Getting what you need for your asd child's support needs at school or in your community

You are your ASD child's staunchest advocate or so I've been told many times in the past few years. I have seen the statement confirmed many times in the responses I've seen and received from community agents and school authorities. I think many of the agents that come in contact with my child are well-meaning and compassionate. I am yet to come across any one of them who failed to listen to my concerns about support needs for my son. This, I believe, is partly because my husband and I believe in assertive action such as gathering information, being prepared for meetings, listing questions we want to ask and most importantly, by doing follow-ups after the meetings. Even though they are helpful and compassionate souls, people we need help from are busy professionals and have a line-up of similar cases swarming them at any given time. But we also know that our child needs such and such help and we need it as soon as possible. So what needs to happen? How can we get the support that we need from these professionals with the knowledge of resources available to our children? One thing I know is that the more I am prepared with information and questions, the more I get what I need out of meetings with these important resource support personnel.
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