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NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) aims to support eligible candidates with intellectual, cognitive, sensory, and psychosocial disability. The NDIS also provides early intervention supports for eligible candidates with disabilities or children with developmental delays.
It is important to note that the NDIS is not a welfare system. The NDIS is a scheme designed to help people get the support that they need to improve their skills and independence over time.
What are the Eligibility Requirements to Qualify for NDIS?
According to the NDIS website, there are 3 major criteria that a potential candidate needs to satisfy to be considered for the Scheme.
The criteria are:
Age Requirements
The candidate must be between the ages of 7 and 65 when the application is submitted.
Residency Requirements
The potential candidate needs to be a citizen of Australia, a permanent resident of Australia, a permanent visa holder, or a protected special category visa holder.
Disability Requirements
The candidate needs support from a person because of permanent disability or significant disability, or satisfies the early intervention requirements.
During the processing of a potential candidate’s eligibility for NDIS, to check if a person meets the access criteria, NDIA first considers whether or not the person meets the age and residence requirements.
If the person meets both the age and residency requirements, then the NDIA will go on to consider whether the potential candidate meets the disability requirement or the early intervention requirements.
After meeting the eligibility requirements for joining the NDIS, you can apply for NDIS on the official website.
What are the Eligibility Requirements to Qualify for NDIS?
If you do not qualify for the NDIS, you can still access other support services depending on what type of support you need. You can check the NDIS page for people who are not eligible for more information.
NDIS service providers such as ABIGAIL M Healthcare Services can help make the process easier by helping you apply for the NDIS and interviewing you for eligibility. If you are not eligible for NDIS, ABIGAIL M Healthcare Services can link you up with other forms of support services that would suit your needs.
NDIS keywords You Need to Understand
A permanent disability is a type of disability that is likely to last for a lifetime.
Significant disability is regarded as one that has a substantial impact on your ability to complete everyday activities.
These are any form of assistance or products that help a person in their daily life and facilitate their participation in the community and enable them to reach their goals.
This is a system of providing support to a person, either a child or an adult, as early in their life as possible to help reduce the impacts of disability or any developmental delay that they might have. The program also helps to build their skills and independence.
What Happens After You Have Gained Access to the NDIS?
After gaining access to the support system provided by the NDIS, the NDIA, or most likely one of their partner organizations, will work with you in developing your first plan.
Local Area Coordinators can help you with creating a NDIS plan.
In conclusion, from supporting your health and well-being to assisting you in participating in work, education, sports, and other activities that you’d love to be a part of, ABIGAIL M Healthcare service’s support team will help you achieve the goals you want.
We can assist you in learning new skills, exploring new places, making new friends, and most of all, doing the things you love. Whether you are looking for community access, support coordination, assistance with daily living, therapy services or more, we’re here to help.
