Some of the things we have found most useful in navigating the NDIS.
What the NDIS means for you and how you should interpret and engage with it. By understanding it better, you can get more out of it. It’s a whole new way of managing and paying for your supports and allowing you to have control.
Some useful organisations and websites to help you if you have problems, complaints, need advice or an independent assessment of something that has happened. These groups can help you directly or find you a relevant organisation to help.
The rights of people with disabilities are governed by consumer law.
Those rights are bound through the United Nations, which was founded following some of the atrocities of World War 2. It’s worth understanding the struggle that’s been waged over the years.
Is it mandatory for people with disabilities to receive state benefit? If not, then why does that seem the only way to access help?
Technology brings benefits, but what are the unintended consequences of technology? What is it suitable for, and what are the drawbacks? As technology develops, we can use it where sensible, but it is crucial to keep focused on what really matters - relationships.
The NDIS is an extraordinary achievement, in such a short period of time. Things do go wrong, but life gets easier when providers understand what they are doing, for whom and why.