For clinicians
A conversation aid, not an assessment instrument.
Spectrum HD can help a client arrive with language and examples. It should not be treated as a diagnostic score, validated screener, or substitute for clinical judgment.
Potentially useful
- Self-reported domains the client recognizes as costly
- Contradictions that may explain variable performance
- Possible distinctions between longstanding pattern and recent load
- Concrete prompts for developmental history and functional impact
Not supported
- Diagnostic inference from a profile name
- Prevalence, probability, or severity claims
- Rule-in or rule-out decisions
- Use without the client's own interpretation and context
A practical way to use it
Ask which three lines felt most accurate, which two felt wrong, and what examples support each answer. Then evaluate those examples using your normal history, impairment, differential, and safety process.