Word list

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

A person using a laptop beneath a tick inside of a thought bubble.

Accessible

When something is accessible, it is easy to:

  • find and use
  • understand.

An aged care worker supporting an older person in front of an aged care home.

Aged care

Aged care is where older people live when they can’t stay in their home anymore.

A document showing a disability icon inside of a magnifying glass.

Assessments

Assessments help the NDIA work out:

  • how your disability affects your life
  • what supports you need.

A news document and an information icon.

Bulletin

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

It explains what we did in our meeting.

3 people working together on a large document. One person is pointing at the large document.

Co-design

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

A person pointing at themselves and raising their hand beneath a thumbs down inside of a speech bubble.

Complaint

When you make a complaint, you tell someone that something:

  • has gone wrong
  • isn’t working well.

2 people looking at a document together. Above one of them is a thought bubble with the person smiling in it.

Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest is when someone could affect a decision so the result is better for them.

An army tank, a navy ship and an air force jet.

Defence forces

The defence forces include the:

  • army
  • navy
  • air force.

A diverse group of people. One person is raising their hand.

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.

A person thinking next to a credit card, 2 dollar symbols and a bag of money.

Fraud

Fraud is something you plan to do that is not honest.

Fraud is a crime.

An NDIS plan with a dollar symbol next to it.

Funding

Funding is money from the government that pays for services and supports.

A group of people with an arrow curving around them.

Inclusive

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

An intellectual disability icon showing a lightbulb, a cog and a brain.

Intellectual disability

An intellectual disability affects how you:

  • learn new things
  • solve problems
  • communicate
  • do things on your own.

A person beneath a disability icon and a religious symbol inside of a thought bubble.

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.

A group of people behind a bench that says 'NDIA'.

NDIA Board

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

An NDIS planner and an NDIS plan.

NDIS planner

An NDIS planner is someone who:

  • makes new plans
  • changes plans.

A group of people behind a bench that says 'NDIS Commission'.

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission)

The NDIS Commission makes sure people with disability who take part in the NDIS:

  • are safe
  • get good services.

An occupational therapist supporting someone to walk and a health icon.

Occupational therapist

An occupational therapist supports someone to find ways to do everyday tasks.

An 'Outcomes' document with checkboxes on it, and an importance icon next to it.

Outcomes

Outcomes are important results the NDIA want to get for people with disability.

A group of participants. 2 are raising their hands.

Participants

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

3 providers.

Providers

Providers support people with disability by delivering a service.

A person supporting someone else beneath a brain icon and a sad face inside a thought bubble.

Psychosocial disability

A psychosocial disability affects your mental health.

It can affect how you:

  • think
  • feel
  • deal with other people.

A group of people. 2 are raising their hands with 2 speech bubbles above them.

Reference Group

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

A law document showing a set of justice scales.

Rights

Rights are rules about how people must treat you:

  • fairly
  • equally.

A strategy document.

Strategy

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

2 people having a conversation in front of a laptop. Above them is a tick and a cross inside of a speech bubble.

Supported decision-making

Supported decision-making is when someone supports you to make your own decisions about your life.

A person with their hands on their head next to an emergency icon. Above them is a thought bubble showing the person crying.

Trauma

Trauma is the way you feel about something bad that happened to you.

For example, you might feel scared or stressed.

Trauma can affect you for a long time.