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When we think about what dysphagia supports to include in your plan, we’ll also look at what other supports you get through the health system and other mainstream and community supports.
Your my NDIS contact, support coordinator or recovery coach will work with you and other services to help you get the support you need.
Once we’ve identified the supports and decided they meet the NDIS funding criteria, we’ll include the description and funding for the NDIS support in your plan.
Learn more about how we include the reasonable and necessary supports in your plan.
If your situation changes or you think your current plan doesn’t have enough funding for the dysphagia supports you need, you can ask for a change to your plan. Learn more about changing your plan.
Do you need to provide us with evidence?
Yes. To get dysphagia supports in your plan, you need to give us evidence that helps us understand the disability-related supports you need. Talk to your my NDIS contact, support coordinator or recovery coach to work out what evidence we need.
Learn more in our Factsheet - What evidence do you need to give us before we create or change your plan?
You can give us any new information or evidence about your disability support needs when you get it or anytime we talk with you.
We'll ask for your mealtime management plan or other reports or assessments prepared by your speech pathologist, if you have them.
These plans or reports should explain how much support you need for your dysphagia. We’ll also ask you what dysphagia supports you currently get. We’ll want to know who you get the supports from, and how often you use them.
We’ll use this information to decide if dysphagia supports meet the NDIS funding criteria for you. If they do, we’ll work out the amount of disability-related dysphagia support to include in your plan.