The National Disability Insurance Scheme, also known as the NDIS, is run by the National Disability Insurance Agency, also known as the NDIA.The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency responsible for implementing the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers.

The NDIS provides funding to eligible people with disability to gain more time with family and friends, greater independence, access to new skills, jobs, or volunteering in their community, and an improved quality of life. The NDIS takes a lifetime approach, investing early in people with disability and children with developmental delay to improve their outcomes later in life.The NDIS funds reasonable and necessary supports and services that relate to a person's disability to help them achieve their goals. 'Reasonable' means the support is most appropriately funded or provided through the NDIS. And 'necessary' means something a person needs that is related to their disability.

What types of supports are funded? The types of supports that the NDIS may fund for participants include:

    Daily personal activitie
    Transport to enable participation in community, social, economic and daily life activities
    Workplace help to allow a participant to successfully get or keep employment in the open or supported labour market
    Therapeutic supports including behaviour support
    Help with household tasks to allow the participant to maintain their home environment
    Help to a participant by skilled personnel in aids or equipment assessment, set up and training
    Home modification design and construction
    Mobility equipments
    Vehicle modifications

So far more than 500000 Australians who are lvinig with disabilities are accessing the National Insurance Disability Scheme,

If you are aged between 7 and 64, a local area coordinator can help you to understand the NDIS, apply and connect with other government and community supports. If you have a child aged under 7, an early childhood partner can provide supports to children before they apply, and let families know if the NDIS is right for their child. More information can be found by visiting NDIS website here.