Applying for access to the NDIS

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Overview of Child and Family Services role and the NDIS pathways

DHHS – CYF-NDIS Interface Good Practice Guide November 2018Download
A quick guide to Accessing the NDIS Referral PathwaysDownload
AMPARO Advocacy – NDIS fact sheets in 29 languagesDownload
Carers Australia – Guide for Mental Health Carers & the NDIS Download
NDIS – What mental health supports does the NDIS fundDownload

Eligibility for NDIS and Definitions of Disability

Key Sections of the NDIS Act, including Early Intervention

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NDIS OPERATIONAL GUIDELINE: ACCESS TO THE NDIS

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 -as at 9.4.19Download
NDIS- Access to the NDIS – The disability requirementsDownload
NDIS List D -conditions likely to meet disability requirements 0-6 years oldDownload
NDIS List A -conditions likely to meet disability requirements 7-64 years oldDownload
NDIS List B -permanent conditions requiring extra evidence to meet disability requirementsDownload

Resources for applicants with a mental health disability

Tandem – “Ready, Steady, NDIS: Mental Health and the NDIS“

e NDIS: a guide for Commonwealth-funded community mental health providers”

DSS: Assisting people with psychosocial disability to access the NDIS: a guide for Commonwealth-funded community mental health providers”Download
Reimagine Today -Understanding Psychosocial DisabilityDownload
NDIS: Completing the Access Process -tips for communicating about psychosocial disabilityDownload
NDIS -Glossary- Key terms for understanding the NDIS and psychosocial disabilityDownload
NDIS -mental health access -plain languageDownload
NDIS -Psychosocial disability and recoveryDownload
NDIS -Mental Health Mainstream InterfacesDownload
NDIS Snapshot 1 – General information about how the NDIS can support your mental healthDownload
NDIS -Snapshot 2 – Impairment and Mental Health in the NDISDownload
NDIS -Snapshot 3 – Recovery and the NDISDownload
NDIS Mental health snapshot 4 -functional capacityDownload
NDIS -Snapshot 5 – NDIS and other services supporting your mental healthDownload
Reimagine -Providing supporting evidenceDownload
Reimagine -Tips for gathering information about functional impacts (mental illness)Download
Bipolar Foundation – Our NDIS StoryDownload

Guidance for providing evidence of a disability

Reimagine -Tips for gathering information about functional impacts (mental illness)Download
Reimagine -tips for determining levels of supportDownload
Reimagine -Providing supporting evidenceDownload
Summer Foundation -tips for doctors to get the NDIS language rightDownload

Guidance for Medical Professionals providing evidence

VALID – 10 steps to excellent therapy reports and medical evidenceDownload
NDIS – a guide to providing evidence of disabilityDownload
Summer Foundation -GP and health professionals guide to the NDISDownload
Summer Foundation -tips for doctors to get the NDIS language rightDownload
NDIS -Types of disability evidenceDownload

The NDIS applicant is 0-6 years old

Early intervention requirements _ NDIS 9.4.19Download
NDIS summary of ECEI approachDownload

The NDIS applicant is 7-64 years old

NDIS Rules 2016 – Becoming a participant, including early intervention requirementsDownload
Summer Foundation -step by step guide to NDIS Access FormDownload

The person already receives disability support under a program other than the NDIS

NDIS List C -defined programs that transition into the NDISDownload

Resources for a person who is not eligible for the NDIS

DSS -NDIS appeals process and list of advocatesDownload
DSS -Disability Advocacy FinderDownload
NDIS -List of alternative support for people who are not eligibleDownload

Resources for a person whose NDIS application was rejected on disability grounds

NDIS -Internal review of a decisionDownload
DSS -NDIS appeals process and list of advocatesDownload
Early intervention requirements – NDIS Operational Guidelines Section 9Download

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