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    Step 9  Qualifying rating

         To contribute to the qualifying rating, the age amended treating health professional total score must be greater than 0.

       Schedule 3—List of Recognised Disabilities
    (section 7)

       Part 1 Recognised Disabilities

        (1) Moderate to severe multiple disability or moderate to severe physical disability (including neurological disability) where the child is, or is likely to be, dependent for mobility indoors and outdoors from the age of 3 onwards.

            Example:

       A child who has cerebral palsy, lower limb deficiencies or spina bifida and is dependent on a stroller, wheelchair, crutches or walking frame.

        (2) Severe multiple or physical disability (including uncontrolled seizures) requiring constant care and attention where the child is less than 6 months of age.

        (3) Epilepsy (uncontrolled while on medication).

        (4) Chromosomal or syndromic conditions that are not specified elsewhere in this Part and where there is moderate or severe intellectual disability and/or multiple, major and permanent physical abnormalities as diagnosed by a paediatrician, paediatric subspecialist or clinical geneticist.

        (5) Neurometabolic degenerative conditions including lysosomal storage disorders where there is moderate or severe intellectual and/or moderate or severe physical disability and where the condition is diagnosed by a paediatrician, paediatric sub‑specialist or clinical geneticist.

        (6) Neurodegenerative disorders where there is moderate or severe intellectual and/or moderate or severe physical disability and where the condition is diagnosed by a paediatrician, paediatric sub‑specialist or clinical geneticist.

        (7) Any of the following neuromuscular conditions:
           (a) Duchenne (or Becker) muscular dystrophy;
           (b) Autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy;
           (c) Spinal muscular atrophy conditions (e.g. Werdnig‑Hoffman);
           (d) Friedreich's ataxia.

        (8) Moderate, severe, or profound intellectual disability where IQ is less than 55, (including a child with a known syndrome).

        (9) The following conditions:
           (a) Autism Spectrum Disorder when diagnosed by a psychiatrist, developmental paediatrician, or a registered psychologist experienced in the assessment of Pervasive Developmental Disorders and using the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5);
           (b) Autistic Disorder or Asperger's Disorder (not including Pervasive Developmental Disorder not otherwise specified) when diagnosed by a psychiatrist, developmental paediatrician, or a registered psychologist experienced in the assessment of Pervasive Development Disorders and using the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).

        (10) The following conditions:
           (a) Childhood Disintegrative Disorder diagnosed by a psychiatrist using DSM-IV;
           (b) Major depression of childhood diagnosed by a psychiatrist using DSM‑IV or DSM-5;
           (c) Childhood schizophrenia diagnosed by a psychiatrist using DSM-IV or DSM-5.

        (11) Any of the following sensory impairments:
           (a) Bilateral blindness where:
              (i) visual acuity is less than or equal to 6/60 with corrected vision; or
              (ii) visual fields are reduced to a measured arc of less than 10 degrees;
           (b) Hearing loss ‑ a 45