What supports can the NDIS provide?

​At a glance

The NDIS provides support to help with the day-to-day impact caused by psychosocial disability, the disability that may arise from a mental health condition. The NDIS can provide funding to purchase supports aimed at increasing independence, inclusion, and social and economic participation.

The NDIS will only fund supports it thinks are reasonable and necessary.

In order to decide if a support is reasonable and necessary, the NDIS will consider:

  • how it is related to the psychosocial disability
  • if it is a day-to-day living cost, whether it is related to the psychosocial disability support needs
  • whether it is value for money
  • how likely it is to work and be of benefit
  • what support is already in place from families, carers, networks, mainstream services and in the community
  • if it is safe.

Never thought about using NDIS for mental health issues.

- A person with lived experience of a mental health condition

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The kinds of support the NDIS might fund include:

  • support for daily personal activities and household tasks
  • transport to enable someone to participate in the community, social activities, work or education
  • help for someone to get and keep a job
  • development of a behaviour support plan.

 

 …[we received help] setting goals, doing what we can't do

- A person with lived experience of a mental health condition

 

…[I get support to] help me manage day to day tasks

- A person with lived experience of a mental health condition 

Resources

How can the NDIS support me to achieve my hopes and dreams?
This part of the reimagine.today website has information about what NDIS funding can be used for.
Type: Website including videos and online learning
Closed captions: Available
Produced by: Mental Health Coordinating Council

NDIS Provider Toolkit – price guides and information
This web page explains how pricing for supports works and provides the latest NDIS Price Guide and Support Catalogue.
Type: Website
Produced by: NDIA

Support Coordination: Information for providers
This web page outlines the activities a support coordinator performs, and the benefits that these activities have for participants.
Type: Web page
Produced by: NDIA

Mental health and the NDIS
This web page provides an introduction to mental health, psychosocial disability and the NDIS.
Type: Web page
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
Produced by: Mental Health Coordinating Council

Current as at: Thursday 19 May 2022
Contact page owner: Mental Health