NDIS stands for National Disability Insurance Scheme. The NDIS is a national scheme for people with a disability. Its aim is to fund services and support Australians with a permanent and significant disability. This began rolling out in 2013 and was completed in 2020.

The NDIS Scheme moves away from the previous system in place, making sure to give the funding directly to you. It aims to provide you with choice and control.

The NDIS is overseen by the NDIA (National Disability Insurance Agency).

Click here for information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants.

Your eligibility depends on a few factors, including:

• if you’re an Australian citizen
• whether you’re below the age of 65
• if you have a permanent disability.

The NDIS has put together a checklist to test your eligibility.

There are three types of support that come under your NDIS plan. All supports and services fall into these three categories.

• Core | Supports that assist with daily living activities.
• Capital | Support for an investment – this includes assistive technologies, home modifications, and funding for capital costs (e.g., Specialist Disability Accommodation)
• Capacity Building | Supports that help build independence and skills, including help with household tasks, transportation, and therapeutic supports. 

On all of our services pages, we’ve outlined which categories all our services come under. This way, you can see which of our supports are available to you. 

The NDIA (National Disability Insurance Association) decides what is reasonable and necessary based on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013. To be considered as reasonable and necessary, a service:

• must be related to a participant’s disability
• must not include day-to-day living costs not related to your disability, such as groceries
• should represent value for money
• must be likely to be effective for the participant
• should take into account support given to you by other government services, your family, carers, networks and the community.

For more information, watch this video from the NDIS about the meaning of reasonable and necessary.

Access4u is a Registered NDIS provider and has been operating since 2018. We offer several services such as Social and Community Participation, Day Options, Support Coordination,  Home and Living Options, Positive Behaviour Support, Psychology, and more.

You sure can! If you ever need to change your disability supports provider, you can do so.

Each provider has different notice periods, so check your service agreement.

To find out more about Access4u and how we can help you, get in touch today.