Support funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides funding to eligible people based on reasonable and necessary supports that the person needs to participate in their community. Supports that the NDIS may fund include:

  • aids and equipment such as wheelchairs and other mobility aids, hearing and vision aids, hoists and adjustable beds
  • orthotics, prosthetics and artificial limbs (but not related surgery)
  • home modifications, design and construction
  • personal care and domestic assistance helping people to maintain their home environment and live independently
  • therapies to optimise and maintain function, including physiotherapy, speech therapy or occupational therapy (but not rehabilitation or treatment)
  • behaviour support including specialised assessment where the person has complex or unclear needs, or requires long-term or intensive supports to address behaviours of concern
  • workplace assistance to allow a person to find and maintain employment in the open or supported labour market
  • transport to enable participation in community, social, economic and daily life activities
  • disability-related health supports, for example:
    • dysphagia assessments and meal plans
    • diabetes daily management
    • continence assessment, management and products
    • epilepsy and seizure monitoring
    • respiratory support such as tracheostomy changes
    • nutrition support such as percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) and home enteral nutrition (HEN) management and consumables.

Some NDIS supports may continue while a person accesses mainstream health systems (eg during a hospital admission). These ‘concurrent supports’ include assistive technology, support coordination and specific communication and behavioural supports where they are provided for in the person’s NDIS plan.

The NDIS provides information on types of funded supports.

The NDIS does not fund support that is:

  • the responsibility of another government system or community service such as health, education, justice or transport services that are provided to all members of the community
  • not related to a person’s disability or disability support needs
  • likely to cause harm to the individual or pose a risk to others.