Accessible

When something is accessible, it is easy to:

• find and use
• understand.

Bulletin

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

Census

The census is a survey that asks people about themselves to help Australia plan for the future.

Disability Royal Commission (DRC)

The DRC looked into problems people with disability have experienced.

It helped the Australian Government find out:

• what went wrong
• what we need to improve.

Diversity

Diversity is what makes people different from each other.

Fraud

Fraud is something a person plans to do that is not honest.

Fraud is a crime.

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 plan

Your NDIS plan is a document that has information about:

• you and your goals
• what supports you need.

NDIS planner

An NDIS planner is someone who:

• makes new plans
• changes plans.

NDIS Review

The Australian Government checked the NDIS to find out what:

• worked well
• could be better.

They call it the NDIS Review.

Participants

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

Plan reassessment

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.

Sexual orientation

Your sexual orientation is who you:

• love 
• are attracted to.

Strategy

A strategy is a plan for how the NDIA will do things in the future.

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.

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

The CRPD is an agreement between countries.

It explains how everyone should treat people with disability fairly.