About this Reference Group

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

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This Reference Group gives advice to the IAC about how the NDIS can:

  • be fair
  • give participants the same chances.

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

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This includes making sure the NDIS is inclusive.

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

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It also includes making sure the NDIS thinks about diversity.

Diversity is what makes people different from each other.

People can:

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  • come from different places

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  • speak different languages

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  • have different abilities

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  • live their lives in different ways.

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The IAC use these ideas when they write their advice for the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Board.

We just call them the NDIA Board.

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