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Age range for children supported by early childhood partners changed on 1 July . Our guidelines are currently being updated.
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Home and living supports
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Specialist Disability Accommodation
- What is specialist disability accommodation?
- Are you eligible for specialist disability accommodation?
- What kind of specialist disability accommodation will we fund?
- How do you get specialist disability accommodation in your plan?
- How do you find the right specialist disability accommodation for you?
- How do you make an agreement with a specialist disability accommodation provider?
- How can providers enrol dwellings as specialist disability accommodation?
- What are the conditions of enrolment for providers?
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Supported Independent Living
- What is supported independent living?
- What does supported independent living include and not include?
- Is supported independent living suitable for you?
- What information do we look at when we decide if we'll fund supported independent living?
- How do we decide how much supported independent living support you get?
- How do you get supported independent living in your plan?
- What happens once supported independent living is in your plan?
- Short Term Accommodation or Respite
- Medium term accommodation
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Younger people in residential aged care
- What do we mean when we talk about younger people in residential aged care?
- How do you get access to the NDIS as a younger person in residential aged care?
- What residential aged care fees and charges do we fund?
- What other supports can we fund?
- What happens once funding is in your plan?
- What if you have a concern about the care you are receiving?
- What aged care fees and charges can we fund?
- Individualised living options
- Home modifications
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Specialist Disability Accommodation
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Social and community participation
- Social and recreation support
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Work and study supports
- What do we mean by work and study support?
- What about other work and study supports?
- How do we decide if work and study supports are reasonable and necessary for you?
- Deciding reasonable and necessary - is the support beneficial?
- Deciding reasonable and necessary - does someone else provide the support?
- What work or study supports do we fund while you are at school?
- What can we fund if you’re in university or other training?
- What if you’ve only just started thinking about work?
- What if you’re ready to start work?
- What if you already have a job?
- How do you get work and study supports in your plan?
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Equipment and technology
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Assistance animals including dog guides
- What’s an assistance animal?
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How do we decide if we fund an assistance animal?
- Does an assistance animal help you pursue your goals?
- Is an assistance animal value for money?
- Is an assistance animal effective and beneficial for you?
- What is the role of families, carers, informal networks and the community?
- Does an assistance animal relate to your disability?
- Will the assistance animal cause harm to you or be a risk to others?
- Does the assistance animal meet Commonwealth, state and territory laws?
- What if you already have an assistance animal before your plan is approved?
- What information do we need to decide if we can fund an assistance animal?
- How do you get funding for an assistance animal in your plan?
- Examples
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Assistive technology
- What do we mean by assistive technology?
- What assistive technology do we fund?
- How do we fund assistive technology?
- How can you get assistive technology in your plan?
- What do you need to do before you buy your assistive technology?
- What other assistive technology costs do we fund?
- What if you need to replace the assistive technology?
- What happens if you don’t agree with our decision?
- Assistive technology product risk table
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Vehicle modifications and driving supports
- What do we mean by vehicle modifications and driving supports?
- What vehicle modifications and driving supports do we fund?
- Are you buying a second hand vehicle that has already been modified?
- How do you get vehicle modifications and driving supports in your plan?
- What happens once you have funding for vehicle modifications and driving supports in your plan?
- What if you don’t agree with our decision?
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Assistance animals including dog guides
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Disability-related health supports
- What do we mean by disability-related health supports?
- What help can you get through the health system or other services?
- How do we decide what disability-related health supports we fund?
- What if you need someone with training to provide the support you need?
- How do you get disability-related health supports in your plan?
- What happens once you have disability-related health supports in your plan?
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Continence Supports
- What do we mean by continence supports?
- What help can you get to manage incontinence through the health system or other services?
- How do we decide what continence supports we fund?
- What types of continence supports do we fund?
- How do you get continence supports in your plan?
- What happens once you have continence support funding in your plan?
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Diabetes management supports
- What do we mean by diabetes management supports?
- What help can you get to manage your diabetes through the health system or other services?
- How do we decide what diabetes management supports we fund?
- What types of diabetes management supports do we fund?
- How do you get diabetes management supports in your plan?
- What happens once you have diabetes management supports in your plan?
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Becoming a participant
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Applying to the NDIS
- What do we mean by applying to the NDIS?
- Do you meet the age requirements?
- Do you meet the residence requirements?
- Do you meet the disability requirements?
- Do you need early intervention?
- What about children younger than 6 with developmental delay?
- How do you apply for the NDIS?
- How do we decide if you’re eligible?
- What happens after we decide?
- List A: Conditions that are likely to meet the disability requirements
- List B: Conditions that are likely to result in a permanent impairment
- List C: What if you’re receiving disability support in Western Australia?
- List D: Permanent impairment/Early intervention, under 7 years. No further assessment required.
- When do we make priority eligibility decisions?
- How do we weigh evidence of disability?
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Leaving the NDIS
- What do we mean by leaving the NDIS?
- What if you don't want to be an NDIS participant anymore?
- What if I start getting supports from aged care services?
- Are you still eligible for the NDIS?
- What happens after you leave the NDIS?
- What happens when a participant dies?
- New South Wales prescribed programs
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Applying to the NDIS
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Dysphagia supports
- What do we mean by dysphagia supports?
- What help can you get to manage your dysphagia through the health system or other system?
- How do we decide what dysphagia supports we fund?
