Dr. Hilda Ho is a registered psychologist with a practice in Child Clinical Psychology, based in Vancouver, BC. She has extensive experience with the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental conditions and is one of the few registered psychologists in Canada who has completed post-doctoral training focused on the early identification of autism in young children (under the age of 6).

Her research and training has taken place at various sites in Canada and internationally, including the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (California), Children’s Hospital – London Health Sciences (Ontario), the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and National Taiwan Normal University. Most recently, she served as a staff psychologist providing autism assessments at Sunny Hill Health Centre, BC Children’s Hospital. With over 10 years of advanced clinical training, she provides expert care using gold-standard autism assessments and evidence-based interventions for children and youth.

Dr. Ho is passionate about helping parents better understand their child’s behaviour as well as providing compassionate and timely assessments so that families can access appropriate interventions. She believes in empowering parents with knowledge and supporting them so that they can advocate effectively for their children.

Currently, Dr. Ho offers private autism and other psychology assessments in Vancouver for children and teens aged 2 to 16, along with parent consultation and therapy services through Cornerstone Psychology. She maintains active licenses in good standing with the College of Psychologists of British Columbia (#2804) and in California (#35537). Her private assessment waitlist is currently open—please contact Cornerstone Psychology for updated availability (estimated 12+weeks).

*A note on language:

Words are important! There is ongoing discussion about the way we talk about autism. Some people prefer to use “person-first” language, like “person with autism,” (Buijsman et al, 2023) while others prefer “identity-first” language, like “autistic person.” (Taboas, 2023).  These studies have focused on the experiences of autistic adults and as a child psychologist, my work is predominantly with children, teens, and their families. As such, throughout my website, I try to maintain neutral language or follow the flow of the grammatical structure (e.g., when describing several diagnoses). For the purposes of a diagnostic assessment where oftentimes, parents and children/youth are hearing these terms for the first time and have not yet processed this information, I default to “person-first” language which emphasizes the child/youth and I encourage individuals to find terms that make the most sense for themselves.