The ACT government has confirmed the cage structure built to contain an autistic Canberra school student had a roof, as shock and distress at the behaviour control technique spread nationwide.

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart - a prominent autism awareness advocate - joined a chorus of disbelief after Thursday's revelation a primary school had used a 2m by 2m structure made of pool fencing as a "withdrawal space" for a 10-year-old boy.

A school that placed a child with special needs and behavioural issues in a cage-like withdrawal space told parents it had intended it to be a "sanctuary". 

ACT Education has suspended a principal and launched an investigation into how a primary school student was placed in the purpose built two-by-two-metres structure made of metal pool fencing.

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The ACT Education Department is investigating how a child was contained in a cage-like withdrawal space in a primary school. 

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Police are looking for a 32-year-old autistic man who went missing in Gungahlin on Friday.

Zac De Jonge from Kaleen is highly autistic and has limited speech.

Mr De Jong has been missing since noon and was last spotted at the Gungahlin bus interchange.

He is described as tall with blonde hair.

Police are asking anyone who has seen him to call 131 444.Police said he was wearing a red Levi-brand T-shirt.

Zac turned up later that day, safe and well.

Two men and two women have allegedly attacked and robbed an autistic man after luring him to the Chisholm shops car park on Monday.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to the robbery, and believe the attack occured between 3.30am and 4.10am.

Police say the autistic man was lured to the Chisholm shops car park, after receiving a phone call from an unknown person asking him to meet them there.

When he arrived two men and two women approached him and verbally abused him.

National Disability Insurance Agency chief executive David Bowen.Photo: Graham Tidy

The chief executive of the National Disability Insurance Agency has admitted there are gaps in coverage for some ACT families, as administrators respond to criticism regarding delays, bureaucracy and complicated paperwork.

A Canberra carer says private providers are not prepared enough to take over the ACT government's early intervention programs for children with disabilities in January.

In April, the ACT government announced it would be withdrawing from early intervention programs in Canberra at the end of 2014 as part of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, leaving some parents concerned that children with disabilities could be left in limbo.

Canberra mother Tracey Trewhella, whose three-year-old daughter, Hailey, suffered from global development delay, said she didn't believe there would be enough private providers to cover the ACT government's withdrawal from the sector.

At the Early Intervention and Therapy Services Expo on September 13, Ms Trewhella said out of the 50 staff holders who attended, only five intended to run an early intervention program in the ACT, two of whom didn't currently have a presence in the territory.

The ACT Government engaged KPMG to conduct a program of market soundings, focus groups and research activities to inform options available for transitioning Early Intervention small education groups to the community sector.

Through June and July KPMG: