Leah talked about our co-design projects.

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

She also talked about using co-design to make a policy about home and living supports.

A policy is a plan for how we should do things.

A policy is where rules come from.

Council Members shared that the community are happy that the NDIA is doing co-design work.

And they shared that the home and living co-design work should think about different types of homes people live in.

Council Members shared that the NDIA must keep connecting with all communities.

And they explained that the NDIA must use what they learnt in co-design for the NDIA Engagement Framework.

The NDIA Engagement Framework explains:

• how the NDIA will work with the community when they make decisions

• the engagement activities they will do to make sure it works well.

Council Members also want more information about how co-design is going.

And they want the NDIA to share this information with the community.

Jeremy Dean helps run the NDIA.

He is the Deputy CEO of Participant Experience Delivery Division.

He talked about what the NDIA is doing to:

• manage the NDIS well
• make the NDIS better.

And he explained how this is helping participants.

He said the NDIS should focus on helping participants set good goals that will help them.

He also said that when the NDIA works out how to make services better, they must focus on home and living challenges.

Some participants might hire someone to support them to manage their plan.

We call this person a plan manager.

NDIA staff shared the rules about sharing a participant’s plan with a plan manager.

Council Members said the NDIA needs to have good information about sharing plans.

This includes what they want to change.

If the NDIA changes these rules, they should focus on how to make sure:

• everyone follows the rules
• participants get the support they need.

The NDIA should explain what ‘in accordance with a participant’s plan’ means.

And the NDIA should think about how people with disability must share information about themselves to get support.

This means it can be hard to keep this information safe and private.

The NDIA should also think about participants who have other people making decisions for them.

And when a participant shares information with a plan manager, it must not affect their choice and control.

The NDIA must think about how participants can choose a new plan manager.

Leah talked about the Council’s Work Plan 2022–2023.

We also call it the Work Plan.

Council Members shared what they thought about the Work Plan.

They said the Work Plan should also include information about:

• what the Council believes in

• their co-design work.