Name of the Organization : National Disability Insurance Agency
Type of Facility : National Disability Insurance Scheme
State : Canberra
Country : Australia
Website : http://www.ndis.gov.au/people-disability
NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme
People with disability :
** If you are a person with disability and you meet the access requirements you can become a participant in the scheme.
Related : NDIS IPS Information Publication Scheme Australia : www.statusin.org/41908.html
** If you do not meet the access requirements, and you live in a launch site, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) may be able to provide you with information about other supports that could be of benefit to you and assist in referral to these.
** The NDIA is also working with local communities to improve inclusion of people with disability and build awareness of disability.
** We also aim to foster innovation, research and best practice to better support people with disability.
Access Requirements
** This page contains a detailed summary of the access requirements for becoming a participant in the NDIS during the launch period of the scheme (July 2013 to 30 June 2016).
** You can meet access requirements if you are in a launch area, are the right age for that location, meet residency and either the disability or early intervention requirements (see below).
** If you are a person with disability or a child with developmental delay who wishes to participate in the NDIS, you must first be assessed against the access requirements.
** Please use the NDIS Access Checklist to see if you might meet the access requirements.
** For more information view the Our sites page.
The NDIS is available in :
** Hunter area of New South Wales for people aged under 65 Years
** Nepean Blue Mountains (Starting 1 July 2015) area of New South Wales for children and young people aged 17 and under
** Australian Capital Territory for people aged under 65 years
** Barwon area of Victoria for people aged under 65 years
** Tasmania for young people aged 15 to 24 years
** South Australia for children aged 13 and under (on 1 July 2014)
** Perth Hills area of Western Australia for people aged under 65 years
** Barkly area of the Northern Territory for people aged under 65 years
Residency Requirements
You may meet the residency requirements if you live in Australia and :
** are an Australian citizen OR
** hold a Permanent Visa OR
** hold a Protected Special Category Visa, that is you
** were in Australia on a Special Category Visa on 26 February 2001 or
** had been in Australia for at least 12 months in the 2 years immediately before 26 February 2001 and you returned to Australia after that day.
Disability Requirements
You may meet the disability requirements if :
** you have an impairment or condition that is likely to be permanent (i.e. it is likely to be life long) and
your impairment substantially reduces your ability to participate effectively in activities, or perform tasks or actions unless you have:
** assistance from other people or
** you have assistive technology or equipment (other than common items such as glasses) or
** you can’t participate effectively even with assistance or aides and equipment and
** your impairment affects your capacity for social and economic participation and
** you are likely to require support under the NDIS for your lifetime.
** An impairment that varies in intensity e.g. because the impairment is of a chronic episodic nature may still be permanent, and you may require support under the NDIS for your lifetime, despite the variation.
Early Intervention Requirements
You may meet the early intervention requirements :
** if you have an impairment or condition that is likely to be permanent and
there is evidence that getting supports now (early interventions) will help you by:
** reducing how much help you will need to do things because of your imapirment in the future and
** improving or reducing deterioration of your functional capacity or
** helping your family and carers to keep helping you and
** those supports are most appropriately funded through the NDIS, and not through another service system.
OR
you are a child aged under 6 years of age with developmental delay which results in :
** substantially reduced functional capacity in one or more of the areas of self-care, receptive and expressive language, cognitive development or motor development and
** results in the need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services which are of extended duration, and are individually planned and coordinated; and
** those supports are most appropriately funded through the NDIS, and not through another service system.