NDIS Adelaide

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The National Disability Insurance Scheme or the NDIS Adelaide is giving residence of Adelaide with a permanent and significant disability the opportunity to receive much-needed support in their everyday lives. NDIS Participants all over Australia are continuously receiving tailor-made treatment for their disability-related needs.

In Adelaide, the most recent data shows that over 33,000 people have benefited from the NDIS. Among these participants, over 17,000 of them have reported only receiving support for their disability-related needs for the first time.

What is NDIS Adelaide?

The National Disability Insurance Scheme, or simply the NDIS, is a scheme developed by the Australian Government to give much-needed support to Australian residents with a permanent and significant disability. The NDIS started in July of 2013 and has been rolling out throughout all states and territories of Australia with administration from the NDIA or National Disability Insurance Agency.

With the NDIS, Australian residents can receive reasonable and necessary support for their disability-related needs. The NDIS is focused on giving support to eligible individuals who have an intellectual, physical, cognitive, sensory, and psychosocial disability. Treatment plans called an NDIS Plan are tailor-made to each NDIS Participants to specifically address their specific needs and individual goals.

There is also a focus on early intervention with the NDIS with the aim to reduce developmental delay and the negative impacts of the disability may have on the participant’s future. The supports that NDIS Adelaide participants can receive from the NDIS are meant to help them live their daily lives as normally as possible while managing the challenges from their disabilities.

With the help of the NDIS, NDIS Adelaide Participants are empowered to customise and develop their NDIS Plans. The NDIS emphasises individualised NDIS Plans and centred this idea in its development. This is because the NDIS understands that a one-size-fits-all approach will fall short as a solution, especially given that NDIS participants are comprised of a diverse group of people with different disabilities, needs, and goals in life.

Through the NDIS’s support, NDIS Adelaide participants can find ways to alleviate the challenges brought on by their disabilities. They can gain new skills and build their independence to live their everyday lives as normally as possible.

What Kinds of Support does NDIS Adelaide Provide?

The NDIS is ready to provide different kinds of support that a diverse group of participants may require. A participant will be able to collaborate with the NDIS Adelaide Officers to identify the kinds of support or services that they require for their disability needs. The NDIS requires these support or services to be both reasonable and necessary to help address the NDIS Participant’s unique needs and personal goals.

If the NDIS participant’s needed support or services are approved for their NDIS Plan, they are given the option to pick and choose the NDIS Adelaide Provider that has the capabilities and qualifications available in their area in Adelaide.

To make this process easier, the NDIS developed different support budgets that can fund an NDIS Adelaide participant’s NDIS Plan. There are three different types of support budgets in the NDIS that NDIS Adelaide Participants can have to fund their NDIS Plan and see to its success. Within these three types of support budgets, the different individual supports and services that the NDIS participants can receive are further divided into categories.

Types of Support Budget in the NDIS

Core Support Budget

The Core Support Budget gives funding to NDIS Plan that prioritises giving support to NDIS Participants as they manage their day to day disability-related needs and work towards their goals. This type of support budget is the most flexible as funding can be used across all its four categories. The Core Support Budget’s four categories are listed down below:

  1. Assistance with Daily Living;

  2. Consumables;

  3. Assistance with Social & Community Participation; and

  4. Transport.

Capacity Building Support Budget

The Capacity Building Support Budget is for NDIS Participants that prioritises using their funding to achieve the long term goals in their NDIS Plan. This Support Budget is used to increase a NDIS participants’ skills and independence. However, participants cannot move their funds outside of their chosen category in the Capacity Building Support Budget. The Support Budget’s nine categories are listed down below:

  1. Support Coordination;

  2. Improved Living Arrangements;

  3. Increased Social & Community Participation;

  4. Finding & Keeping a Job;

  5. Improved Relationships;

  6. Improved Health & Wellbeing;

  7. Improved Learning;

  8. Improved Life Choices; and

  9. Improved Daily Living.

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Capital Support Budget

The Capacity Support Budget is primarily used for funding a NDIS Adelaide Participant’s one-off higher-cost purchase that will help alleviate their disability-related challenges. These can be pieces of assistive technology and home modifications that will help the NDIS Participant in their daily lives. Funding for this support budget must only be used for its specifically agreed upon purpose. The Capital Support Budget’s two categories are listed down below:

  1. Assistive Technology; and

  2. Home Modifications.

Participants will receive funding for their NDIS Plan based on what type of support budget best addresses their unique needs and personal goals.

How to Become an NDIS Adelaide Participant

The NDIS has a strict application process for applicants wanting to receive support for their disabilities. However, not everyone with a disability is eligible for the scheme and can become an NDIS Adelaide Participant. One of the main requirements that NDIS Adelaide Applicants should have is that they must have a permanent and significant disability that impacts their day to day lives.

The NDIS has developed an eligibility checklist for applicants wanting to become an NDIS Participant. They must:

  1. Be between the ages of 7 and 64 years old;

  2. Be an Australian citizen, Permanent Visa holder, or Protected Special Category Visa holder who are living in Australia;

  3. Need support from another person because of a permanent and significant disability;

  4. Need special equipment because of a permanent and significant disability; and

  5. Have needs of current support to reduce future support needs.

Applicants must meet the first two statements on this list and one of the last three statements to become eligible to become an NDIS Participant. This eligibility checklist applies in all states and territories of Australia where the NDIS is available.

If you are a resident of Adelaide wanting to become an NDIS Adelaide Participant, see if the required statements above apply to you. If you passed the eligibility checklist, you can apply for the NDIS by calling the NDIA at 1800 800 110 and ask for an Access Request Form.

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