Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised
ADI-R is a trained developmental interview with a caregiver. This page explains that role. It is not an online form for the autistic person to complete.
Overview
What is the ADI-R?
The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised is a comprehensive caregiver interview used in specialist autism assessment. It explores developmental history and current behaviour. It is not a brief screen.
Development and clinical use
ADI-R was developed to standardise developmental interviewing for autism diagnosis research and specialist practice. Publisher manuals, training, and kits define how it is administered.
- Mode
- Caregiver interview
- Publisher
- WPS
- Administrator
- Trained clinician
- Not AQ
- Different instrument
- Not ADOS-2
- History, not observation
- Clinical role
- Specialist history
Administration
A structured clinical conversation
A trained interviewer works through official ADI-R materials with a caregiver or informant. This is not a client self-report and not a public test.
- Prompt-by-prompt structure without replacing the interview
- Space to record the clinician's ratings, not a client self-score
- Review of what was covered before finishing
- Results remain with the responsible clinician
The illustration does not reproduce ADI-R questions.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Official scoring and diagnostic algorithms sit in the publisher manual. This page does not independently verify them or reproduce interview content.
References
- Publisher informationWestern Psychological Services. Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the ADI-R
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Is ADI-R a questionnaire for the person being assessed?
No. It is a trained caregiver interview using official materials.
Does ADI-R replace ADOS-2?
No. They contribute different evidence. Neither is a complete diagnosis on its own.
Can I complete ADI-R here?
No. This page is catalogue information only.
What must clinics check?
Training, the exact edition, and how interview evidence will be reviewed with observation.