Neuroaffirming assessment for ADHD, autism, and AuDHD
Curious about your neurotype?
Most families who come to me have been thinking about this for a while. There’s usually been lots of reading, wondering, noticing patterns, and talking themselves in and out of whether an assessment would be worthwhile.
Many are capable, intelligent people whose neurodivergence isn’t immediately obvious from the outside. They may be doing well academically or professionally, while putting enormous effort into keeping everything going.
Sometimes parents are now raising a little version of themselves who have been identified as neurodivergent.
I offer ADHD, autism and combined AuDHD assessments for adults and young people. Autism assessment is available from age 12. ADHD assessment is generally offered from around age 10, with a Planning Session used to work out whether assessment with Little Bird is the right fit.
You don’t have to be struggling for an assessment process to be helpful in clarifying things and building a roadmap for future support.
My Approach
I’m Lisa Bird
I’m a Clinical Psychologist, AuDHDer, and nerd for the latest research. I have over five years’ experience in neurodevelopmental assessment across childhood, adolescence and adulthood, and I’m especially passionate about identifying subtle and high-masking presentations.
I understand how strengths coexist with real difficulty. In my family we call it the unicorn/potato paradox, where one day we’re unbelievably productive, and mash potato the next. I understand the internal narrative many neurodivergent people carry, like the “maybe I’m just lazy / dramatic / not coping well enough”, and constantly feeling like “too much” and “not enough” at the same time.
What working with me looks like
We start with a 90-minute Planning Session.
It’s a space to understand what you’re hoping for, and whether assessment is the right next step. Sometimes the next step is something else, like a cheaper referral through paediatrics or psychiatry, or a roadmap for navigating therapy first.
If we proceed, we move into assessment sessions where we explore developmental history, current functioning, overlapping mental health factors and other possible explanations carefully. For young people, this usually includes information from parents and, where helpful, school. I use a range of evidence-based tools and look for patterns across development rather than relying on any single test.
Good assessment draws on more than one source of information. Depending on your age and circumstances, that might include parents, partners, friends, teachers, school reports or other historical information. We’ll work together to find the information that is actually useful.
You will not run out of time to explain something important. If we need more time to do this properly, we schedule more time.
My baseline assumptions are that ADHD and Autism are neurotypes, not disorders, and that the person I’m assessing is the expert on their own internal experience.
The whole process takes about 4 weeks from planning session to feedback.
Fees
Planning Session: $350
ADHD assessment: $1,650
Autism assessment: $2,000
Combined AuDHD assessment: $2,500
Fees above apply to adult assessments. Please enquire about assessment fees for children and adolescents.
The Planning Session fee is included in the above prices.
Includes a comprehensive report and a tailored resource pack.
Reduced costs if no report preferred.
In-person or online
If you prefer the face to face stuff we can do that. If Online suits you better we can do that too.
Get started with a Planning Session, today.
🌈 LGBTQIA+ Inclusive
♾ Neurodiversity-Affirming
🖤💛❤️ I acknowledge the Tasmanian Aboriginal people (Palawa) as the traditional custodians of the land on which this practice operates and pay respect to Elders past and present.