NDIS FAQs

The NDIS is the abbreviation for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It’s a brand-new approach for disabled persons under 65 to access the care and supports they require. The NDIS is for those whose ability to participate in daily activities is significantly and permanently impaired.

If you are qualified, you will determine what good and essential support you require to live your life and accomplish your objectives. After then, you’ll get money to pay for these supports. On the NDIS website, you may get further details.

Disability services in Australia were a lottery until the NDIS was implemented. The amount of money you got relied on where you lived and how, when, and where you got your handicap. Some people received adequate funding, while others did not. It was all a little unfair.

So, following an investigation, the Federal Government decided that those with disabilities deserved a more equitable system. And more authority!

The NDIS was launched in the month of July 2013 and gradually implemented throughout Australia over several years.

Midway through 2020, the rollout was complete. Here are some details on the NDIS rollout.

NDIA stands for The National Disability Insurance Agency. It is a government organization whose job is to manage the NDIS and ensure that those with disabilities receive the assistance they require.

A variety of factors, including the following, determine eligibility for the NDIS:

Age: You must be less than 65 years old at the time of application.

Residence: You must be a citizen of Australia, a permanent resident, or a citizen of New Zealand with a Protected Special Category Visa.

Disability: You must be permanently disabled, meaning that your inability to move, communicate, take care of yourself, or manage your life is considerably hindered.

Early Intervention: If early intervention would significantly improves your functioning, delay or lessen a decline in functioning for you or your child, you might be eligible.

To learn more, go to Am I Eligible?

You will determine what good and essential services you require through the NDIS to live your life and accomplish your objectives. After then, you’ll get money to pay for these supports.

Supports that are reasonable and essential to enable a person with a disability to:

• Follow their aims, objectives, and goals,
• Enhance their independence,
• increase participation in social and economic activities, 
• improve the ability to engage in communal life actively.

Education, job, community and social involvement, independence, living circumstances, and health and well-being may all be included in this support.

You can, indeed! To ensure you are receiving the assistance you require, you can switch service providers if you are dissatisfied with the current one.

You can be eligible for NDIS money to pay for transportation costs, such as taxis, if your disability prevents you from using public transportation.

The NDIA will also consider earlier funding you may have received from a taxi subsidy program.

Caregivers or family members cannot get funding from the NDIS to take a disabled person to regular appointments.

The NDIS can also pay for assistance in boosting your self-esteem and teaching you how to travel or use public transportation on your own.

For instance, the NDIS could be able to help you if your objective is to obtain your driver’s license.

One may have three options for managing your NDIS plan. You are not required to pick just one of these possibilities. You can mix and match.

As an illustration, you might self-manage some aspects of your plan while leaving the NDIA in charge of others.

The three possibilities are:

• An NDIA representative oversees your plan.
• A plan manager oversees your plan.
• You control your NDIS program.

Yes! Family members can be included in the planning phase at every stage. You can decide how much or how little your family members should be involved.

The NDIS will fund only reasonable and essential home improvements.

This frequently means that they will provide you with financial assistance so that you can utilize specific rooms in your home, such as your bedroom, living space, dining area, and bathroom.

Examples of typical alterations include:

• Ramps
• lifting stools
• climbers of stairs
• a handrail
• Bathroom renovations include removing the bathtub or extending the shower
• opening up the doors
• kitchen alterations

Additionally, only house renovations to a person’s primary dwelling are funded by the NDIS. If you are renting, the landlord must issue a signed lease, and you must have plans to stay there indefinitely.

Other potential solutions, such as assistive technology, will also be considered before the NDIS funds improvements.

For instance, funding for bathroom changes won’t be provided if a shower stool or other piece of equipment may make the space accessible and safe for you.