Understanding NDIS Supports: What NDIS Can Do for You
Simple Guide to NDIS Supports
The NDIS helps people with disabilities live better. It pays for 37 types of supports, like services or equipment, to help you do things on your own and join your community. Here’s an easy-to-read guide
What Are NDIS Supports?
NDIS supports are services, items, or equipment funded by the NDIS to assist participants in achieving their goals, improving their independence living, and enhancing their quality of life. These supports are tailored to individual needs and can range from daily assistance to specialized equipment.
Types of NDIS Supports
1. Help with Daily Life
Personal Tasks: Help with eating, dressing, showering, or moving around.
Shared Living: Support in group homes or for short stays (respite).
House Chores: Help with cooking, cleaning, or gardening.
Nursing Care: Special care for things like catheters or medications.
Complex Needs: Extra help from trained workers for big needs.
2. Housing Modification
Finding a Specialist Disability Accommodation: Help to acquire an accommodation for the participant has a need for specialised housing due to their disability.
Home Design: Fixing your home to make it safe and easy to use.
3. Getting Around
Transport: Transport to activities, community or help learning to use buses.
Mobility Tools: Wheelchairs, walking aids, or hoists.
Car Changes: Special car seats or controls to drive or ride safely.
Driving Lessons For Carer: Training to drive with special equipment.
4. Work and Study
Job Help: Support to find or keep a job.
Study Help: Support for school or training.
5. Health and Well-Being
Health Support: Services for conditions like dysphagia, diabetes, continence, or respiratory issues, including allied health support for hospital access or reintegration after severe injuries.
Exercise: Programs to stay strong or move better.
Therapy: Help with talking, moving, or making friends.
6. Helpful Tools
Home Tools: Tools for cooking, cleaning, or washing clothes.
Care Tools: Special clothes, diapers, or safety items.
Communication Tools: Devices or services to help you talk or understand.
Body Supports: Things like braces or prosthetics.
Hearing/Vision Tools: Aids for hearing or seeing if funded or Hearing Service Programs do not provide.
7. Joining the Community
Community Activities: Help to join fun or cultural events.
Group Activities: Doing things with others at a centre or in the community.
Special Community Help: Extra support for unique needs.
8. Kids and Skills
Kids’ Support: Help for kids 0-9 with therapy, community access and seeing Allied Health/Social Groups.
Life Skills: Learning to shop, cook, or manage money.
9. Special Help
Assistance Animals: Support for obtaining and maintaining assistance animals, including training, grooming, and veterinary care.
Behaviour Support: Plans to manage behaviours of concern, including training for staff and families.
Support Coordination: Help to connect with community or funded supports and navigate the NDIS plan.
Interpreting and Translation: Support for communication in personal or community activities due to disability-related needs.
10. Other Help
Life Changes: Support for big changes, like moving or leaving hospital.
Money Management:
Help to manage your NDIS funds.
Hearing Services: Special help for hearing problems.
Care Arrangement: Assistants will help you to manage your care
Why It Matters
NDIS supports make it easier to live your way, do things you love, and be part of your community. Visit ndis.gov.au or CALL US to learn more!