About this Reference Group

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

This Reference Group is about:

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bullet children

3 young people.

bullet young people

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bullet their families.end of list

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The Reference Group shares their ideas with the IAC about how to support children and young people with disability.

This includes support to:

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bullet do things for themselves

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bullet take part in the community.end of list

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The IAC use these ideas from the Reference Group when they write their advice for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Board.

We just call them the NDIA Board.

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