How does an adult go about getting diagnosed?

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How does an adult go about getting diagnosed? I really want to know one way or the other if I have AS, so I can hopefully...well for one thing it would be nice having an explanation for my "weirdness", and also maybe I can then get help with it.

But I really want to know one way or the other, so what does an adult do to get a diagnosis? I've been reading all the books I can on AS, and so much stuff fits, but other stuff doesn't. If it's not AS, I guess I'm just a freak

But...I should at least try to find out officially.

You should see a clinical psychologist, preferably one with a special interest in the autistic spectrum. There's a list of such psychologists on this webpage.

I feel dumb having to ask, but do you know where on the site that information is? I've tried using the search function, and looked around on the front page, but don't see it.

I'm really wondering if I'll be able to find someone near by who can do this for adults, as I'm in central Illinois (Probably easier if you're in a big city like Chicago).

Thanks for the response!

The front page is a list by state. Couldn't find anything here outside of Portland though, so I'd guess that it's just a subset of those who deal with the issue.

I'm also hoping to get a diagnosis. I have an appt. to see my therapist in about a week. I found a really good webpage on a UK site. You can link to some useful related pages on the same site, from it. Here they are, hope they help:

http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly. ... 045&a=3341

It's never dumb to ask something. I always have trouble finding stuff too, even when it's right in front of me. The list is on the page I mentioned in my previous post, below the text you initially get on your screen. These are the ones that are in Illinois:

Jerry L. Boyd, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
P.O. Box 406
1901 Eighteenth Street
Charleston, IL 61920
Phone: (217)348-7911
Fax: (217)348-3909
E-Mail: [email protected]


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Todd R. Lendvay, PsyD
1644 Colonial Parkway
Inverness, IL 60067

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9113 Trinity Drive
Lake In The Hills, IL 60156
Phone: (847) 458-7442
E-Mail: [email protected]


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Anthony Rotatori, PhD
Sandra Burkhardt, PhD
Saint Xavier University
3700 W. 103rd St.
Chicago, IL 60655
Phone: (773)298-3476
E-Mail: [email protected]


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Frederika C. Theus, PsyD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Institute on Disability and Human Development
1640 West Roosevelt Road
MC 626
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Phone: (312)413-1490
E-mail: [email protected]


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Elizabeth A. Zavodny, PsyD
The Institute for Family Development
15010 S. Ravinia Ave., Suite 19
Orland Park, IL 60462
Phone: (708) 403-3200
E-Mail: [email protected]