Why MAPP
Every profile deserves careful mapping.
If you are considering an autism assessment, you are likely looking for more than a report: a person-centred, compassionate, clinically rigorous understanding of how you work. That has been MAPP’s approach since the beginning. We map profiles carefully, we support people beyond their outcome, and we keep the practice small enough to do both properly.
Our approach
Person-centred, holistic, clinically informed.
Person-centred
The assessment fits around you, not the other way round. Tell us what makes conversation easier: a slower pace, breaks, or written communication. We adapt willingly, and we ask questions thoughtfully and sensitively.
Holistic and nuanced
We consider you as a whole person: your history, your circumstances, and the biological, psychological and social factors at play in your life. A profile is a landscape, not a checklist.
Compassionate, beyond the outcome
Whatever the conclusion, you leave with a carefully mapped profile, recommendations tailored to you, and support available afterwards. Understanding is the point, not the label.
The wider market
Deliberately small, deliberately senior.
Private autism assessment has grown quickly, and approaches vary widely. Many services have scaled by standardising their packages and training new assessors at pace. We have stayed small and senior instead. The differences are practical ones.
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senior clinicians contribute to every diagnostic formulation
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possible outcomes, each treated with the same care
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named senior clinician as your point of contact throughout
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of our diagnostic outcomes recognised by GPs, to date
In practice
What that means for your assessment.
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Dual-clinician formulation, as standard
No diagnosis at MAPP rests on a single opinion. Two senior clinicians consider every formulation together before any conclusion is reached. In much of the market, one assessor decides alone.
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A thoroughly vetted team
Everyone who works with us works or has worked in autism assessment services, and we vet our clinicians thoroughly. Where a trainee or assistant contributes, your senior clinician supervises their work closely.
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Leading NHS autism services today
Our clinicians currently hold senior and lead roles in NHS autism services. The standard you receive at MAPP is the standard used in national services.
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NICE-aligned, gold-standard methodology
Assessment follows NICE-aligned protocols: the ADOS-2 observational assessment and a developmental history informed by the ADI-R and 3Di. These are the tools national services trust.
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Part of the national infrastructure
Our clinicians contribute to national assessment protocols and have assessed subtle and complex presentations for many years. Fellow professionals consult us on their hardest diagnostic questions.
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A guided, contained process
One senior clinician remains your point of contact from first conversation to aftercare. A screening stage protects you from an unnecessary assessment, and costs are agreed before each stage.
Our ethos
People are more than diagnostic labels. Our work is to provide clarity and direction, and to help you find a compassionate, meaningful way of understanding yourself.
The Founders, MAPP
The people behind it
Meet our clinicians.
Every assessment rests on the people who conduct it. Read about their backgrounds, their NHS roles and their specialisms.