WHAT IS THE NDIS? - INSIDEOUTSIDE DANCE

Are you accessing the NDIS for yourself or your loved ones?

Perhaps the myriad of terms and wording that goes along with the NDIS is getting a bit daunting or technical? Doing your research and understanding the terminology will help you take full advantage of all that the NDIS can provide you or your loved one. Below is a list of some of the more commonly used terms and their explanations to help get you started. For a full list of explanations, visit the NDIS Glossary.

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.

Funded Supports

Supports the NDIS pay for in a participant’s plan. These supports must be reasonable and necessary.

Informal Supports

The supports participants get from the people around them, for example family, friends, neighbours.

Registered Provider

A disability support provider that has met the NDIS requirements for qualifications, approvals, experience, capacity and quality standards to provide a product or service.

Supports

Things to help a person undertake daily life activities and enable them to participate in the community and reach their goals.

Full Scheme

The dates when the NDIS will be available to all eligible residents:

ACT – July 2016

New South Wales – July 2018

South Australia – July 2018

Tasmania – July 2019

Victoria – July 2019

Queensland – July 2019

Northern Territory – July 2019

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Planners

Once you have received confirmation that you qualify for the NDIS, your planner is the first person you should speak to on your NDIS journey. Your planner is there to help you access the system, so give them as much information as possible about your situation and your goals.

Reasonable and necessary supports

Anything which is related to your disability is a reasonable and necessary support under the NDIS. This can include not just the basics like mobility equipment and therapeutic support, but support with transport, doing daily tasks, home modification, education, social participation and more.
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