Podiatry and foot care supports are supports to help treat and manage conditions that affect your feet, ankles and legs. The Australian health system may provide podiatry and foot care supports. We can only fund these supports if they’re related to your disability.
These NDIS supports might include specialised shoes or funding to treat your foot problems. Podiatry and foot care are important if you have a disability that affects sensation to your feet.
Note:
- When we say ‘your plan’, we mean your NDIS plan.
- When we say ‘disability support needs’, we mean supports you need for the impairments that meet the disability or early intervention requirements, or both.
- 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.