Reference Group members discussed what priorities they should focus on over the next 18 months.

Our priorities are things we think are very important.

We will use these priorities to make a Work Plan.

This Work Plan will guide the Reference Group’s advice to the IAC.

Members agreed on what these priorities should be and what work they will focus on.

Members explained that they will include intersectionality in their work.

You can be different in more than one way.

And people might treat you differently for each part of who you are.

We call this intersectionality.

Members also shared that the NDIA need an advisory group for young people.

And this group should include members that are young people.

An advisory group is a group of people who work with the NDIA to share what:

• is working well
• needs to work better.

Members explained they will focus on ways to better support families and children with disability.

This includes:

• more education for parents and families

• supporting children and young people as they grow older

• making sure children can get the NDIS supports they need early in their lives.

And they will also focus on making sure children and families get good supports.

Members explained they will look at ways to support young people with disability to:

• make their own decisions
• do things on their own.

For example, teaching young people with disability how to use their NDIS plan before they turn 18 years old.

Members shared that the NDIA should think about what young people have to say when they make NDIS plans.

Members explained they will focus on how they will work with children and young people.

This is so we can use the experiences of children and young people to support the work we do.

Members also explained how they will focus on important areas in:

• the community

• other government services.