As the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) becomes the key scheme in Australia to help people with disabilities, which include mental illness, there are lots to consider with the rollout of the scheme. The scheme blurs the lines between what a physical disability compared to mental illness; however, in reality these two categories are treated [...]
NDIS Participants can choose how to manage the money they receive from the NDIS. One option open to all participants is to use a Plan Manager. Plan Managers are often people with a financial background such as bookkeepers, accountants, or businesses who specialise in the area. It’s a bit like having a personal assistant to [...]
With the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) being the new system to provide people with disability (PWD) the supports they need, there are a lot of areas of uncertainty when accessing the scheme. The Access Assessors at the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) use a set criteria in order to grant people entry to the [...]
Support Coordination is a new role that has emerged along with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). For new participants of the scheme, it may be unclear what a support coordinator does and what is expected of them. Here are a few key points to look for in a support coordinator, so you know what [...]
Support Coordination is the current fourth largest support category by spend, larger than Assistive Technology. Building capacity The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has designed the new role of support coordination to generally be used during the first National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan or during a major life transition such as moving to supported [...]
