NDIS Glossary
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NDIS
National Disability Insurance SchemeAustralia's national scheme that funds support for people with permanent and significant disability.
Plan
Your NDIS planYour personal document setting out your goals and the funding you've been given to reach them.
Participant
A person who has an approved NDIS plan. If you have a plan, that's you.
Core Supports
The most flexible budget - everyday help like personal care, household tasks and getting out into the community.
Capacity Building
Funding to build your skills and independence over time, like travel training or managing money.
Capital Supports
Funding for higher-cost items like equipment, assistive technology or home modifications.
Assistance with Daily Life
A Core Supports category covering help with everyday personal tasks - showering, dressing, meals and routines.
Support Coordinator
Someone funded to help you understand your plan and connect with the right providers. They don't deliver hands-on care.
Plan Manager
Someone who handles the money side - paying your providers and tracking your budget - so you don't have to.
Self-Managed
When you (or a family member) manage your own NDIS funding and pay providers directly. You can negotiate rates.
Plan-Managed
When a plan manager pays your providers from your budget and keeps track of spending for you.
Agency-Managed
When the NDIA manages your funding and you use NDIS-registered providers only. TrueSide is not currently registered for this.
NDIA
National Disability Insurance AgencyThe government agency that runs the NDIS and approves plans.
Service Agreement
A simple agreement between you and a provider that sets out what support you'll get and what it costs.
Provider
An organisation or person who delivers the supports in your plan - like TrueSide.
Reasonable & Necessary
The test the NDIS uses to decide what to fund - supports that genuinely relate to your disability and goals.
Plan Reassessment
A regular check-in (once called a plan review) where your plan is updated to make sure it still fits your life.
Item Code
The NDIS code for a specific support that appears on your invoice, e.g. 01_011_0107_1_1 for weekday self-care.
Price Guide
NDIS Pricing ArrangementsThe NDIS document that sets the maximum prices providers can charge for each support.
Short-Notice Cancellation
Cancelling with less than 7 clear days' notice, which the NDIS allows providers to claim - terms are in your service agreement.
SIL
Supported Independent LivingHelp with daily tasks for people in shared or supported housing. (Out of TrueSide's scope.)
SDA
Specialist Disability AccommodationFunding for specially designed housing for very high support needs. (Out of TrueSide's scope.)
Assistive Technology
ATEquipment or tools that help you do things more easily and independently.
LAC
Local Area CoordinatorA person who helps you understand the NDIS and put your plan into action in your local area.
Goals
What you want to achieve - written into your plan, and what your supports work towards.
GST-Free
NDIS supports under a plan are free of GST under the GST Act, so you're never charged tax on them.
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