NDIS

NDIS provides funded supports for person with disability who meets the below eligibility criteria and has an approved plan.

Age – You must be under 65 years of age when you apply to join the Scheme.

To meet the residency requirements, you must live in Australia and:

• Be an Australian citizen OR
• Hold a Permanent Visa OR
• Hold a Protected Special Category Visa, that is you
• were in Australia on a Special Category Visa on 26 February 2001 or
• Had been in Australia for at least 12 months in the 2 years immediately before 26 February 2001 and you returned to Australia after that day.

You may meet the disability requirements if:

you have an impairment or condition that is likely to be permanent (i.e. it is likely to be life long) and
your impairment substantially reduces your ability to participate effectively in activities, or perform tasks or actions unless you have:
assistance from other people or
you have assistive technology or equipment (other than common items such as glasses) or
you can’t participate effectively even with assistance or aides and equipment and
your impairment affects your capacity for social and economic participation and
you are likely to require support under the NDIS for your lifetime.

An impairment that varies in intensity e.g. because the impairment is of a chronic episodic nature may still be permanent, and you may require support under the NDIS for your lifetime, despite the variation.
Early Intervention Requirements

if you have an impairment or condition that is likely to be permanent and there is evidence that getting supports now (early interventions) will help you by:
reducing how much help you will need to do things because of your impairment in the future and
improving or reducing deterioration of your functional capacity or
helping your family and carers to keep helping you and
those supports are most appropriately funded through the NDIS, and not through another service system.

OR
you are a child aged under 6 years of age with developmental delay which results in:
substantially reduced functional capacity in one or more of the areas of self-care, receptive and expressive language, cognitive development or motor development and
results in the need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services which are of extended duration, and are individually planned and coordinated; and
those supports are most appropriately funded through the NDIS, and not through another service system.