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REAACT Measures

REAACT has developed different measures tailored to autistic individuals and other individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, aimed to more accurately capture their experiences and responses. Measures such as this are key to informing the development of interventions that improve safety and quality of life. 

 

 

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Request the EDI

The Emotion Dysregulation Inventory (EDI) is a measure is designed to assess emotion management in autistic teens, autistic adults, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The EDI is the first self-report measure of emotion dysregulation in autism.

Our measure includes clinical cut-off scores for screening and will be appropriate to use across clinical populations.

We developed this measure in partnership with autistic adults and teens.

EDI

 

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Publication

Proxy-Report

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Autistic Individuals and Individuals with other intellectual and developmental disabilities

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Age 11+
24-item Bank

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Short Form
  • 6-item Reactivity scale
  • 7-item Dysphoria scale

EDI
Self-Report

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Publication

Self-Report

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Autistic Individuals and Individuals with other intellectual and developmental disabilities

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Age 11+
25-item Bank

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Short Form
  • 6-item Reactivity scale
  • 7-item Dysphoria scale

EDI
Young Child

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Publication

Proxy-Report

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Autistic Individuals and Individuals with other intellectual and developmental disabilities

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Age 2-5
22-item Bank
  • 15-item reactivity
  • 7-item dysphoria

 

 

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Request REALS

The Relationships, Employment, Autonomy, and Life Satisfaction Scale (REALS) is a tool to measure aspects of real adult life in autistic adults and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This measure assesses relationships, employment, and autonomy/independence, as well as life satisfaction. 

This measure was developed in partnership with autistic community members and our PAARCC group. 

Proxy-Report

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Publication

Autistic Individuals

and Individuals with other intellectual

and developmental disabilities

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Age 18+
Social Activity 15 items
Work Readiness 7 items
Work or School Performance  6 items
Autonomy-Residential (Finances, Home Care)  10 items
Autonomy-Participation (Leisure, Mobility)  8 items
Autonomy-Self Care (Self-care, Sleep/Diet/Exercise)  15 Items

Self-Report

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Publication

Autistic Individuals

and Individuals with other intellectual

and developmental disabilities

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Age 18+
Social Activity (Social Activity, Romance) 19 items
Work Readiness 7 items
Work or School Performance  6 items
Autonomy-Residential (Finances, Home Care)  11 items
Autonomy-Participation (Leisure, Mobility)  11 items
Autonomy-Self Care 11 items
Satisfaction (Social Activity, Work or School, Autonomy) 27 itmes

 

 

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Request P-SPVS

The Pittsburgh Suicide and Psychosocial Vulnerabilities Suite (P-SPVS) is a set of seven clinical self-report measures specifically developed to evaluate psychosocial vulnerabilities and suicide risk in autistic teens and adults.

The ASI was developed in partnership with autistic teens and adults. 

Self-Report

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Publication coming soon!

Autistic Individuals

and Individuals with other intellectual

and developmental disabilities

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Age 14+

6-19 Items each:

Suicidal Thinking
Regulatory Self-Harm
Interpersonal and Emotional Isolation
Overwhelm and Uncertainty Response
Hopelessness and Anhedonia
Temper Loss and Impulsivity
Interoceptive Confusion and Overload