Hi my name is cate and I am from Canberra, my son (3) was and still is having some of the same problems. I started off at the GP and she gave me a referral to a pedatrician who then sent us to a speach therapist who then sent us to TherapyACT. We have an appointment in 1 week for Corey to be tested for Autism. Corey also goes to a Early Intervention Preschool for special needs children. If you go to your GP and tell them you want a referral then they have to give you one, if you don't get any where with them, then I suggest you hire a speach therapist, they will point you in the right direction. The best peice of advise I can offer you is not to leave it any longer (even though my GP said to wait until he was at least 2.5 years old) because the process takes forever, my son first went to the GP in Feb 2007 and is still having appointments.