You can choose to leave the NDIS any time. When you leave the NDIS, you won’t be an NDIS participant anymore. You won’t have an NDIS plan or get NDIS supports.
Some participants will stay with the NDIS for their lifetime. Other participants may need the NDIS for a shorter period. The length of time you stay eligible for the NDIS depends on your individual situation and the NDIS supports you need for your disability.
There are a number of situations where you might leave the NDIS:
- You don’t want to be a participant any more.
- You move into residential aged care permanently for the first time after you’ve turned 65.
- You start getting home care services provided by aged care permanently for the first time after you’ve turned 65.
- You’re no longer eligible for the NDIS. This includes when children with developmental delay turn 6 and no longer meet the requirements for early intervention, disability, or both.
- Your NDIS status is revoked.
Participants also leave NDIS when they die. Learn more about what happens with NDIS supports when a participant dies.