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
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NDIS Speak
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| Someone who has an NDIS plan and receives funding. |
Participant
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An individual or an organisation that delivers support or a product.
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Provider |
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The things that help you do your day-to-day activities to be part of the community and reach your goals.
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Supports |
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The document that has your goals and what your funding and support is for.
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Plan |
| Respite |
Short-term accommodation
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| How you check if you are eligible for the NDIS. |
Access request
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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.
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Local Area Coordinators |
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Services that provide support to a range of people (not just people with a disability).
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Mainstream services |
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The ways you are involved in your community.
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Community engagement |
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The kinds of support you pay for.
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Formal supports |
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The kinds of supports you don’t pay for. For example things that your family or friends might help you with.
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Informal supports |
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A team of people with different skills working together to support someone.
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Multidisciplinary team |
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Someone who can make decisions for a person that needs help but does not have a parent or guardian.
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Plan Nominee |
| A really long list of what everything costs under the NDIS. |
Price Guide
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When a person’s mental health issues cause disability.
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Psychosocial disability
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| The organisation that runs the NDIS. |
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
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The businesses and organisations that give services to people with disability.
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The Sector |
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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.
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Service agreement |
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Someone who is waiting to hear whether they will be covered under the NDIS.
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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