Lu, the mum in my class gets funding for her DS with aspergers from DADEC (I think its changed names again this week but its dept for disability and aging) she also gets FACSIA (can't remember what that stands for!!) She seems to be right on top of all funding available so I will ask her for advice for you if you like. She has been awesome with advice about Riley.

Riley is going to see a new OT who is heaps cheaper (I know it shouldnt be about money but sadly it is) and she is going to chat to speechie he saw a year ago, his previous OT who was great but as I said exxy and only did 1 hr sessions and was a 30 minute drive away, and also send a questionaire to his FDC lady. She will then see him and decide if he needs a referral to see a behavioural psyc. who is fab at diagnosing spectrum disorders. I finally feel like all the things are lining up and I may find out finally whats going on with him. I am pretty sure he has some kind of language disorder but the speechie didn't even test for that, she just kept saying how hard he was to work with- um der he wasn't yet 3 and he obviously had issues or he wouldn't have been there!!! Needless to say I didn't last longer than 3 sessions with her.