Are you accessing the NDIS for yourself or your loved ones?
Perhaps the myriad of terms and wording that goes along with the NDIS is getting a bit daunting or technical?
Doing your research and understanding the terminology will help you take full advantage of all that the NDIS can provide you or your loved one, we have put together a list of some of the more commonly used terms and their explanations to help get you started.
NDIS
NDIS stands for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and is a new approach to service delivery and funding for people with a disability. The NDIS puts people with disability at the centre of the system for the first time – allowing them to determine their own future and receive funding which matches their needs and aspirations.
Funded Support
Supports the NDIS pay for a participant’s plan. These supports must be reasonable and necessary.
Informal Support
The supports participants get from the people around them, for example family, friends, neighbours.
Register Provider
A disability support provider that has met the NDIS requirements for qualifications, approvals, experience, capacity and quality standards to provide a product or service.