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

This Reference Group gives advice to the IAC about how the NDIS can:

• be fair
• give participants the same chances.

Participants are people with disability who take part in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

This includes making sure the NDIS is inclusive.

When something is inclusive, it means everyone can take part.

It also includes making sure the NDIS thinks about diversity.

Diversity is what makes people different from each other.

People can:

• come from different places

• speak different languages

• have different abilities

• live their lives in different ways.

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

We just call them the NDIA Board.

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