted in the cumulative cost of suppressing autistic traits to function in neurotypical environments.
An adult with multiple prior diagnoses that didn't fully fit. Anxiety, depression, OCD, BPD, social anxiety that didn't fully resolve with treatment — sometimes because autism better explains the underlying pattern.
Why CA Adults Choose Neurokin for Autism Evaluation
Adult autism specialty focus
Most providers who evaluate autism do so primarily for children. Adult autism — especially late-identified adult autism — requires different tools, different framing, and a different clinical approach. Neurokin is built specifically for adult autism evaluation.
Telehealth-friendly for autism specifically
Many autistic adults find traditional in-person clinical visits sensorily and socially demanding. The full three-visit evaluation by telehealth removes many of those friction points — you can do evaluation visits from your own environment, in your own clothes, with your own sensory accommodations.
Late-identified adult framing throughout
Our evaluation isn't a pediatric assessment adapted for adults. The clinical interview, the rating scales (CAT-Q for masking specifically), and the diagnostic formulation are all built for the realities of late-identified adult autism — masking, compensation, high cognitive ability, lifetime of accumulated strategies.
Neurodiversity-affirming framing
Autism evaluation here doesn't pathologize. Identification produces self-understanding, accommodations recommendations, and a path forward — not a list of "deficits" to be fixed. Karina's clinical approach is neurodiversity-affirming throughout.
Pricing for CA Patients
Same as our NJ and NY services. Same clinical work, same price.
Adult Autism Evaluation-----$2,050
Visit 1 — Autism Consultation (~120 min) $750 due at visit
Visit 2 — Neurocognitive Assessment (~60 min) $650 due at visit
Visit 3 — Review & Care Planning (~60 min) $650 due at visit
All evaluation tools — RAADS-R, AQ-50, CAT-Q, and Creyos cognitive testing when used — are included in the $2,050 evaluation price. No separate testing fees.
Follow-up visits with Karina ----$175 per visit
($150 grandfathered for existing patients in continuous care)
Most autism evaluations are largely self-contained — you receive identification, accommodations recommendations, and care plan documentation, then proceed independently or coordinate with your local providers as needed. Telehealth follow-ups are available if you want to discuss specific situations as they come up (workplace accommodations rollout, sensory crisis management, co-occurring condition flares).
Comprehensive Diagnostic Report-----
$450
For workplace accommodations under ADA, university disability services, or other contexts requiring formal documentation. Many late-identified autistic adults pursue this for workplace accommodations specifically.
Payment
We accept HSA/FSA cards directly and provide a superbill for out-of-network insurance reimbursement. Each visit is paid at the visit it covers.
Real Patients, Real Progress
Schedule Your Autism Evaluation
If you're ready for adult autism evaluation that takes late-identified presentations seriously — and produces identification documentation and accommodations recommendations you can actually use — the next step is booking your initial consultation.
Your Questions About Autism Evaluation in California, Answered
How do I get an autism evaluation if I'm in California?
Schedule online or call us. The full three-visit evaluation can be done by telehealth from anywhere in California — LA to the Bay Area to the Central Valley to San Diego — no travel required.
Is autism evaluation different from "Aspergers" evaluation?
What if I'm a late-identified adult — how does evaluation work for me specifically?
Why don't you prescribe in California?
I'm in [smaller California city or rural area]. Can I still be a patient?
How is autism evaluation different for women / AFAB / late-identified adults?
Can autism evaluation be done by telehealth in California?
What if my evaluation doesn't conclude autism?
How much does it cost?
What documentation can I use for workplace accommodations?
