Autism Diagnostic Evaluations in Chicago

You shouldn't have to go hunting for a diagnosis.

Most families, somewhere early in this process, get handed a list. A page of names, phone numbers, maybe a few links, and the quiet expectation that you'll sort the rest out yourself — who's taking patients, who has the right training, who you can actually trust with your child. It's a lot to put on a parent who is already carrying a lot.

ChoicePoint does this differently.

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In-House Autism Evaluations Through Our LifeSpan Behavioral Health Partnership

Rather than sending you off to search, ChoicePoint provides diagnostic evaluations right here, in house, through a trusted partnership with LifeSpan Behavioral Health.

This isn't a name pulled off a referral list. Dr. Lapin and Dr. Matthew Harings, the founder of LifeSpan, have worked alongside one another for several years. That history is the whole point. ChoicePoint partners with LifeSpan because we have seen their work up close and specifically trust this team to evaluate the children in our care.

Dr. Harings is a licensed child and adolescent clinical psychologist whose specialty is ADHD — which matters enormously for our families navigating comorbid diagnoses, where the full picture is rarely just one thing. And his team brings genuine depth and passion to autism diagnostics specifically. They are compassionate, they are ethical, and the evaluations they provide are thorough in the way these evaluations are supposed to be, but so often aren't.

Put simply: this is the team you want in your corner.

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Who Should Be Diagnosing Your Child with Autism

This part matters, so ChoicePoint will say it plainly.

A diagnostic evaluation must be done by a clinician with the right credentials to do it — a licensed psychologist or physician. Be cautious of ABA providers offering diagnoses performed by BCBAs. As behavior analysts, we are not the appropriate professionals to be conducting these evaluations, and ethically, we shouldn't be. A diagnosis shapes everything that follows for your child, and it deserves to be made by someone trained and credentialed for exactly that work.

ChoicePoint holds itself to that line, and we'd encourage every family to hold their providers to it too.

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How to Schedule an Autism Diagnostic Evaluation Through ChoicePoint

You don't need to make the calls or untangle the logistics. Reach out, and Dr. Lapin's team will schedule the evaluation for you with the LifeSpan team — start to finish, handled.