Recognise your patterns
Explore how sound, light, touch and other sensory experiences affect you.
Free to use · For adults in the UK · 18+
Understand your
sensory experiences.
Explore how you experience everyday life. A free questionnaire for autistic adults and adults who think they may be autistic, including those waiting for an assessment.
Around 20–35 minutes in total. A free account is needed.
You can pause and return later.
SensoryShore is not a diagnostic tool and does not diagnose autism or any other condition. It does not replace an autism assessment.
One question per screenPause and come backA report you can download
What you get
A clearer picture of your
everyday experiences.
Your answers become a personal summary you can read, keep, and choose to share.
Describe what takes energy
Reflect on daily tasks and masking: hiding or changing how you naturally act to fit in.
Prepare for a conversation
Download a report and prepare a letter for your GP (general practitioner, your family doctor).
How it works
Know what to expect
before you start.
2 short questions to start, then up to 129 questions in up to 9 sections. There is no time limit.
Read the introduction
See what the questionnaire covers and decide whether you want to continue
Create your free account
Save your progress and answer one question at a time. Pause when you need to
Read and download your report
A description of the patterns in your answers, with a letter you can prepare for your GP
A little more detail
Questions before
you begin?
If something is unclear or does not work for you, email us at hey@sensoryshore.com.
Do I need an autism diagnosis?
No. SensoryShore is for UK adults aged 18 or over who are autistic or think they may be autistic. It is made especially for people waiting for an NHS (National Health Service) autism assessment.
It does not tell you whether you are autistic, and it does not replace a formal assessment.
How long does the questionnaire take?
It takes around 20–35 minutes. There is no time limit. You can pause and come back at any time.
You may see fewer sections depending on your answers to the starter questions.
What does my report show?
Your report describes which senses overload you, how much you mask and in what way, and whether your answers show signs of burnout.
A sensory profile across 6 areas, such as sound and touch, showing how strongly each affects you.
Your answers in section 8, about burnout and wellbeing, are placed in one of four bands: low, moderate, high, or severe. A band is a fixed range of scores: it is not a diagnosis, and it does not compare you with other people.
If your masking score is high, or you strongly agree that masking leaves you exhausted, your results add a short note about burnout. Autistic burnout means deep, long-lasting exhaustion.
Where do the questions come from?
The questions are adapted from questionnaires published in peer-reviewed autism research. Peer-reviewed means other researchers checked the work before it was published.
The questionnaire is free, and its score bands are provisional, which means they may change. Clinicians (health professionals such as doctors and psychologists) have not yet checked them. No formal study of their accuracy has been run yet.
Where is my data stored?
Your account and your answers are stored on a server in London, in the UK. We do not sell your information. No AI is involved in scoring your answers. You can ask us to delete your account and your answers at any time by emailing hey@sensoryshore.com.
Are CalmCompanion and Pulse available?
CalmCompanion is in development and not yet available. It is an AI (artificial intelligence) companion that you write messages to. It uses your NeuroProfile results to adapt its tone, pace, wording, and suggestions. If a message is about a crisis, fixed safety rules decide the reply, not the AI.
When CalmCompanion is ready, it will use an AI service run by a company called Anthropic, which processes data outside the UK. CalmCompanion will not be made available until its safety rules have been tested.
Pulse is planned for later and is not available. It is a phone app that uses a heart rate monitor, such as a smartwatch, to help you notice rising stress earlier. It measures your heart rate variability: the small changes in time between one heartbeat and the next, which can shift with stress. We cannot give a date for it yet. These two parts are not available yet. You cannot use them today.
Cost
SensoryShore is free.
If we can keep it that way, we will. We are a family, not a company, and we run SensoryShore ourselves.
You need a free account to take the questionnaire. The account asks for your first name, your email address, and a password. It does not ask for payment details.
All of these are free:
- Your SensoryShore account
- The NeuroProfile questionnaire: 2 short questions to start, then up to 129 questions in up to 9 sections
- Your results page, which shows how each score was worked out
- Your report, to download as a PDF (a type of file you can save and print)
- A letter for your GP, which you prepare and download yourself
If the cost of SensoryShore ever changes, we will say so on this website first. Results you already have will stay available to you.
Start your NeuroProfileKeeping the website online and paying for its web address costs money. If you want to help with that, you can pay on Ko-fi.
Ko-fi is a separate website where people can choose to pay towards someone's work. Paying is optional. It unlocks nothing and changes nothing on SensoryShore. It is not a charity donation.
Optional: get an email when CalmCompanion is ready
CalmCompanion
Get one email when CalmCompanion is ready.
CalmCompanion is in development and not yet available. It is an AI (artificial intelligence) companion: a computer program you write messages to, and it writes back. It adapts to your NeuroProfile results, your communication style, and your pace. We cannot give a date for it yet.
Leave your email address and we will email you now to confirm it, and once more when CalmCompanion is ready. No marketing emails. You can unsubscribe at any time.
You do not need to do this to use the NeuroProfile questionnaire.
One email after you confirm
We do not sell your address
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SensoryShore is not a diagnostic tool and does not diagnose autism or any other condition.