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The National Disability
Insurance Scheme for your
Child
Easy English
The National Disability Insurance
Scheme is also called the NDIS.
This book tells you how to get ready for the NDIS
if your child has a
disability
or
developmental delay. This is a type of
disability too.
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You can ask someone to help you to read this
book.
Some words in this book are in blue. You can
find out what these words mean at the end of this
book. Go to page 63.
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63
Bluewords
What is in this book?
About the NDIS 6About the NDIS 6
What the NDIS means for your child 8
Who you can talk to about support for your child 9
How to get NDIS funding for your child 12If your child is getting funding for their disability now 13
If your child does not get funding for their disability now 14
children 6 years old or younger 15
children 7 years old or older 22
What if your child used to get funding for support? 23
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Starting the NDIS planning processWhat happens if your child is eligible for the NDISAbout NDIS plansWhat the NDIS will pay forWhat the NDIS will
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not pay forWhen to start getting ready
Getting ready for the planning meeting
How to get ready for your child’s planning meetingSome
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things you should think aboutHow to decide goals for your childChecklist of things important to your child and your family
The planning meeting
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At the planning meetingInformation you can take to the meetingDeciding how to pay for your child’s support
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Using your child’s NDIS plan
After the planning meetingHow to start using your child’s planGetting help to start using
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your child’s planChoosing service providers
Using the same service providerIf you want Yooralla to help you use your child’s planHow long your child’s plan goes forWhat
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to do if you are not happy with your child’s planUsing the plan even if you are not happy with it
More Information
How Yooralla can help you get ready for
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the NDISMore about YoorallaWhat do these words mean?
About the NDIS
About the NDIS
The NDIS is the new way that
children
and
adults
with disability will be supported in Australia.
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The NDIS means you can choose
what support your child needs
and
who you pay to support your child.
The NDIS should give a child the support they
need as they grow.
The NDIS has rules about who can access the
NDIS.
Access means to use the NDIS to get funding
and support.
You can find out more about the access rules on
page 12.
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What the NDIS means for your
child
If your child gets funding now because they have
a disability they will move to the NDIS.
If your child does not get funding now they may
still be able to access the NDIS. Your child must
be eligible. You can find out more this on page
14.
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Who you can talk to about
support for your child
The NDIS works with organisations that
specialise in working with children. This means
their staff have special
skills
and
experience
to work with children. These organisations are
called Early Childhood Partners.
You can talk to an Early Childhood Partner
if you think your child may have a disability
and
about the best support for your child.
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There is a list of
Early Childhood Partners
and
where they are in Victoria
on the next page.
You can ask Yooralla about your nearest Early
Childhood Partner.
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Early Childhood Partners
Barwon Barwon Child, Youth and Family
Central Highlands Latrobe Community Health Service
Inner Eastern Melbourne Link Health and Community
Inner Gippsland Link Health and Community
Loddon Intereach
North Eastern Melbourne Brotherhood of St Laurence
Outer Eastern Melbourne Link Health and Community
Ovens Murray Merri Community Health Service
Wimmera South West Latrobe Community Health Service
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How to get NDIS funding
for your child
To access the NDIS your child will need a NDIS
plan. You can find out more about NDIS plans on
page 26.
There are different ways of accessing the NDIS
for children who are
getting funding for their disability now
and
not getting funding for their disability now.
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If your child is getting funding for
their disability now
Most children in Australia who get funding for
disability support now will move to the NDIS.
It is a good idea to start
thinking about the support your child will need
in the future
and
to collect information about the support your
child gets now.
The NDIS knows about your child because they
get funding for their disability now. You do not
need to contact the NDIS.
If you are not sure if the NDIS knows about your
child it is OK to contact them.
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When it is time for your child to move to the
NDIS someone will contact you.
They will help you start the planning process.
You can find out more about this on page 24.
If your child does not get funding for
their disability now
There are different steps for children who are
6 years old or younger. You will find out more
about this next.
or
7 years old or older. You can find out more
about this on page 22.
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Children 6 years old or younger
If your child is 6 years old or younger you
must meet with an Early Childhood Partner to
talk about the type of support your child needs.
The Early Childhood Partner will decide if your
child
needs a NDIS plan. You can find out what a
NDIS plan is on page 26.
or
can get the support they need in the local
community. For example from a playgroup.
If the Early Childhood Partner decides your
child needs a NDIS plan they will talk to the
NDIS. If the NDIS agree then the Early
Childhood Partner will work with you to make a
NDIS plan for your child.
