Word list

This list explains what the bold words in this document mean.

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Brain injuries

Brain injuries can happen when someone:

  • has an accident
  • hurts their head badly
  • damages their brain.

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Bulletin

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

It explains what we did in our last meeting.

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Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)

CALD people:

  • come from different backgrounds
  • speak languages other than English.

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Culture

Your culture is:

  • your way of life
  • what’s important to you.

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Co-design

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

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Data

When we talk about data, we mean:

  • facts
  • information
  • records.

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Diversity

Diversity is what makes people different from each other.

People can:

  • come from different places
  • speak different languages
  • have different abilities
  • live their lives in different ways.

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Down syndrome

Down syndrome affects how you grow and think.

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Emergency

An emergency:

  • is a dangerous situation
  • is a thing we don’t expect to happen
  • can put our health and safety at risk.

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Employer

An employer is a person who hires other people to work for them.

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Inclusive

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

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Intersectionality

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.

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LGBTIQA+

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

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

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Mental health

Your mental health is about how you:

  • think and feel about yourself
  • deal with things in your life
  • manage your feelings.

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Minister

A minister leads an area of the government.

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NDIA Board

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

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NDIS planner

An NDIA planner is someone who:

  • makes new plans
  • changes plans.

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NDIS Review

The Australian Government is checking the NDIS to find out what:

  • works well
  • could be better.

They call it the NDIS Review.

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Participants

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

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Providers

Providers support people with disability by delivering a service.

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Psychosocial disability

A psychosocial disability affects your mental health.

It can affect how you:

  • think

feel

  • deal with other people.

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Reference Group

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

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Rights

Rights are rules about how people must treat you:

  • fairly
  • equally.

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Royal commission

A royal commission is how the government looks into a big problem.

It helps us find out what:

  • went wrong
  • we can fix.

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School leaver employment supports (SLES)

SLES is for Year 12 students with disability who:

  • aren’t ready to start looking for a job right away
  • need help to work out what job would be right for them.

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Sexuality

Your sexuality is who you:

  • love
  • are attracted to.

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Strategy

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

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Stroke

A stroke is when blood clots in someone’s brain.

When blood clots, it gets thick.

The blood clot stops the other blood getting to your brain.

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Worker Screening Check

A Worker Screening Check is a way to help keep people safe.