In recent years understanding, awareness and acceptance the disorder has increased dramatically, resulting in far better outcomes for individuals and families.

However, obtaining a diagnosis for an ASD can be a complicated and exhausting process for parents and children, often taking months, if not years to complete. Not only is this extremely distressing for families, it also has the side effect of reducing an individual’s access to early intervention therapies, learning supports at school and also the NDIS.

At Finding Our Voice we take a multidisciplinary approach, combining paediatrics, psychology and speech pathology to provide a consensus diagnosis inline with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

As we are a private practice, we have the benefit of being able to assess our children over several sessions, not just the one, and also across different contexts, such as school or day-care. This allows us to obtain an accurate, holistic picture of a child’s strengths and challenges and ensures an accurate and considered assessment processes.