What is NDIS?

NDIS stands for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which helps those who have a permanent and serious disability that limits their capacity to take part in daily activities. The NDIS gives you more options and flexibility over how and when you receive your support while ensuring you get the help you need for the rest of your life. It also focuses on early intervention, which can help you or your kid decrease the impact of the impairment. However, NDIS does not replace other government or community services.

• National: the NDIS is being implemented throughout all states and territories of Australia. 
• Disability: The NDIS assists people who have any form of disability. Early intervention services are also available.
• Insurance: The NDIS provides Australians with reassurance that if they, their children, or a loved one is born with or develops a persistent and major impairment, they will receive the correct support.
• Scheme:  The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is not a welfare system created by the government. The NDIS should assist people in obtaining the assistance they require so that their abilities and independence can grow over time.

A support coordinator assists participants in coordinating and implementing their support plan, allowing them to participate more actively in their community. Support coordinators assist participants in the following areas:

• Understanding their plan, 
• Connecting with supports and services,
• Exercising choice and control and using their plan to fulfill their particular requirements.
• Put up resources and support, such as assisting participants in understanding contractual agreements and bookings
• Examine their support arrangement and make modifications 
• Plan ahead of time for probable crisis situations
• Manage their plan with their support and services plan, as well as prepare for their plan review.

Participants may be eligible for financing for various services through their plan, depending on their individual conditions, such as their disability and functional impact on the participant’s life, as well as whether they have family, caregivers, or other sorts of support in their life.

What does the NDIS funding provide?

The NDIS provides funding in three major categories:

1. Core funding: for day-to-day assistance, such as low-cost equipment, cleaning, and household upkeep and transportation. 
2. Capacity funding: to assist in the development of skills, the completion of training, and the facilitation of learning in order to achieve the individual’s goals such as jobs, exercise, training, education, social or personal connections, and housing options.
3. Capital funding: this funding is available for the purchase of mobility aids such as wheelchairs, home or vehicle modifications, or assistance with other devices.
   

Your initial NDIS plan will focus on your current support, goals, and personal needs. A representative from the NDIS will facilitate you in describing the services you could need and will work with you to provide flexibility and choice over the organizations, workers, and equipment on which you may wish to spend your funding.

You will get to see an overview of your specific funded support systems and requirements in your scheme, as well as personal information about you and the targets your plan will aim to achieve, a breakdown of budget allocations and classifications for each of your supports, and contact details for any NDIA help. The NDIA would provide support and clear communication at each and every stage to ensure independence and total control over your plan and individual needs.