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If the Early Childhood Partner
decides your child can get support in the local
community then they will tell you about this
support.
The Early Childhood Partner will also meet with
you and your child regularly to see how things
are going.
To access the NDIS your child must meet the
criteria. This means you must be able to
say yes to some important questions about
your child
and
show things about them. For example
o how old they are
and
o what disability they have.
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There are many ways you can
show things about your child. For example
you can
o ask your doctor to write a letter
or
o show your child’s birth certificate.
These are some of the criteria that your child
must meet.
Your child must
live in an area where they can get the NDIS
be an Australian citizen
or
have a visa that says they are a resident.
There are different criteria for children who have
a
disability
and
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developmental delay.
If your child
has a disability that is listed on the NDIS
website
and
you can answer yes to those questions
they have met the criteria to access the NDIS.
You will not need to give extra information to the
NDIS to help them decide.
If your child has a developmental delay there
are more criteria your child will need to meet.
You will need to show that your child’s
developmental delay means that they
have
o mental impairment
or
o physical impairment
or
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o both.
This may mean they
cannot take care of themselves. For example
o get dressed
o feed themselves
or
o tell you when they need the toilet.
cannot understand or reply when someone
speaks to them.
are learning much slower than other children
that are the same age.
cannot control their body as well as other
children that are the same age.
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You will need to ask a
doctor
paediatrician
maternal health care nurse
or
therapist
to look at your child to decide if they have a
developmental delay. They will need to show
that your child has a developmental delay.
There are people who work at Yooralla who can
help you with this.
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Remember
If your child
does not get funding for their support now
and
can meet the criteria
you will need to speak to an Early Childhood
Partner. You can find out about your nearest
Early Childhood Partner on page 11.
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Children 7 years old or older
If your child is 7 years old or older you will need
to do the NDIS Access Request form.
There is a Yooralla booklet to help you do this. It
is called
A guide to Accessing the National Disability
Insurance Scheme. It is in Easy English.
You can
find it on the Yooralla website.
Go to www.yooralla.com.au
or
ask your Yooralla contact person about it.
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If your child used to get
funding for support
If your child
used to get funding for support
but
does not get funding now
the NDIS will not know about them.
This means they will not move to the NDIS
straight away. You will need to find out if they are
eligible for the NDIS.
You can talk to the NDIS or an Early Childhood
Partner about this.
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Starting the NDIS
planning process
If your child is eligible for the NDIS
The NDIS will call you if your child is eligible.
They will call you if
they know about your child because your child
already gets funding and support
and
an Early Childhood Partner has told the
NDIS that your child needs funding and
support.
The NDIS will
ask if you want your child to access the NDIS
ask
o your child’s name
and
o the date they were born.
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The NDIS will
talk about how your child is eligible to
access the NDIS
and
ask if your child is getting support for their
disability now.
You will need to say Yes to these questions if you
want your child to move to the NDIS.
After this someone will call you to organise a
meeting to talk about your child’s NDIS plan.
This may be someone from the
NDIS
or
an Early Childhood Partner
or
a Local Area Coordinator.
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About NDIS plans
A NDIS plan is a list of
goals you have set for your child
and
the support they need because of their
disability.
The NDIS will use this plan to work out how much
funding your child needs. They will write this in
the plan.
Your child’s NDIS plan will list
the support you and your family give to your
child
the support the local community gives to your
child.
For example a
o scout group
or
o a playgroup.
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Your child’s plan will also list
what the NDIS pays for. For example
o therapy
or
o equipment.
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What the NDIS will pay for
The NDIS will pay for support that
helps your child meet their goals
or
meets the reasonable and necessary
criteria. This is a list of questions about the
support your child gets. You must be able to
say yes to these questions.
For example the support must
o be written in their NDIS plan as a goal
o be something they need because of
their disability
o be good value
o help to improve your child’s skills
o help your child to get out and about
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The support must
o be based on evidence.
This means it has been tried by other
people and it worked well.
o include informal supports. Informal
supports are supports that your child
gets from
you and your family
your friends
or
the local community.
Here are some examples of the types of supports
the NDIS will pay for.
support from people like
o physiotherapists
o occupational therapists
and
o speech pathologists.
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The NDIS will pay for
support with daily living. For example
o getting dressed
o eating
o travel to school
and
o getting out and about.
support for people in your family. For example
o someone to talk to if they are finding life
hard because your child has a disability
things your child may need because they have
a disability. For example
o continence products
o a wheelchair
or
o a special pram.
