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NDIS Resources
What Is the NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supports individuals under 65 with disabilities by providing access to care and assistance. It also offers valuable information and services to families and carers, helping them support their loved ones with disabilities. Through the NDIS, individuals can lead ordinary lives now and adapt to changes as they occur.
As an insurance scheme, the NDIS adopts a lifetime approach, focusing on early investment to enhance long-term outcomes for people with disabilities.
How To Access the NDIS
To Become an NDIS Participant a Person Must:
✔ Have a permanent disability that significantly affects their ability to take part in everyday activities;
✔ Be aged less than 65 when they first enter the NDIS;
✔ Be an Australian citizen or hold a permanent visa or a Protected Special Category visa; and
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Live in Australia where the NDIS is available.
APPLYING FOR THE NDIS
This Booklet Covers:
- What the NDIS does and who is involved
- How to apply for the NDIS
- What the NDIS funds.
Creating Your NDIS Plan
Your NDIA planner will use the information and evidence you provide to understand your:
✔ Goals and aspirations.
✔ Strengths, capacities, and disability support needs.
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Personal circumstances and living situation, including informal support, community resources, and other mainstream support.
When developing your plan, your NDIA planner will consider the support that is reasonable and necessary for you to pursue your goals, increase your independence, and help you engage in work, study, and social activities.
CREATING YOUR NDIS PLAN
This Booklet Covers:
- Getting ready for your planning conversation
- Creating your NDIS plan
- Receiving your approved NDIS plan.
Using Your Plan
Your NDIS plan includes three main funding types: Core, Capital, and Capacity Building. Supports are organised into categories under these funding types, each designed to help you achieve your life goals. These categories can cover expenses you wouldn’t think of, so it’s important to understand what each one includes.
You have three options to manage your NDIS funding:
✔ Self-managed
✔ Plan-managed
✔ NDIA-managed
You can use one method or a combination of these options.
USING YOUR NDIS PLAN
This Booklet Covers:
- What your plan includes
- How to use your plan
- How to choose and pay for your supports and services
- How to prepare for a plan reassessment.
Making the Most of the NDIS
What Can I Buy?
The NDIS funds a variety of supports and services, including education, employment, social participation, independence, living arrangements, and health and wellbeing.
Your Plan and your Budget
As an NDIS participant, you have choice and control over how you manage your NDIS plan.
NDIS and Other Support Available
While the NDIS is not intended to replace other services that are available to all Australians, such as health, education, employment, transport, aged care, justice and housing.
If you need some additional information, please refer to the NDIS website link here.
