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Hello steveshe, thank you for sharing your insights. Your grandson is in my thoughts. We've experienced the same here in the Philippines. There are only 70 specialists in a country with almost 110 million people. Getting an appointment for diagnosis is extra challenging plus expensive. If you set up an appointment with the public hospital, it will take at least 1 year to get called up. People's flawed idea of children with ASD are just kids who need "disciplining" or who lack proper decorum, is not helping either. To clarify, I was not wishing for any support for my child from the Aus government, I was just hoping the Immi will review its policies (as what Welcoming Disability campaign is currently pushing for now) and make health waivers not as not complicated as they are now. My apologies for being unclear with my post. Cheers!

Thank you, Nemesis! I think this answers my question.

Hi everyone! This is my first post. Glad to have found this forum, a treasure trove of info! I'm offshore. Been working for an Australian company as an outsourced employee for 4 years now. My employer and I are in talks about sponsoring me via 494. He already consulted with an immigration agent and everything is looking okay at the moment. But there's one problem though. My 2 yo son was diagnosed as at risk for autism spectrum disorder (no final verdict from his doctor yet). He's been undergoing occupational therapy (6 mos now) and speech therapy (1 month now). My plan at the moment is that if ever my employer and I commence my application, I will not include my wife and my son in the application. The reason is that it is very likely that our application will be refused because of my son's condition. However, I read on the Immi website: "If requested, family members not accompanying you to Australia might also need to meet our health requirement." Any idea what type of situation will compel the Immigration to require non-applicant family members to provide medicals? Thank you! PS For context. Our plan is that I will work in Australia, save up some money so the three of us can eventually migrate to Canada (student visa pathway) as they don't refuse visa applications based on autism. I just wish that Australia is more welcoming to people with autism as we really prefer it than Canada.