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The NDIS will pay for
changes to your home to make it easier for
your child with a disability to live there.
changes to your car to make it easier for your
child with a disability to use.
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What the NDIS will not pay for
The NDIS will not pay for
support that is not to help with your child’s
disability
everyday things like
o food
o petrol for the car
or
o tickets for the train or bus.
support that your child can get in the local
community.
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The NDIS will not pay for
things at school or kindergarten. For example
o extra people to help your child
or
o changes to school buildings so that your
child can go there.
Schools and kindergartens get money from the
government for these things.
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When to start getting ready
It is a good idea to start thinking about what your
child needs now. This means you and your child
will be ready to move to the NDIS when it comes
to your area.
The NDIS starts in different places in Australia at
different times. The government has a plan for
where and when the NDIS will start.
The NDIS will be available in all parts of Victoria
by 30 June 2019.
You can find out more about when the NDIS
starts in your area on the Yooralla website
Yooralla www.yooralla.com.au /ndis
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Getting ready for the
planning meeting
How to get ready for your child’s
planning meeting
To make sure that your child’s plan is good you
need to get ready for their planning meeting.
You need to think about what support your child
gets now
and
what support they will need in the future.
We have some sheets that can help you with your
child’s plan. They are called activity planners.
You can use these to remember all the things that
need to be in your child’s plan.
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Some things you should
think about are
When your child needs support
You should think about all the things your child
needs help to do regularly. This might be
every day
more than once a day
or
at different times of the week or weekend.
What support your child gets now
You should also think about what support your
child gets now. For example support from
you and your family
friends
organisations or people in the local
community.
For example scouts or playgroup.
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You should also think about
What support your child may need in the
future
What other support you think your child may need
that they are not getting now.
How to decide goals for your child
Goals are important because the NDIS will only
pay for things that will help your child meet their
goals.
First you should think about things that will make
your child’s life better. For example
learning to walk
going to school
or
learning to talk.
Then you can decide on goals for your child.
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For example your child’s goals
could be to
walk on their own so that they can walk with
other children in the playground
or
talk more clearly so that they can talk to other
children and make friends.
These goals will help you to decide what support
your child needs. For example a
physiotherapist
and
walking frame
to help your child learn to walk
or
speech pathologist to help your child learn to
talk more clearly.
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Checklist of things that are
important to
your child and your family
Here is a checklist to help you think about things
that are important to your child and your family. It
may help you decide on your child’s goals.
changes to your home
friendships and family
support with daily living
learning life skills. For example
o walking
or
o speaking more clearly.
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Some more things that might be important to
your child and your family are
fun activities with friends and family
feeling healthy
getting out and about
equipment
therapy
learning new things.
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The planning meeting
At the planning meeting
Your planner will make your child’s NDIS plan.
They will be
from the NDIS
from an Early Childhood Partner
or
a Local Area Coordinator.
To make your child’s plan your planner will ask
questions about
your child’s life
the support your child gets now
if this support works well for you and your
family
your child’s needs and goals.
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Information you can take to
the meeting
This is a list of information that you can collect
and take to the planning meeting. It will help you
and the planner to make your child’s NDIS plan.
a letter from your child’s
o doctor
or
o therapist
about their needs.
any plans that have been made about your
child’s health in the past.
information about any funding your child gets
for their disability now.
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information about the goals
that you have for your child.
You can have someone with you when you meet
your child’s planner. You can have more than one
person. They might be
family members
friends
or
a service provider.
You can take your child to the meeting if you want
to. If your child’s planner can meet your child it
may help them to make a better plan for your
child
and
family.
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Deciding how to pay for your child’s
support
Your child’s planner will talk to you about how to
pay the
people
and
organisations
that support your child.
You can do the payments yourself
or
you can ask
the NDIS
or
a plan management provider
You might also want a mix of these people to do
the payments. You can choose.
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Using your child’s NDIS
plan
After the planning meeting
After your planning meeting your child’s plan will
be approved by the NDIS. This means the NDIS
says it is OK.
After the plan has been approved you will get a
letter from the NDIS. This will say your child’s
plan has been approved. You will also get
a copy of your child’s plan.
These will be sent to you by
post
or
email.
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The date that your child’s plan starts will be
written on the front of the plan.
You must start using the NDIS plan as soon as
you get your letter from the NDIS. This is
because the funding your child had before will
have stopped when their NDIS plan was
approved. Your child will not be able to use their
old funding anymore.
