Sometimes the NDIS can feel like another language – so we’ve decided to treat it like one!
Here’s a guide to help get you fluent in NDIS in no time.
Regular English |
NDIS Speak |
|---|---|
| Someone who has an NDIS plan and receives funding. | Participant |
| An individual or an organisation that delivers support or a product. | Provider |
| The things that help you do your day-to-day activities to be part of the community and reach your goals. | Supports |
| The document that has your goals and what your funding and support is for. | Plan |
| Respite | Short-term accommodation |
| How you check if you are eligible for the NDIS. | Access request |
| NDIA staff who help link you to information and support in the community and make sure it is more welcoming for people with a disability. | Local Area Coordinators |
| Services that provide support to a range of people (not just people with a disability). | Mainstream services |
| The ways you are involved in your community. | Community engagement |
| The kinds of support you pay for. | Formal supports |
| The kinds of supports you don’t pay for. For example things that your family or friends might help you with. | Informal supports |
| A team of people with different skills working together to support someone. | Multidisciplinary team |
| Someone who can make decisions for a person that needs help but does not have a parent or guardian. | Plan Nominee |
| A really long list of what everything costs under the NDIS. | Price Guide |
| When a person’s mental health issues cause disability. | Psychosocial disability |
| The organisation that runs the NDIS. | The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) |
| The businesses and organisations that give services to people with disability. | The Sector |
| A document that explains what supports you will receive from a provider and how much they will cost. It will also explain what you are responsible for, and what your provider is responsible for. | Service agreement |
| Someone who is waiting to hear whether they will be covered under the NDIS. | Prospective participant |
| The process you go through if there is a decision in your plan that you think is wrong. | Review of decisions |
And the acronyms…
Oh, the acronyms.
There’s just so many.
Hopefully this can provide some clarity:
- NDIS: National Disability Insurance Scheme
- NDIA: National Disability Insurance Agency
- ECEI: Early Childhood Early Intervention
- AAT: Administrative Appeals Tribunal
- DSP: Disability Support Pension
- DSS: Department of Social Services
- LAC: Local Area Coordinators
- FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
- ILC: Information, Linkages and Capacity Building services
- NDS: the Australian peak body for non-government disability services
