Dysphagia supports

Dysphagia supports

The Australian health system provides treatment for dysphagia for everyone. We can only fund dysphagia supports if they’re related to your disability. We may fund these NDIS supports if you have trouble eating, drinking or swallowing due to your disability.

Dysphagia supports might include special cutlery or thickener products to help you eat. They may also include a speech pathologist to make a plan, so you can eat and drink safely. If you need someone to help you to eat or drink safely, we may be able to fund that as well.

Note:

• When we say ‘your plan’, we mean your NDIS plan.
• 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 includes 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.

Browse the guideline using the links or download a copy:

• Dysphagia supports (PDF 181KB)
• Dysphagia supports (DOCX 71KB)