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Who we are

We are a small autistic-led organization
created to support autistic adults.

Embrace Autism was created because we wanted to build the kind of resource we could not easily find ourselves: clear information, research-based educational resources, and supportive pathways for autistic adults exploring self-understanding.

Over the last 8+ years, Embrace Autism has grown into a resource used by autistic adults around the world through educational articles, autism tests, screening services, and psychologist-led assessments.

Our work focuses particularly on adults, including people who are high-masking, late-identified, or exploring autism later in life.

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Why we created
Embrace Autism

Many autistics reach adulthood without answers.

Some spend years wondering why life feels harder than expected. Others receive different diagnoses first, experience burnout, masking, or social exhaustion, or simply feel different without understanding why.

We created Embrace Autism to provide:

  • Accessible educational resources
  • Research-informed information
  • Free autism tests and articles
  • Adult-focused screening pathways
  • Supportive next steps for people
    exploring autism

Our goal has always been to help autistic adults access information, understanding, and informed choices.

What we do

Free educational resources

We provide research-based articles, guides, questionnaires, and educational resources for
autistic adults exploring self-understanding.

Topics include:

  • Autism
  • AuDHD
  • Autistic burnout
  • Masking
  • Alexithymia
  • Relationships
  • Screening tools
  • Adult identification

We provide research-based articles, guides, questionnaires, and educational resources for autistic adults exploring
self-understanding.

Topics include:

  • Autism
  • AuDHD
  • Autistic burnout
  • Masking
  • Alexithymia
  • Relationships
  • Screening tools
  • Adult identification

Autism tests
& articles

Embrace Autism hosts free autism-related questionnaires and educational content used by
many adults as an early step in self-exploration.

These tools are educational screeners and are not diagnostic assessments, but may help people decide whether further assessment is appropriate.

Embrace Autism hosts free autism-related questionnaires and educational content used by many adults as an early step in self-exploration.

These tools are educational screeners and are not diagnostic assessments, but may help people decide whether further assessment
is appropriate.

Screenings

Our autism screening service combines questionnaires, written reflections, and clinical review to help
individuals better understand whether autism
may fit their experiences.

Screenings provide personalized feedback and may
help guide decisions about formal assessment.

Psychologist-led assessments

All autism assessments and screenings are
conducted by licensed psychologists experienced
in adult autism, including high-masking and
late-identified presentations.

Post-diagnostic support

We also provide educational resources and
support pathways following identification.

How assessments work

Embrace Autism provides organizational support, educational resources, and client pathways.

All autism screening reviews and diagnostic assessments are conducted by licensed psychologists.

Our process is designed specifically
for adults and incorporates:

  • Clinical interview
  • Developmental history
  • Standardized measures
  • DSM-5-TR criteria review
  • Psychologist evaluation and report

Embrace Autism provides organizational support, educational resources,
and client pathways.

All autism screening reviews and diagnostic assessments
are conducted by licensed psychologists.

Our process is designed specifically for adults
and incorporates:

  • Clinical interview
  • Developmental history
  • Standardized measures
  • DSM-5-TR criteria review
  • Psychologist evaluation
    and report
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Our approach

Research-informed &
neurodiversity-affirming

Research-informed
& neurodiversity-affirming

Our approach is informed by current research, lived experience, and neurodiversity-affirming practice.

Research evolves over time, and our
educational resources may be updated
as evidence and perspectives evolve.

We aim to provide information that is:

  • Respectful
  • Evidence-informed
  • Adult-focused
  • Accessible
  • Practical

Our approach is informed by current research, lived experience, and neurodiversity-affirming practice.

Research evolves over time, and our educational resources may be updated
as evidence and
perspectives evolve.

We aim to provide
information that is:

  • Respectful
  • Evidence-informed
  • Adult-focused
  • Accessible
  • Practical
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Serving autistic adults for 8+ years

Psychologist-led assessments

Adult autism expertise

Private & confidential

Serving autistic adults
for 8+ years

Psychologist-led assessments

Adult autism expertise

Private & confidential

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Autism tests

AQ-10 | AQ | EQ | SQ | RAADS–R | Aspie Quiz | Cat-Q

Land acknowledgement

Embrace Autism recognizes and acknowledges the traditional lands of the Indigenous peoples across Ontario. From the lands of the Anishinaabe to the Attawandaron and Haudenosaunee, these lands surrounding the Great Lakes are steeped in First Nations history.

We are in solidarity with Indigenous brothers and sisters to honour and respect Mother Earth. We acknowledge and give gratitude for the wisdom of the Grandfathers and the four winds that carry the spirits of our ancestors that walked this land before us.

Embrace Autism is located on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We acknowledge and thank the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation—the Treaty holders—for being stewards of this traditional territory.

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Land acknowledgement

Embrace Autism recognizes and acknowledges the traditional lands of the Indigenous peoples across Ontario. From the lands of the Anishinaabe to the Attawandaron and Haudenosaunee, these lands surrounding the Great Lakes are steeped in First Nations history. We are in solidarity with Indigenous brothers and sisters to honour and respect Mother Earth. We acknowledge and give gratitude for the wisdom of the Grandfathers and the four winds that carry the spirits of our ancestors that walked this land before us. Embrace Autism is located on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We acknowledge and thank the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation—the Treaty holders—for being stewards of this traditional territory.

A First Nations symbol, consisting of a Sun surrounded by four Eagle feathers.