ResourcesAbout the NDIS
Participant booklets
29 October 2018
Three participant booklets are available to support people with disability and participants throughout their NDIS journey. The booklets are a practical tool to help people with disability, participants, their families, carers and the wider community to learn more about the NDIS, prepare for a planning meeting and to implement their plan.
Videos - key NDIS concepts in Auslan
10 April 2017
A handful of the most common and important NDIS terms have now been translated into Auslan. This will make life easier when spelling out long terms like "information, linkages and capacity building (ILC)", which can now be described in a fast, elegant and logical new Auslan sign.
Other new translations are for these common NDIS terms; 'ordinary life', 'choice and control', 'reasonable and necessary', 'permanent and significant disability', 'informal supports', 'Early Intervention' and 'Local Area Coordinator'.
Webpage - NDIS in Queensland
23 March 2016
This page from the NDIS website gives you detailed information about how the NDIS will roll out across Queensland. There is a video (with captions), regional and metropolitan maps, and information packs for people with disabilities and for service providers.
Fact sheet - NDIS for Aboriginal people with disability in NSW (1 of 5)
2 March 2016
The New South Wales (NSW) Government has produced a series of 5 fact sheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities from NSW.
This is fact sheet 1: NDIS for Aboriginal people with disability in NSW
Fact sheet - Yarnin’ about disability (2 of 5)
2 March 2016
The New South Wales (NSW) Government has produced a series of 5 fact sheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities from NSW.
This is Fact sheet 2: Yarnin’ about disability
Fact sheet - Getting ready for the NDIS (4 of 5)
2 March 2016
The New South Wales (NSW) Government has produced a series of 5 fact sheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities from NSW.
This is Fact sheet 4: Getting ready for the NDIS
Fact sheet - Accessing the NDIS (5 of 5)
2 March 2016
The New South Wales (NSW) Government has produced a series of 5 fact sheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities from NSW.
This is Fact sheet 5: Accessing the NDIS
Video - Auslan - The rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in NSW
2 March 2016
Information about the roll out of the NDIS in New South Wales is available in this 7:27 minute long Auslan video (with hard-coded subtitles).
Fact sheet - What is the NDIS? (3 of 5)
2 March 2016
The New South Wales (NSW) Government has produced a series of 5 fact sheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities from NSW.
This is Fact sheet 3: What is the NDIS?
Checklist: Mental Health Carers NDIS Checklist
18 November 2015
Mental Health Australia and Carers Australia have developed a Checklist for Mental Health Carers on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), to prepare for NDIS assessment and planning meetings.