The National Disability Insurance Scheme is called the NDIS. It’s a new way for people with a disability under the age of 65 to get the care and supports they need.The NDIS is for people with a permanent and significant disability which impacts on their ability to take part in everyday activities.

If you are eligible, you will work out what reasonable and necessary supports you need to live your life and achieve your goals. You’ll then receive funding to pay for these supports.

Find more information on the NDIS website.

To Replace the Old System

The old disability support system is underfunded, unfair, fragmented, and inefficient. It gives people with a disability little choice of providers especially when they are supported by funding that is block funded to the provider.

NDIS Support Packages

The NDIS provides support packages tailored to people’s individual needs. People can choose their own provider(s), ask an intermediary to assemble the best package on their behalf, cash out their funding allocation and direct the funding to areas of need (with appropriate probity controls and support), or choose a combination of these options.

NDIS Provides Choice

The NDIS will give you greater control and choice over the services you receive. It won’t mean that you have to change any of your current arrangements if they suit you, and it won’t change the supports you receive for rent, electricity etc., if you receive a government pension.

The NDIS provides funding for lots of different things!

It could be employment, early intervention, accommodation, doing activities, and more.

You will get to choose when and where you receive these supports and which disability service providers you work with.

Eligibility for the NDIS depends on a few different things such as:

• Location: You need to have been living in an area where the scheme is already rolled out.
• Age: You need to be under 65 years at the time of your application.
• Residency: You need to be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or a New Zealand citizen who holds a Protected Special Category Visa.
• Disability: You must have a permanent disability that significantly affects how you can communicate, move, care for yourself, or manage your life.
• Early Intervention: You might be eligible if early intervention would substantially improve your functioning, or delay or decrease a decline in functioning, for you or your child.

The NDIS rollout is now complete across Australia.

What is the National Disability Insurance Scheme? Click here for more information.

Click here to see if you can access the NDIS right now.

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