The following is a summary of the Supports and Services that are currently available
to a participant under the NDIS
These are the topics on this page
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Introduction
Supports and services delivered for NDIS participants fall into the following categories.
Support Category | Category Purpose |
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Core | A support that helps a participant complete daily living activities. |
Capital | A support for an investment, such as assistive technologies, equipment and home or vehicle modifications, or funding for capital costs (e.g. to pay for Specialist Disability Accommodation). |
Capacity Building | A support that helps a participant build their independence and skills. |
Additional Information
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NDIS Core Supports
NDIS Support |
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Category | Options for |
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Services |
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Assistance with |
Daily Life | Personal care and domestic tasks – such as showering, personal |
meals. Assistance with and/or supervising tasks of daily life in a Shared |
Living Environment (i.e. respite care). | |
Transport | Transport to and from school for students. Taxis or other private |
Consumables | Purchasing everyday use items – such as toilet and bathroom |
(for people who live with blindness or deafness. Home Enteral |
Nutrition (HEN) – such as nutritional supplement drink, or a special |
formula. | |
Assistance with | Arts and craft classes. Activities that build skills and independence. |
NDIS
CAPITAL SUPPORTSASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, HOME OR VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS ARE FUNDED
THROUGH THE CAPITAL SUPPORT BUDGET
Capital Supports
Assistive Technology equipment, home or vehicle modifications are funded through the capital support budget. Capital Supports enables an investment, such as assistive technologies, equipment and home
or vehicle modifications, or funding for capital costs (i.e. to pay for Specialist Disability
Accommodation). Capital funding is not flexible, most items are subject to quotes.
NDIS Support Category | Options for Services |
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Assistive Technology | Equipment or modifications in a vehicle. Wheelchairs, |
pressure mattresses, standing frames. Assistive |
products for household tasks. |
Home Modifications and |
Accommodation (SDA) | Elevator-home Modification to bathroom, toilet, laundry, |
kitchen. Accommodation for people who require |
specialist housing solutions. |
NDIS
CORE SUPPORTSNDIS CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPACITY BUILDING CAN SUPPORT GAINING NEW SKILLS, RESOURCES AND CONFIDENCE
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMUNITY.
Capacity Building
Capacity building can support the participant in gaining new skills, accessing resources and building confidence to participate in the community. Capacity Building funding is broken down into nine support categories which will be aligned to
goals
Support Coordination, Improved living arrangements, Increased social participation, Finding and keeping a job, Improved relationships, Improved health and wellbeing, Improved learning, Improved life choices and Improved daily living.
NDIS Support |
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Category | Options for Services |
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Support |
Coordination | Assistance to implement NDIS plan. Assistance to strengthen abilities |
to connect with informal, mainstream and funded supports. Support |
coordinators will look for all the services that the participant needs to |
access in accordance with their budget |
Improved Living |
Arrangements | Assistance with accommodation and tenancy obligations. Disability |
housing and support initiative (DHASI). |
Increased Social |
and Community | Centre based respite. Group fitness for people with disability. |
Finding and |
Keeping a Job | Employment preparation. Workplace assistance. School Leaver |
Improved |
Relationships | Specialist behavioural intervention support. Individualised social skills |
development. | |
Improved Health & | Exercise physiology. Personal training. Dietician consultation. |
Improved Learning | Skills training to move from school to further education. Assistance |
with arrangements and orientation to move from school to further |
education. |
Improved Life |
Choices | Financial services who undertake the financial administration of NDIS |
plan. ( Plan Management) |
Improved Daily |
Living | Physiotherapy. Maintenance therapy – such as podiatry, occupational |
therapy. Early Childhood Intervention Supports. |