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In this part of the website you can find tools and ideas to help you understand the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
You can find what you are looking for by date, or by type of information. You can also use the search box on this page.
Guide: Mental Health Carers NDIS Guide
18 November 2015
Mental Health Australia and Carers Australia have developed a Guide for Mental Health Carers on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), to prepare for NDIS assessment and planning meetings.
Webpage - NDIS in NSW
22 September 2015
This page from the NDIS website gives you detailed information about how the NDIS will roll out across New South Wales. There is a video (with captions), rural and metropolitan interactive maps, and information packs for people with disabilities and for service providers, as well as a link to the bilateral agreement documents.
Webpage - NDIS in Victoria
22 September 2015
This page from the NDIS website vgives you detailed information about how the NDIS will roll out across Victoria. There is a video (with captions), rural and metropolitan interactive maps, and information packs for people with disabilities and for service providers, as well as a link to the bilateral agreement documents.
Booklet - NDIS: Your questions answered
7 September 2015
Every Australian Counts has made an information pack about the NDIS. It answers questions about how the NDIS will work, what supports will be available, and how to access it.
Website - Reasonable and Necessary
7 September 2015
Reasonable and Necessary is an art project that people with disability can participate in. It is meant to help you with the first stage of planning in the NDIS, where you have to think about your needs and goals.
Contact list for making complaints
7 September 2015
This is a list of contacts for people around Australia that want to make a complaint about a service used through the NDIS.
Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Policy Framework
14 August 2015
An important part of the support the NDIS provides has to do with help from the community, families and carers. They want to make sure that people have access to the information they need, and they want to create better connections and networks between people with disability and the community. They would also like to help people gain the skills and types of knowledge that are needed to help support people with disability. They call this level of support Information, Linkages and Capacity Building, or ILC. In the past people called this "Tier 2".
Fact sheet - The NDIS for Women with Disabilities
22 July 2015
Women with Disabilities Victoria have produced a comprehensive 8-page fact sheet on the NDIS for women with disabilities.
It also includes a handy checklist to help you figure out what to do.
Fact sheet - The NSW Ombudsman and the NDIS
19 July 2015
The Ombudsman is the independent and impartial watchdog for community and disability services in NSW. This fact sheet talks about:
- What does the Ombudsman have to do with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)?
- What can I complain about?
- What can I do if I have a complaint about the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)?
- Who can make a complaint?
Fact sheet - What if I am not happy with the NDIS? Plain English
15 July 2015
What if I am not happy with the NDIS? is an eight-page fact sheet that is in Plain English. That means it uses language that isn't hard to understand.
It tells you about what you can do if you are not happy with something about the NDIS.