Bulletin

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

Co-design

Co-design is when people work together to plan or create something new.

Data

When we talk about data, we mean:

• facts
• information
• records.

Diversity

Diversity is what makes people different from each other.

Foundational supports

Foundational supports are disability supports for all people with disability.

This includes people with disability who don’t take part in the NDIS.

Gender

Your gender is what you feel and understand about who you are as a person.

You might think of yourself as a man or woman or something different.

You can choose the words that are right for you.

Inclusive

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

Intersectionality

A person might treat someone unfairly because of more than one thing about who they are.

We call this intersectionality.

LGBTIQASB+

The letters LGBTIQASB stand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer or questioning, asexual, sistergirl and brotherboy.

The ‘+’ is for people who are part of the LGBTIQASB+ community but don’t talk about themselves using a word from this list.

NDIA Board

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

NDIS plans

An NDIS plan is a document that includes information about:

• a participant and their goals
• what support they receive from the NDIS.

Participants

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

Plan reassessments

When the NDIA do a plan reassessment, they check to see if the supports in a participant’s plan still work well for them.

Reference Group

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

Support coordinator

A support coordinator is someone who helps people with disability plan and use their supports.

Trauma

Trauma is the way you feel about something bad that happened to you.

For example, you might feel scared or stressed.

Trauma can affect you for a long time.