School keeps pushing for me to get a higher diagnosis for my son
So my son who is now 7 got his ASD level 1 diagnosis along with an adhd diagnosis last year when he was 6. After a couple of years of thinking he may be on the spectrum, as well as the school raising come concerns as well.
He is super smart, very switched on and I would say very high functioning.
He doesn’t have melt downs, his behaviour is usually great (the school has said this as well) and it’s gotten better as his aged.
Although he does need to regulate often, sensory seeks and has his quirky special interests. As well as is off in his own little world most of the time.
The school keeps wanting to talk to me about possibly getting him another autism disgnosis to get funding from NDIS, but he already has a diagnosis made by his paediatrician which I’m aware there is still funding for?
Why would they be pushing for more?
They keep telling me he’s fine for now and doing well and very smart but they’re thinking of future years at school which I get. But also, how will we know how he will do in future years he may not need as much support?
Anyway, I’m just ranting but if anyone could give me an idea as to why they’d be pushing this so much it would be greatly appreciated cos at the moment I’m a bit confused as to what to do. And any advice is also welcome.