- What types of dysphagia supports do we fund?
- How do you get dysphagia supports in your plan?
- What happens once you have dysphagia supports in your plan?
- How NDIS supports work
- Supports you can access
- Early childhood
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Epilepsy Supports
- What do we mean by epilepsy supports?
- What help can you get to manage your epilepsy through the health system or other services?
- How do we decide what epilepsy supports we fund?
- What types of epilepsy supports do we fund?
- How do you get disability-related epilepsy supports in your plan?
- What happens once you have epilepsy supports in your plan?
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Having someone represent you
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Appointing a nominee
- Do you need help to make your NDIS decisions?
- What types of nominees are there?
- Who can be your nominee?
- What do we consider when appointing a nominee?
- What are the duties of a nominee?
- How do you get a nominee?
- When would a nominee appointment be cancelled or suspended?
- What if you don’t agree with a decision we make?
- Child representatives
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Appointing a nominee
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Nutrition supports including meal preparation
- What do we mean by nutrition supports?
- What help can you get to manage nutrition supports through the health system or other services?
- How do we decide what nutrition supports we fund?
- What types of nutrition supports do we fund?
- How do you get nutrition supports in your plan?
- What happens once you have nutrition supports in your plan?
- Your plan
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Reviewing a decision
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Reviewing our decisions
- What if you don’t agree with a decision we make?
- What are internal and external reviews?
- How can you ask for an internal review?
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What happens during an internal review?
- How long will your internal review take?
- What if you need a change to your current plan, while we are completing your internal review?
- What happens if we make a second decision to approve a new plan, or vary your current plan, before your internal review is complete?
- What if we approve a new plan, or vary your current plan, after your internal review is complete?
- What internal review decisions can we make?
- What happens after we make the internal review decision?
- How can you ask for an external review?
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What happens during an external review?
- What’s our role and how can we support you at the Tribunal?
- What if your situation changes while waiting for the external review?
- What if we approve a new plan or vary your current plan before the AAT completes their external review?
- Can we make an agreement together instead of waiting for a Tribunal decision?
- What external review decisions can the Tribunal make?
- What happens after the Tribunal makes its decision?
- What decisions can we review?
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Reviewing our decisions
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Podiatry and foot care supports
- What do we mean by podiatry and foot care supports?
- What help can you get to manage foot care through the health system or other services?
- How do we decide what podiatry and foot care supports we fund?
- What types of podiatry and foot care supports do we fund?
- How do you get podiatry and foot care supports in your plan?
- What happens after you have podiatry and foot care supports in your plan?
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Wound and Pressure Care Supports
- What do we mean by wound and pressure care supports?
- What help can you get to manage your wound and pressure care through the health system or other services?
- How do we decide what wound and pressure care supports we fund?
- What types of wound and pressure care supports do we fund?
- How do you get wound and pressure care supports in your plan?
- What happens once you have wound and pressure care supports in your plan?
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Home and living supports
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Would we fund it
- What does NDIS fund?
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Assistive technologies
- Generators
- Funding for vehicles
- Modified vehicle repairs and maintenance
- Previously installed vehicle modifications
- Non-standard mattresses
- Larger bed sizes
- Wheelchair modifications
- Sensory equipment
- Smart devices - tablets
- Specialised footwear
- Household items
- Recliners and lift chairs
- Assistance animals
- Mobile phones
- Pets and companion animals
- Therapy animals
- Smoke alarm supports
- Improved health and wellbeing
- Consumables
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Changing your plan
- What do we mean by changing your plan?
- How can I ask for a change to my plan?
- What happens after I request a change to my plan?
- When do we decide to change your plan?
- How do we make a change to your plan?
- How can I prepare for my plan change?
- When would we decide not to change your plan?
- What happens after I have had a change to my plan?
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Creating your plan
- What is an NDIS plan
- How do we create your plan?
- How do we decide what supports to include in your plan?
- What are your options for managing your funding?
- How long will your plan go for?
- When will we approve your plan?
- What happens once you have your plan?
- Plan duration guidance
- Early childhood approach
- Early childhood
- Early connections
- Home and living supports
- Interacting with mainstream supports
- Mainstream and community supports
- Your plan
- Your privacy and information
- What principles do we follow to create your plan?
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Reasonable and necessary supports
- What supports can you get
- What other principles do we consider when we decide what supports to include in your plan?
- How do we decide what reasonable and necessary supports to include in your plan?
- How do we identify and describe a support in your plan?
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How we work out if a support meets the funding criteria
- What types of supports can’t be funded or provided under the NDIS?
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Does the support meet the reasonable and necessary criteria?
- Does the support help you pursue your goals?
- Does the support help you do activities that will help your social and economic participation?
- Is the support value for money?
- Is the support effective and beneficial?
- Is the support something we would expect your informal supports to provide?
- Is the support more appropriately funded or provided through the NDIS?
- What if you're transitioning to the NDIS in Western Australia
- What else do you need to know about working out if supports meet the funding criteria?
- How do we include reasonable and necessary support in your plan?
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Justice system
- What do we mean by the justice system?
- Can you apply to the NDIS if you’re involved in the justice system?
- How do we create and reassess your plan if you're involved in the justice system
- Who funds the supports you need when you’re in custody?
- Who funds the supports you need when you’re not in custody?
- What happens after we approve your plan?
- Understanding supports