NDIS
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the new way of providing support for Australians with disability, their families and carers.
The NDIS will provide about 460,000 Australians under the age of 65 with a permanent and significant disability with the reasonable and necessary supports they need to live an ordinary life.
https://www.ndis.gov.au/index.html
Availability
The NDIS is now available in NSW.
To find out how to access the NDIS, go to Accessing the NDIS, or visit your nearest NDIS office.
Local area coordination (LAC) in NSW
For most people, a Local Area Coordinator, or LAC, will be your main contact point for the NDIS.
In NSW, The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) have partnered with three well known community-based organisations to deliver LAC services. These are:
- Uniting (external) - covering Nepean Blue Mountains, Northern Sydney, Western Sydney, Southern NSW, Illawarra Shoalhaven
- St Vincent de Paul Society NSW (external) - covering South Western Sydney, Central Coast, Hunter New England, Sydney and South Eastern Sydney
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Social Futures (external) - covering Far West, Murrumbidgee, Mid North Coast, Northern NSW and Western NSW
Disability Advocacy NSW
In response to the ongoing challenges people are facing with the NDIS, DA NSW have developed two very useful recourses for people who need help with reviewing NDIS decisions in relation to Plans and Access.
1. NDIS Help – Not enough support in your child's plan
2. NDIS Help – I can’t access the NDIS
DA NSW also have a team of NDIS Appeals Officers who are available to provide free independent support throughout the review process for people in the Penrith, Hawkesbury, Blue Mountains and Lithgow LGA’s.