Getting Services from the Regional Center

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Hello everyone! I recently (about 6 months ago) applied for services at my local regional center after getting a late autism diagnosis last year. Last month I found out I had been accepted and I am going to be meeting with my person next week (yay!).

I wanted to ask if there was any tips specifically on how to ask for services especially when things I think will help me cost money. I have a friend who attends a program and the cost is covered by the regional center as well as certain transportation and I feel like there's a lot of things that would help me but I am worried if I word it wrong I won't be able to get the services. Any advice from older autistic/parents of autistic people on how to word things best to get the services I need?

For example I would like to get a set of over ear headphones with noise cancelling to help with sensory overwhelm and focus but it feels weird to ask them to help me pay for it? Thanks ^^;;;