Navigating Your NDIS Plan Renewal
Coming up to the end of your NDIS plan? This post explains what happens when your plan expires, the difference between a plan rollover and a full plan review, and how continuity is maintained if there are delays.
What to Expect in your NDIS Planning Meeting
Your NDIS planning meeting shapes the funding and supports you’ll receive, whether you’re new to the scheme or completing a plan review. This post explains the key parts of the meeting and practical tips to prepare including when to request plan management or support coordination.
Maximising Your NDIS Core Supports Budget
NDIS Core Supports are the most flexible part of your plan, helping with everyday activities and essential supports while allowing funding to move across core categories. This post explains what core supports are, how the flexibility works, and a reminder to stay across current NDIS rules as flexibility can change.
Understanding NDIS Support Coordination: Answering Your FAQs
Confused about NDIS support coordination? This FAQ guide explains what a support coordinator does, who can get funding, how eligibility is assessed, and other important frequently asked questions.
Understanding NDIS Funding for Alternative Therapies
Alternative therapies are usually not funded by the NDIS due to limited evidence but exceptions may be considered in specific circumstances. This post explains how NDIS decisions are made, what “reasonable and necessary” means, and how to strengthen a request by linking the therapy to disability-related outcomes.
Making the Most of Your Capacity Building Supports
NDIS Capacity Building funding helps your build skills, independence, and community participation. This post explains what capacity building supports are, what they can be used for, how to link them to your goals, and how plan management can help you use the budget effectively.
Making Your NDIS Budgets Last
Worried your NDIS funds are running out too fast? This post explains practical ways to stretch your budget across your plan period by spotting under-allocation early and requesting a review with evidence.
Introducing PACE: A New Billing System by NDIA
The NDIA’s new PACE billing system is designed to make NDIS plans easier to understand and manage. Learn what changes under PACE including broader funding categories, more flexibility, and how/when existing plans will transition at renewal, review, or rollover.
Mastering Your NDIS Journey: 6 Easy Steps
New to the NDIS or want to feel more in control of your plan? This guide breaks the process into six easy steps from preparing for your planning meeting to choosing plan management and organising supports so your NDIS plan stays aligned with your goals and evolves with your needs.
Managing Emergencies and NDIS Support
The NDIS isn’t an emergency response service, so in a crisis you should contact emergency services first. This post explains what typically happens to NDIS supports during hospitalisation, when the NDIS may fund limited in-hospital support, how natural disasters can affect supports, and what to do if your needs change.
Understanding the Need for Guardianship for Your Loved One
When a person turns 18, they gain the legal right to make their own decisions, even if they can’t understand risks or communicate needs. This post explains what guardianship is, when it may be necessary for healthcare, housing, finances, and NDIS-related decisions.
Understanding Letters of Support for NDIS
NDIS letters of support help the NDIA decide whether a support meets “reasonable and necessary” criteria especially for assistive technology and items that may be questioned at review. Learn who these letters are for, why they matter, when they’re required, and when they’re strongly recommended. The goal is to help you gather the right evidence early so reviews, reassessments, and funding decisions run smoother.
Preparing for the Unthinkable: Ensuring Your Loved Ones Are Cared for in Emergencies
Planning for illness, injury, or death can feel uncomfortable, but it's one of the most practical acts of love. This post covers the essentials of an emergency plan so your loved ones aren't left guessing in a crisis.
Navigating NDIS Reviews and Plan Reassessments: A Strategic Approach
Planning an NDIS review or reassessment takes strategy. This guide explains when a review is worth pursuing, why updated assessments matter, and the key questions to ask.
How to Choose Your Perfect Plan Manager
Choosing a plan manager is one part of the NDIS where you’re genuinely in the driver’s seat and that matters. This post breaks down how to filter through the noise by focusing on what counts when choosing a plan manager.
Strategies and Resources to Avoid Carer Burnout
Caring for someone with a disability can be deeply meaningful, but the long-term responsibility can also quietly drain your physical and emotional reserves. This post explain what carer burnout is and offers practical strategies to reduce risk.
How to Help Reduce Support Worker Burnout
Support worker burnout is an unfortunately common reality in the disability sector, especially as demand and complexity increase across the NDIS. This post explains what burnout is, the key contributing factors, the warning signs, and practical strategies that both support workers and organisations can use to create a more sustainable, supported way of working.
Turning 18
18 is a milestone for everyone, a very exciting point in life with endless opportunities and new adventures on the horizon. But for those living with disability it also means that the doors can close on their legal guardians in their ability to help and access information on their loved one's behalf.
A blog of information and things to consider when someone using the NDIS turns 18.
Disability Expos for your Calendar 2023
A list we have brought together of expos that you might want to check out this year, some located in Queensland as well as some National ones. Expos are a great way to check out new providers and services that are available.