What does this term mean?

  • Advocacy: Advocacy refers to supporting a person to be heard in the decisions that affect their life.
  • An advocate involves a representative supporting a person wanting assistance to be heard. Advocacy seeks a satisfactory outcome for a person, so as to enhance their rights and dignity.
  • Budget: Planning how to spend the money participants have to get the supports they want.
  • Early Childhood Early Intervention: The scheme to provide NDIS supports for participants 0 – 7 years.
  • Goals: Things that participants would like to do now or in their future.
  • Local Area Coordinator (LAC): An LAC works for an organisation which has been selected to provide the NDIS planning role. The role of the Local Area Coordinator (LAC) is to assist people to navigate the NDIS. As part of this, they provide planning and coordination for people with disability to maximise the choice and control over the services they use.
  • NDIA: The National Disability Insurance Agency(NDIA) is an independent statutory agency whose role is to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
  • NDIS: It is the short form of ‘National Disability Insurance Scheme’. It is a government funded program to support people with a disability.
  • NDIS Plan: This is a person’s plan which has been put together by the NDIS to help achieve a participant’s goals. It also states the types of supports needed and how much funding is available for these supports. Plans are usually 1 year in duration.
  • Payments: Paying money that is owed.
  • Plan Management: A person who processes a participant’s NDIS finances and pays their providers from the funding in their NDIS plan.
  • Quote: A summary of the cost of the service.
  • Referrals: A connection to a service, assessment or equipment request.
  • Review Meeting: This is a plan review of a participant’s NDIS plan to check if their supports are working for them and are working towards achieving their goals. This is often referred to as an Annual Plan Review Meeting.
  • Scheduled Review: The is another term for a Review Meeting.
  • Support Coordination: A provider who is able to assist in coordinating a NDIS participants supports.
  • Supports: Services, activities or resources in the NDIS Plan.
  • Unscheduled Review: This is a review which has been requested by the participant or their representative due to a change in circumstances or they are not happy with the decision made by the NDIA in their current plan.