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Understanding NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) gives people with disability choice and control over the supports they receive. Ideal Ability Support Services is a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider, our team has an in-depth understanding of how NDIS works.
NDIS journey as a Participant
• Access NDIS
• NDIA Decision
• Planning meeting
• Plan Implementation
• Service Booking
• Plan Review
The National Disability Insurance Scheme [NDIS] is Australia’s first national Scheme for people with disability. It provides funding directly to individuals with permanent and significant disability. The funding is to be utilised for all reasonable and necessary supports.
National Disability Insurance Agency [NDIA] is a Commonwealth government agency that is responsible for implementing the National Disability Insurance Scheme [NDIS]. The NDIA is made up of the people who will support you to understand the NDIS and whether you are eligible to access the NDIS.
The funding for people with disability was dependent on how, when and where they lived and how they acquired disability. This system was not meeting the needs of all Australians so the Federal Government agreed that people with a disability deserved a fairer system. NDIS was introduced in July 2013.
- Must be an Australian citizen (or) hold a permanent visa (or) a Protected Special Category visa [SCV]
- Experience a permanent disability that significantly affects the ability to take part in everyday activities
- Must be under 65 years or under 50 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders at the time you register for an assessment with the NDIA.
The NDIS participant portal is called “myplace”. Participants or their nominee can view their NDIS plan, request payments and manage services with providers on this portal. Self-managing Participants an upload their documents, manage service bookings and create and view payment requests.
You can manage it yourself or engage a plan manager – this needs to discussed in your planning meeting.
- Must be related to a participant’s disability
- Must not include day-to-day living costs such as groceries
- Should represent value for money
- Must be likely to be effective and work for the participant
- Should take into account support given to you by other government services, your family, carers, networks and the community.
- Help you understand your NDIS plan
- Link you to providers for organising supports you need to achieve your goals
- Help you negotiate with providers
- Assist with service agreements and service bookings
- Assisting you to attend plan review meetings [scheduled / unscheduled]