How to start using your child’s plan
To start using your child’s NDIS plan you need to
go to a special website called myplace. On
myplace you can
see
and
look after your child’s NDIS plan.
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You need two things to use the myplace
website. You need a
myGov account
and
a special NDIS code. Your special code is
written on your approval letter from the NDIS.
Getting help to start using your child’s
plan
If an
Early Childhood Partner
or
Local Area Coordinator
helped you to make your child’s plan
this person can also help you to
find service providers
start using myplace
and
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start using your child’s plan.
If a NDIS planner helped you to make
your child’s plan then they will ask a
support coordinator to contact you.
The support coordinator will
help you to
o start using myplace
o find service providers
o understand service agreements.
and
help with any questions or problems you have
in the future about the NDIS.
Choosing service providers
After you have
got an approved NDIS plan
and
started using myplace
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you will be ready to choose your
service providers.
You will need to
contact the service providers you want to use
and
ask them to organise your services.
Using the same service provider
You can keep using the same service provider
that you were using before if you want to.
You will need to tell them that your child has an
approved NDIS plan
and
they will need to make a Service Agreement for
you.
The Service Agreement means they can give
your child supports. They may not be able to give
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your child supports if they have
not made a Service Agreement
with you.
If you want Yooralla to help you use
your child’s NDIS plan
Yooralla can help you use your child’s NDIS plan.
Our staff have special training about how to help
children and families use their NDIS plan.
They can
talk to you about what is in your child’s plan
and how Yooralla can help
and
help you organise your child’s supports.
If you want Yooralla to help you use your child’s
NDIS plan you can contact us by
Phone 1800 966 725
Email intake@yooralla.com.au
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How long your child’s plan goes for
Your child’s NDIS plan goes for 12 months.
Someone will contact you to review your child’s
plan before it ends. This might be
your planner
the NDIS
or
your Early Childhood Partner.
They will talk to you about
what support your child will need in the next
year
and
what changes need to be made to the plan.
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You can ask for a review of your child’s plan
before the end of the 12 months. You can only
do this if something big happens that changes the
kind of support your child needs. For example
if your child gets very sick.
You will need to contact your planner to ask for a
review.
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What to do if you are not happy with
your child’s plan
There are some things you can do to help make
sure you are happy with your child’s NDIS plan.
At your planning meeting
You should make sure your planner understands
your child’s goals and what supports they need.
When you get your NDIS letter and plan
You should
read it carefully
and
make sure it has all the supports your child
needs to meet their goals.
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If you are not happy with your child’s plan
you can
talk to your planner about this
or
ask the NDIS to review your child’s plan. You
can find out how to do this on your NDIS
approval letter.
Using the plan even if you are not happy
with it
Even if you are not happy with your child’s plan
you should start using it. This is because the
funding your child had before will have stopped
when your NDIS plan was approved.
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If you are not happy with your child’s NDIS
plan you should
start using the plan
and
ask for a review at the same time.
While you are using the NDIS plan you can
collect information about
why your child needs more support
and
why your child’s plan is not working.
You can give this information to the NDIS when
they review your plan.
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More Information
How Yooralla can help you to get ready
for the NDIS
There are many ways Yooralla can help you get
ready for the NDIS.
You can ask us questions about the NDIS.
You can use our planning tools.
You can do the activity planners to help you get
ready for your planning meeting.
We have staff who can help you get ready for
your planning meeting. This is called planning
support.
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Yooralla can help you use your child’s NDIS plan.
We can give your child the services that are in
their NDIS plan.
If you have questions about
the NDIS
or
your child’s planning meeting
Phone 03 9666 4500
Email ndis.infohub@yooralla.com.au
If your child has a NDIS plan and you want to
find out how we can support your child
or
book Yooralla services
Phone 1800 966 725
Email intake@yooralla.com.au
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You can find out what is happening with the
NDIS
on our website. Go to www.yooralla.com.au
or
sign up for our newsletter that we will send you
every 2 weeks. Go to
www.yooralla.com.au/subscribe
More about Yooralla
Yooralla has been providing services to people
with disability for a long time.
We know how to look after our customers and
keep them safe.
We have lots of different services for children with
disability.
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We have special services for children and
teenagers. These services are for people from 0
to 18 years old. We can give you and your family
all the supports you need in a way that is best for
you.
We have staff who have special training about
Early Childhood Intervention. This means
support for children so they will need less
support when they are older
and
people who need a lot of extra support.
