Assessments

Assessments help the NDIA work out:

• how your disability affects your life
• what supports you need.

Bulletin

A bulletin is an important news item we share with the community.

It explains what we did in our meeting.

Co-design

Co-design is when people work together to hear different ideas when they plan or create something new.  

Family and domestic violence

Family and domestic violence is when someone close to you hurts you, such as:

• your partner, like your boyfriend or girlfriend
• a member of your family
• someone who takes care of you
• someone you live with.

Foundational supports

Foundational supports are disability supports for all people with disability.

This includes people with disability who are not NDIS participants.

Funding

Funding is money from your NDIS plan that pays for the supports you need.

NDIA Board

The NDIA Board is a group of people who make decisions about all parts of the NDIA.

NDIS plan

Your NDIS plan has information about:

• you and your goals
• what supports you need
• what the NDIS will pay for.

Participants

Participants are people with disability who take part in the NDIS. 

Policy

A policy is a set of rules or ideas that tell people how they should do things. 

Reference Group

A Reference Group is a group of people who give us advice about a certain topic.

Rights

Rights are rules about how people must treat you:

• fairly
• equally.

Supported decision-making

Supported decision-making is when someone supports you to make your own decisions about your life.