NDIS
NDIS stands for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and is a new approach to service delivery and funding for people with a disability. The NDIS puts people with disability at the center of the system for the first time – allowing them to determine their own future and receive funding which matches their needs and aspirations.
NDIA
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency. Our role is to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers
Types of supports are funded?
The types of supports that the NDIS may fund for participants include:
- daily personal activities
- transport to enable participation in community, social, economic and daily life activities
- workplace help to allow a participant to successfully get or keep employment in the open or supported labour market
- therapeutic supports including behavior support
- help with household tasks to allow the participant to maintain their home environment
help to a participant by skilled personnel in aids or equipment assessment, set up and training - home modification design and construction
- vehicle modifications.
New to the NDIS?
- If you’re new to the NDIS, perhaps you’ve started exploring your options but you may have been confronted by acronyms, processes and jargon that you don’t understand.
- The NDIS is a new way for people living with disability under the age of 65 to receive the specialized care and support for their health and wellbeing. The scheme is overseen by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and allows individuals with a permanent and significant disability to access government funding.
- Now you can choose when and where to use your funding.