The ADI-R is a structured diagnostic interview used with parents or caregivers. It is used in the assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder for both adults and children.

Four Specific Domains are assessed:

1. 3 Functional Domains
2. Language and Communication
3. Reciprocal Social Interactions
4. Repetitive, Restricted and Stereotyped Behaviours and Interests
5. 1 Diagnostic Domain
6. The presence of abnormal development evident at of before 36 months.

What Diagnostic Characteristics Inform the ADI-R?

Gathering specific information on a child’s clinical presentation and history is a useful step in forming a diagnosis, however, we do not use ADI-R alone in the diagnosis of children. We consider the contribution of ADI-R as a vital step in the diagnostic process and we dual assess using ADOS-2.

The ADI-R Assessment is a structured informant led interview and last for 3 hours.

The informant should be someone who knows you well and there is some information to gather from birth to 4 to 5, where possible. An example might be ‘what age you walked unaided’.

The ADI-R his a highly respected assessment interview with its grounding in research and has a high validity and is algorithm based. There are 93 questions with some questions having sub-questions.

Please note some services require you to have both an ADOS-2 and an ADI-R assessment for diagnostic purposes. If you require both assessments and want to book them at the same time, then a discount voucher will be made available. This reduced the combined cost to £1395.

If you would like to discuss your needs further please contact us via email and we will be happy to set up a discovery call.