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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.
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.
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 - How do I make my plan happen? Easy English
13 July 2015
How do I make my plan happen? is a four-page fact sheet that is in Easy English. That means it is easy to read. It has pictures and big, clear writing.
It tells you about what to do after your NDIS plan is finished.
Fact sheet - Can I get the NDIS? Easy English
12 July 2015
Can I get the NDIS? is a five-page fact sheet that is in Easy English. That means it is easy to read. It has pictures and big, clear writing.
It tells you about who can get the NDIS.
Report - NDIS Progress Report: Year Two
1 July 2015
The NDIS Progress Report is a document which talks about all of the things that the NDIS has done in the past 12 months. It talks about the big goals that the NDIS has, and then for each one it asks "what are we doing?" and "what have we learned?".
Meeting highlights - COAG Disability Reform Council - April 2015
23 June 2015
The government ministers in charge of disability across Australia come together sometimes to talk about the NDIS. This is called the Disability Reform Council.
They met on 24th April 2015. After the meeting they let everyone know some of the things they talked about.