Media Releases
May 2020
More than isolated’: COVID-19 compounds inequities for children and young people with disability
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NDIS for families
Overview
Families and care givers play an important part in the development and well-being of children and young people with disability. Therefore discussions about the support and services in the child or young person's NDIS plan should also acknowledge and facilitate support for the family and provide individualised and tailored reasonable and necessary supports.
Parents or caregivers as plan nominees have valuable knowledge and know their child best. This information is shared with the Early Childhood Early Intervention Coordinator or Local Area Coordinator for the creation of goals and aspirations which will be linked to the funds in the NDIS plan.
General information about the NDIS.
CYDA self-management project
CYDA believes that through self-managing the NDIS funds for your child or young person, this type of plan management that can provide greater flexibility, choice and control to build a good life. CYDA is currently working on a project to build capacity of families to self-manage their child's NDIS plan.
The “In control our way: supporting NDIS self-management” is funded from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Information, Linkages and Capacity Building (ILC) Readiness Grant Round 2018-19.
The aim of this project is to establish an information and peer support model to build the capability of families to self-manage their child or young person supports. The project is delivered through co-design process with families to ensure the information, process and resources built over the project meet their needs.
This project includes consultation and co-design through an advisory group who provide ideas and share experiences about supporting choice and control, and how families of children with disability can best support their child’s NDIS plans. The advisory group has families from different states and territories represented and has been meeting monthly since October 2019.
CYDA, together with the advisory group, are developing a series of resources which will be available on this page if you are interested to learn more about NDIS self-management or keen to move from from agency or plan management to self-management.
In the meantime you can contact us get support and information about self-management option.
Resources
Research & reports
May 2020
More than isolated: The experience of children and young people with disability and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Submissions
May 2020
Inquiry into the Australian Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Submissions
May 2020
Disability Royal Commission - Emergency planning and response during COVID-19
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News
May 2020
Webinar on NDIS- Self-Management for Families of children and young people with disability
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News
May 2020
Webinar – NDIS and COVID-19 information for families and young people (NDIS participants 18 - 25 years and beyond)
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News
May 2020
Webinar – NDIS and COVID-19 information for families and young people (NDIS participants 7-18 years)
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News
May 2020
Webinar – NDIS and COVID-19 information for families and young people (NDIS participants under 7 years)
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Submissions
May 2020
Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into the NDIS workforce
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Legislation & acts
December 2019
National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
External Website
Media Releases
December 2019
Young people with disability in Australia set to be the leaders of the future
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Submissions
October 2019
Improving the NDIS for children and young people with disability and their families
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Submissions
September 2019
NDIS planning submission
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Media Releases
August 2019
Getting the NDIS right for children and young people with disability
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Media Releases
July 2019
Breaking the NDIS bureaucratic nightmare so children with disability get services faster
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Submissions
July 2019
NDIS thin markets
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Submissions
August 2018
Stronger outcomes for families
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Submissions
August 2018
Productivity committee review of the national disability agreement
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Submissions
July 2018
Supported school transport and transition to the NDIS
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Submissions
August 2017
Provision of services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme early childhood early intervention approach
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Submissions
April 2017
Productivity Commission inquiry into NDIS costs
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Submissions
May 2015
National Disability Insurance Scheme quality and safeguarding framework
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Submissions
January 2015
Equality capacity and disability in commonwealth laws
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Research & reports
October 2014
Strengthening participation of children and young people with disability in advocacy
Article
Submissions
January 2014
National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012
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