The Reference Group connected with the community to find out about issues that affect them.

The Reference Group members shared these issues with the NDIA.

Reference Group members shared that some people face issues with their NDIS plans.

Your NDIS plan is a document that has information about:

• you and your goals
• what supports you need.

For example, some participants have to wait a long time for:

• their first plan meeting

• the NDIA to check that their plan works well.

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

Members worry that the NDIA doesn’t always listen to people with intellectual disability in their plan meetings.

Members also explained it can be hard for some people with disability to get the support they need.

It can be hard for them to get the support they need from:

• the NDIS

• health care services.

For example, some people who need support with their behaviour find it hard getting the right:

• NDIS funding

• home and living supports.

Funding is the money from your plan that pays for the supports you need.

Members explained it is important that people with disability get all the support they need.

This includes the support people need for:

• a long time
• more than one disability.

Our justice system includes:

• prisons
• the courts
• police
• the law.

Members shared that there have been lots of news reports about people with disability in the justice system.

They worry that some news reports say unfair things about people with disability in the justice system.

Members also shared that all people with disability should have the support they need.