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We can provide therapy services such as
speech pathology
physiotherapy
occupational therapy
educators
nursing
psychology
and
family support and counselling.
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We can provide other services such
as
recreation
support coordination
respite
and
information about assistive technologies.
We can support you and your child
at home
and
in the local community.
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We have programs for people who are
leaving school. We can support your child to
move
from school
to
work and other activities.
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What do these words mean?
developmental delayWhen a child does not do things at the same
age as most children. For example if a child
is slower to
move
talk
think
or
learn.
eligible To have the right to do something because you
meet the criteria. For example if you are 15
years old or older you are eligible to get a job.
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organisations Groups of people who work together
for a purpose. For example
a business
government department
company
or
service.
Early Childhood Partner
An organisation that works with families
to support to children with disability
to move to the NDIS. The staff in
these organisations have special
skills
and
training
to work with children.
They are sometimes called an ECP.
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local community The people and organisations that are
near where you live.
regularly When something happens
more than once
and
usually around the same time.
criteria Things about a child that help the NDIS
decide if they can access the NDIS.
For example how
much support they need for
their disability
or
old they are.
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citizen a person who was born in
Australia
or
a person who was born
somewhere else but has been
made a citizen by the
government.
A person who is made a citizen by the
government has the same rights as a
person who was born in Australia.
visa When the government says a person
who was not born in Australia can
enter
leave
and
live here.
Some Visas say how long a person can
do this for.
A Permanent Visa says the person can
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do this for as long as they want.
resident A person who lives in Australia and
was born here
or
has a Visa that says they can
live here for as long as they
want to.
mental impairmentWhen a child’s mind does not work as
well as most children that are the
same age.
For example they cannot
read
learn
or
understand things
as well.
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physical impairment
When a child’s body does not work as well
as most children that are the same
age.
For example they cannot
walk
or
move
as well.
paediatrician A doctor who has special
skills
and
experience
to work with children.
maternal health care nurse
A nurse that looks after
mothers
babies
and
toddlers.
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therapist A person who works with your child to
make everyday life easier. They might
help them
to move better
to use equipment
to talk to others or use talking
aids
with difficult feelings or
behaviour.
Local Area Coordinator
A person who can work with you and
answer your questions about the NDIS.
Local Area Coordinators work for other
service providers. These organisations
have been given the job of supporting
people to use the NDIS.
Local Area Coordinators are also called
LACs.
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goals Things that
your child wants to do
or
you want your child to do
so they have a better life. These things
might be for now or in the future.
reasonable and necessary criteria
A list of questions about the support
your child gets. You must be able to
say yes to these questions. For
example the support must be
written in their NDIS plan as a
goal
or
something they need because
of their disability.
value If the cost of something is fair.
physiotherapist A person who can help your child to
move better
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have less pain.occupational
therapistA person who works with your child to
help make daily activities easier.
They might
help you make changes to
your home
or
teach you how to use
equipment.
speech pathologistA person who works with your child if
they find it hard to
speak
or
swallow.
continence products
Something your child may use if they cannot
control their bladder or bowel. For example
nappies
or
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a special sheet for the bed.
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equipment Things that your child may need because of
their disability. For example a
wheelchair
or
communication board.
service provider People and businesses that support people
with disability.
Yooralla is a service provider.
plan management provider
An organisation that looks after the
funding in your child’s NDIS plan.
They make sure your service
providers are paid for the work they
do.
myplace The page on the NDIS website where
you can
see your child’s plan
ask for payments
and
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manage services.
myGov account A government website where you can
access all your government services.
You need a login and password to
access the myGov website. You need
to do this before you can use
myplace.
Service AgreementAn agreement or contract between you
and a service provider about the
support they give to your child. It is a
legal document.
organise To sort or arrange things. To put them in
order.
review To look at how something is working
and decide if you need to make
changes.
educators People who can teach your child. For
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example a
teacher
or
learning assistant.
psychology Treatment for your child if they are
having difficult
thoughts
feelings
or
behaviours.
A person who is specially trained to
help with this is called a
psychologist.
counselling When a person talks through your
problems with you. This can help you
feel better.
recreation Activities your child does for fun. For
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example
sports
or
art.
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support coordination
To sort or arrange the
types
and
times
of your child’s support.
respite Activities that your child may do
or
a place they may stay
while their carer takes a break.
assistive technologies
Machines that may help your child do
things that they cannot usually do
because of their disability. For
example
talk
or
get around.
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