Parental Acceptance and Understanding of Autistic Children (PAUACS)

The PAUACS is 30-item self-report scale assessing parent’s acceptance and understanding of their autistic child. It can be summed to create a total score, subscores that map onto 4 sub-scales - Understanding, Innate, Acceptance and Expectations. The scale is free for use and can be downloaded below, together with its scoring guide.

If you would like to read more about the development and validation of the PAUACS, click here.