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The kinds of support the NDIS funds, in plain words, each with the name the NDIS gives it. Choose one to search for providers that list it.
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A practitioner who works out what is behind behaviour and plans support around it. For people whose behaviour can put themselves or others at risk, and for the families and workers who support them.
NDIS registration group: Specialist Positive Behaviour Support (0110)
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Speech devices, apps and other tools for communicating. Providers that supply and set up communication devices. A speech pathologist often helps choose one.
NDIS registration group: Communication and Information Equipment (0124)
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Nurses for health needs like wounds, medication and catheter care. For people whose disability means they need regular nursing care at home or in the community.
NDIS registration group: Community Nursing Care (0114)
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Help to take part in community and social activities. A support worker goes with you, or helps you get started, so you can take part in things you choose: sport, classes, hobbies or volunteering.
NDIS registration group: Participation in Community, Social and Civic Activities (0125)
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Coaching in cooking, budgeting, travel and other everyday skills. For people who want to do more for themselves, at home or out in the community.
NDIS registration group: Development of Daily Living and Life Skills (0117)
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Support workers for showering, dressing, meals and daily tasks. For people who need help with everyday personal care, such as showering, dressing, eating or using the toilet.
NDIS registration group: Daily Personal Activities (0107)
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Therapy and support for children under 9 and their families. For young children with developmental delay or disability. Support is built around the child’s everyday routines and includes the family.
NDIS registration group: Early Intervention Supports for Early Childhood (0118)
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Support to find and keep a job, or to get through study. For example, help getting ready for work, support on the job, or help to keep going with school, TAFE or university. This also finds supported employment.
NDIS registration groups: Assistance to Access and Maintain Employment or Higher Education (0102); Specialised Supported Employment (0133)
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Activities in a group or at a centre. Day programs, social groups and skills or hobby groups, run at a centre or out in the community.
NDIS registration group: Group and Centre Based Activities (0136)
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For complex health needs, e.g. PEG feeding or ventilation. Personal care from support workers trained for complex health needs, at home or in the community.
NDIS registration group: High Intensity Daily Personal Activities (0104)
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Ramps, rails, bathroom changes and other building work. Building work to make your home safer and easier to use. An occupational therapist usually assesses what is needed first.
NDIS registration group: Home Modifications (0111)
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Kitchen, laundry and cleaning aids for around the home. Providers that supply this equipment, and some that assess for it and set it up.
NDIS registration group: Assistive Products for Household Tasks (0123)
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Cleaning, laundry, gardening and home maintenance. For when your disability makes jobs around the house hard to do yourself.
NDIS registration group: Household Tasks (0120)
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Programs that build skills and connections outside the usual services. Activities and programs in your community, with the support you need to take part.
NDIS registration group: Innovative Community Participation (0116)
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Wheelchairs, walkers, scooters and other mobility aids. Providers that supply this equipment, and some that assess for it and set it up.
NDIS registration group: Personal Mobility Equipment (0105)
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Beds, shower chairs, continence products and other daily equipment. Providers that supply this equipment, and some that assess for it and set it up.
NDIS registration group: Assistive Products for Personal Care and Safety (0103)
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Someone to pay your providers and keep track of your NDIS budget. A plan manager pays invoices from your NDIS funding and keeps track of what is left. With a plan manager you can also use providers that are not NDIS-registered.
NDIS registration group: Management of Funding for Supports in Participants' Plans (0127)
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Custom-made artificial limbs, braces and supports. Made and fitted by a prosthetist or orthotist.
NDIS registration group: Customised Prosthetics (0135)
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Adapted equipment for sport, exercise and hobbies. Providers that supply this equipment, and some that assess for it and set it up.
NDIS registration group: Assistive Equipment for Recreation (0112)
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Homes built or adapted for people with very high support needs. SDA is the home itself, not the support in it. It is for people with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs.
NDIS registration group: Specialised Disability Accommodation (SDA) (0131)
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Extra help to organise supports when your situation is complicated. Your plan says whether it funds specialist support coordination. This finds only providers registered for it.
NDIS registration group: Specialised Support Coordination (0132)
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Someone to organise your supports and connect you with services. A support coordinator helps you understand your plan, find providers and use your funding. This finds providers registered for either kind of coordination.
NDIS registration groups: Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports (0106); Specialised Support Coordination (0132)
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Jobs with extra support built in. For example, work in a supported workplace, or help from a job coach.
NDIS registration group: Specialised Supported Employment (0133)
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Support in a shared home, including overnight (supported independent living). Paid support with daily tasks at home for people who need help for much of the day, often in a home shared with other people with disability.
NDIS registration group: Assistance with Daily Life Tasks in a Group or Shared Living Arrangement (SIL) (0115)
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Help with renting and housing applications. For example, help to find a place, apply for it, and keep up with what a tenancy needs.
NDIS registration group: Accommodation / Tenancy Assistance (0101)
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Speech, OT, physio, psychology and more. Allied health professionals who assess, treat and build skills, for example a speech pathologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist or psychologist.
NDIS registration group: Therapeutic Supports (0128)
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Transport to appointments, work, school and the community. For getting to work, study, appointments and activities when your disability makes public transport hard or impossible to use.
NDIS registration group: Assistance with Travel/Transport Arrangements (0108)