The third edition of the Guideline was released on 21 November 2022:
Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People now lead the Guideline and the Living Guideline process, in partnership with the Ministry of Education.
This resource is for health and education practitioners who make initial clinical assessments for ASD, and refer for specialist hospital assessment, if needed. Referrers may be doctors (usually GPs), Plunket or public health nurses, Resource Teachers: Learning and Behaviour (RTLBs), speech-language therapists or psychologists.
