What and Who Are The NDIS? We Help Explain NDIS & SDA

What and Who Are The NDIS We Help Explain, there are around 4.3 million Australians who have a disability. Within the next five years, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will provide more than $22 billion in funding a year to an estimated 500,000 Australians who have permanent and significant disability. For many people, it will be the first time they receive the disability support they need.



The NDIS can provide all people with disability with information and connections to services in their communities such as doctors, sporting clubs, support groups, libraries and schools, as well as information about what support is provided by each state and territory government.





The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supports people with a permanent and significant disability which affects their ability to take part in everyday activities. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) implements the NDIS. 

The NDIS supports people with a disability to live an ordinary life. The type of support that is provided includes:



• Support to achieve greater independence
• Support to being more involved in the community 
• Support in gaining employment, and
• Support with improved wellbeing



The NDIS will fund reasonable and necessary supports that help people with disability to achieve their goals. The NDIS will not fund supports and services that are funded under mainstream services, but they will help the person with disability connect to those services.



Reasonable and necessary supports are associated with day-to-day living and help to improve a persons participation in their community and the workforce.



• A resource or piece of equipment, such as wheelchair, assistive technology or home and car modifications, to help you live an ordinary life
• helpful in building the skills a person needs to live the life they want, such as opportunities to work, further their education, volunteer or learn something new.



If a person is currently receiving disability services, they will be contacted before their region is scheduled to transition to the NDIS. Clients of defined programs and services will generally be considered to satisfy the disability requirements without further evidence being required.



People with Disability who are ineligible to apply for individual funding through the NDIS can still receive support from the NDIS with information, links and referrals to community and mainstream support services. 

To better understand how the NDIS supports people with disability, their families, and carers, visit www.ndis.gov.au or call 1800 800 110.



NDIS - What does it mean?





• National: The NDIS is being introduced progressively across all states and territories.
  
• Disability: The NDIS provides support to eligible people with intellectual, physical, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial disability. Early intervention supports can also be provided for eligible people with disability or children with developmental delay.
  
• Insurance: The NDIS gives all Australians peace of mind if they, their child or loved one is born with or acquires a permanent and significant disability, they will get the support they need.
  
• Scheme: The NDIS is not a welfare system. The NDIS is designed to help people get the support they need so their skills and independence improve over time.





NDIS key words





• Permanent and significant disability: A permanent disability means your disability is likely to be lifelong. A significant disability has a substantial impact on your ability to complete everyday activities.
  
• Supports and services: Assistance or products that help a person in their daily life and help them participate in the community and reach their goals.
• Early intervention: Providing support to a person, either a child or an adult, as early as possible to reduce the impacts of disability or developmental delay and to build their skills and independence.







Find out more about the NDIS





• Who is helping roll out the NDIS?
• How the NDIS works
• Supports funded by the NDIS
• NDIS and other government services
• Am I eligible for the NDIS?