Resources

Website - IDEAS

18 June 2019

IDEAS stands for Information on Disability, Education and Awareness Services.

They work to support all people with disability, their families, carers and other supporters to self-advocate and to make informed decisions.

Your rights when you buy something

20 May 2019

GP Resources

8 April 2019

The NSW Council for Intellectual Disability have released an NDIS resource for Doctors to use for their patients.  This resource includes information on: 

• 0-6 Early Childhood Intervention
• Access Request Forms and the NDIS
• Guidelines and forms for reviews, appeals and changes
• Psychosocial 
• Intellectual Disability
• Non-English Speaking Background

NDIS Pre-planning Toolkit for people with disability entering Higher Education or Vocational Education and Training

3 April 2019

Getting the Right Support at the Right Time from the Right People.  The NDIS Pre-planning Toolkit is for people with disability entering Higher Education or Vocational Education and Training is designed to be used before you start a tertiary course at university or with a vocational education and training provider.

Your disability may mean you require extra support to complete your chosen course to ensure your participation is on the same basis as other students. These booklets will help you identify what supports you may need, who is responsible for providing them and how you can access them.

Mental Health and the NDIS

31 March 2019

Mental health and the NDIS

Reimagine.today is co-designed with people living with mental health conditions including psychosocial disability.

Many of the people involved in reimagine.today have lived experience of the NDIS, and have used their experience to help you better understand the NDIS and the  opportunities for people living with psychosocial disability.

reimagine.today will help you understand what the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is and how it can support people living with a mental health condition. If you live with a mental health condition, you may be able to get NDIS funded support if your mental health condition causes you to experience very high levels of ‘psychosocial disability’. Before understanding the NDIS it is important to understand what psychosocial disability is.

New Self-Management Guide

30 October 2018

The NDIA has released a Self-Management Guide to assist participants looking to manage their own NDIS plan.

Participant booklets

29 October 2018

Three participant booklets are available to support people with disability and participants throughout their NDIS journey. The booklets are a practical tool to help people with disability, participants, their families, carers and the wider community to learn more about the NDIS, prepare for a planning meeting and to implement their plan.

Who to get help from for an NDIS Appeal

20 July 2017

An NDIS Appeal is the second step you can take if you are unhappy with a decision the NDIS has made, and have already tried step 1. Step 1 is to seek an 'internal review of a reviewable decision' from the NDIA.

If that didn't work, you can do an NDIS Appeal. 'NDIS Appeals' used to be called 'External Merit Reviews'. Here's a list of disability advocacy organisations from across Australia that can help you with an NDIS Appeal. 

Contact list for making complaints

7 September 2015

This is a list of contacts for people around Australia that want to make a complaint about a service used through the NDIS.

Website - NDIS events - QLD Government

22 June 2015

The Queensland Government has an online calendar which has NDIS related events such as forums, workshops, information sessions and webinars. These are hosted by a range of service providers, advocacy organisations, and government. These events are designed to help Queenslanders prepare for the NDIS.