When we make decisions about which NDIS supports we can fund, we consider whether a support is reasonable and necessary for you and apply the NDIS funding criteria.
NDIS supports need to be for you and be necessary to address your needs arising from the impairments you meet the disability or early intervention requirements for, or both.
You might ask for NDIS supports to help with impairments that didn’t meet the requirements at the time of the access decision. When this happens, we need to make sure the NDIS support will help you address your disability support needs. Learn more about applying to the NDIS.
You don’t need to make a new access request if you ask for supports to help with an impairment that didn’t meet the eligibility requirements at the time of the access decision. We may ask you to provide evidence to help us work out if the impairment the support relates to meets the requirements for disability, early intervention or both by applying the NDIS funding criteria.
Learn more about how to ask for supports in Our Guidelines – Changing your plan.
By doing this we make sure the system is fair for everyone, and the NDIS remains financially sustainable.