Somewhere there is a government check attached to being diagnosed as autistic.
I am not disagreeing with you, and that would have been my kneejerk reaction without my personal experiences with this affliction..
I have been in and out of hundreds of facilities that specialize in this particular problem, and I have not personally witnessed any philandering with government funding, unless it was underfunding for children of folks that were not as fortunate as we were..
This thing is horrid in it's demand on resources, personal and financially, and we are no closer to a cure, if that is even possible, than we were when I was shaken into it's dynamics 11 years ago..
I am in Texas, and cannot speak to any other states, although we, parents of the Autistic kids, talk often with parents and professionals all over the world..