Would I have to get re-assessed?

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Ok, so I'm going in for the ADOS on Thursday.
We're in the pre-DSM 5 days this year.

Let's say that they confirm my suspicions and my psychologist's suspicions that I have Asperger's. In a year, when they come out with the DSM 5, would I have to get re-assessed in order to continue any therapy my psychologist wants for me?

I find this rather confusing. What happens when they change this stuff? I'm sure that I would still meet the criteria, but going through the hassle of re-assessment is another thing altogether.

I've asked this question myself. Seems the answer is they'll treat whatever symptoms you have regardless of your diagnosis. If you get depressed they'll dispense an anti-depressant. If you get anxious they'll order an anti-anxiety. The diagnosis itself doesn't make you eligible (or ineligible) for social benefits. Your inability to work, or go to school, or maintain a relationship would hedge less on your named diagnosis and more on your obvious symptoms like social anxiety, inability to address groups of people, visual and/or auditory issues that could be exacerbated in certain working environments, etc.