Disability support

The National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act) is the legislation which establishes:

• The National Disability Insurance Scheme
• The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

The NDIS web site provides information on the new National Disability Insurance Scheme

This Provider Toolkit is designed for organisations and individuals who want to learn more about working with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

An independent agency established to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and services.
Regulates NDIS providers, provides national consistency, promotes safety and quality services, resolves problems and identifies areas for improvement.

Includes information about updates, community engagement and changes to the NDIS Act.

Includes playlists for: participants, families, carers and providers, as well as, NDIS plans and how to use them. Information is also provided in Auslan and with LOTE subtitles

[Journal article] Two Disability Services organisations describe how they are adapting to the NDIS

[From Executive summary] This report discusses a study that explores these experiences among people living with disabilities, and family members providing care and support to people with disabilities, in the Barwon trial site. The findings of the study are important because people living with disabilities continue to struggle to have their voices heard in national and local debates focusing on the implementation of the NDIS.

[Journal article] The author presents a history of community support for people with disability, and describes her personal experience with the NDIS

[From the abstract] This paper shares trategies for including adults with complex communication needs (CCN) who have not had access to robust augmentative or alternative communication tools (AAC) until adulthood in NDIS planning.

[Journal article] Looks at the barriers to accessing NDIS, especially for people with ATSI or CALD backgrounds

[Journal article] Difficulties for homeless people and people with mental health issues accessing the NDIS

[Journal article] This paper reports on the development of the Our Ways to Planning framework. The framework is intended as a guide for Australian organisations to work in safe and culturally appropriate ways to assist and enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability to make plans about their physical and mental health, wellbeing and future.

[Journal article] describes the problems that have emerged with the implementation of the NDIS

[Journal article] It is evident to many working in our sector that community support systems are overwhelmed across Victoria. It's also becoming increasingly obvious that the siloed approach to funding, service delivery and targets only serves to compound the trauma for those experiencing homelessness, further exacerbating the complexity of need we see in young people presenting to our programs. While each system is working incredibly hard to help young people, the lack of service coordination leads to an approach that is unable to simultaneously address complex needs