We're updating this guideline with new legislation
Please download the guideline for the latest information, while we update the website over the coming weeks.
Disability-related health supports
Disability-related health supports are health supports that relate to the things you can and can’t do because of your disability. If you need help to manage a health condition because of your disability, we may fund disability-related health supports to help you manage that condition.
This could include expert training for you or your support providers. NDIS supports could also include someone to provide some disability-related health supports for you and some specific types of equipment.
We can’t fund supports to treat your health condition. The Australian health system provides health services to everyone for illnesses or chronic health conditions.
Note:
- When we say ‘your plan’, we mean your NDIS plan.
- If you’re aged between 9 and 65 years and are looking for information about community connections, go to Our Guideline – Community Connections.
- If your child is younger than 9 and you’re looking for information about early connections, go to Our Guideline – Early Connections.
- As part of the recent changes to the NDIS laws we are moving towards a new framework for planning. Rules need to be developed for this new framework. We’re working on how and when we’ll introduce these changes.
Until then, the information in this Our Guideline is about our ‘old framework’ for planning, which include the legislative changes that became operational when the law commenced.
All current plans will be known as 'old framework' plans, and we will continue to develop these until all participants have transitioned to the new framework.