After 5 months have finally got LEA to agree to assess DS (ASD) but clear their heart isn't in it / no intention of granting statement, and they are throwing us a bone to make us feel heard in hope we will give up and go away. (Also because their previous behaviour and absence of support for DS would not have looked good at Tribunal). So we start the merry go round again - lots of meetings, new reports, having to defend everything we say to everyone, reams of paperwork, being put down, dismissed, labelled as greedy, neurotic, delusional and over estimating DS's needs, scaremongering about the (in fact very excellent) special school, bullied, blatant breach of COP (pre judging outcome of assessment), lied to, emotional blackmail (last week told not to forget to enjoy my child like I was being a neglectful parent for daring to spend so much time fighting the LEA / doing private therapy) - it just goes on and on. Just so tired of it all. I keep reading all the "guidance" and just want to cry that they ignore it all - no wanting to do the best for my child or working in partnership in evidence - but I guess they know I am too exhausted to start a complaint on top of everything else. How do you just keep going - and this is just the start - we have years of this. I honestly find this fight fight fight almost harder than getting the diagnosis because it just never ends. Sorry rant over.