A complete, neurodiversity-affirming framework for writing clear, accurate, and respectful autism diagnostic reports.
 
This resource provides psychologists and clinicians with a comprehensive guide and fully editable report template to support high-quality, neurodiversity-affirming autism assessments.

Created by Amanda Moses, a psychologist with extensive experience in diagnostic assessments, this template reflects current best practice and helps clinicians communicate their diagnostic reasoning with clarity and confidence.
 
This resource is designed to streamline your reporting process, strengthen the quality of your formulations, and ensure that your reports remain both clinically robust and accessible to clients.
 
What’s Included:
 
• A 15-page guide on how to write an autism diagnostic report
Covers structure, tone, ethical communication, evidence integration, how to summarise findings, diagnostic statements, and how to write recommendations that are meaningful, specific, and person-centred.
 
• A 17-page editable diagnostic report template
Fully customisable, with placeholders, prompts, and suggested wording for each section of the report. Includes sections on background information, assessment data, integrated clinical summary, diagnostic reasoning mapped to DSM-5-TR criteria, functional impact, conclusion, recommendations, and appendix.
 
Designed to help you:
• Write reports that are clinically accurate, clear, and grounded in evidence
• Communicate diagnostic decisions in a way that is respectful and accessible
• Integrate qualitative and quantitative data into a cohesive narrative
• Reduce administrative load while maintaining high-quality clinical standards
 
Benefits of this resource
This resource focuses on both structure of a diagnostic report and clinical reasoning. does both. It provides the scaffolding you need to organise your report while also guiding you on how to organise information, and write in a way that is ethical, clear, and aligned with neurodiversity-affirming practice.
 
Each section includes prompts to help you articulate your reasoning clearly and avoid the common pitfalls of technical, inaccessible, or overly clinical language.
 
Format
A PDF diagnostic report writing guide + an editable report template in a Word document so you can fully customise it for your practice.
 
Best For
Psychologists, medical doctors, and allied health clinicians conducting autism assessments.
 
Approach
Neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based, person-centred, and clinically rigorous.
 
📌 Licence:
Each purchase is for individual use only. One licence per clinician is required. For group practices or teams, please ensure each clinician purchases their own copy.