Activities of Daily Living. The everyday tasks of personal care and household life — showering, dressing, cooking, cleaning. Supports for ADL are usually funded under Core Supports.

Assistive Technology. Equipment that helps you do things more independently — wheelchairs, communication devices, home modifications. Funded from the Capital budget.

A documented plan for managing behaviours of concern. Developed by a registered behaviour support practitioner. Restrictive practices require a BSP.

The NDIS budget that funds skill-building — therapy, capacity training, support coordination, employment supports. Goal-based, not flexible across categories.

The NDIS budget for one-off purchases like home modifications, vehicle modifications, AT and SDA. Usually quoted-and-approved before spending.

Australian Government services agency. Some NDIS-related payments (like Carer Allowance) come through Centrelink, not the NDIA.

The NDIS Code of Conduct binds every NDIS worker — registered or not. It requires respect, integrity, safety, skill, prompt risk management and privacy.

The most flexible NDIS budget — funds daily activities, social participation, consumables and transport. Mostly fungible across these four categories.

Early Childhood Early Intervention. NDIS supports for children aged 0-9 with developmental delay or disability.

Individualised Living Option. A flexible NDIS housing support that lets participants design their own living arrangement.

Local Area Coordinator. Helps participants apply for the NDIS and use their plan. Provided by NDIA partners (Brotherhood of St Laurence, etc.).

National Disability Insurance Agency. The government body that runs the NDIS — assesses eligibility, approves plans, pays providers.

National Disability Insurance Scheme. Australia’s individualised funding system for disability supports.

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. The regulator. Registers providers, audits Practice Standards, handles complaints. Phone 1800 035 544.

The NDIS published pricing limits. Updated annually. Sets the maximum hourly rate providers can charge for each support type.

A separate provider that holds your NDIS funding and pays your other providers. Plan-managed participants can use both registered and unregistered providers.

The NDIS calls plan reviews ‘reassessments’. Usually annual or every 2-3 years. A chance to adjust funding to match changing needs.

The quality standards registered NDIS providers must meet. Audited every 3 years (with an 18-month midterm if certified). Cover rights, governance, supports, environment.

A support that needs a written quote and NDIA approval before being delivered. Common for complex supports and Capital purchases.

Roster of Care. The pattern of support hours in a SIL property — who works, when, for how long. Costed and approved by the NDIA.

Specialist Disability Accommodation. Purpose-built housing funded under the NDIS for participants with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs.

Supported Independent Living. NDIS funding for staff to support participants in shared (or sometimes individual) accommodation.

Short-Term Accommodation. NDIS-funded respite care, usually 1-14 days at a time. Includes accommodation, food and support.

A person who helps you understand and use your plan — finding providers, managing budgets, navigating issues. Funded under Capacity Building.

The person who actually delivers your day-to-day NDIS supports — daily living, personal care, community access. Helping Haven is a support-worker provider.

Allied health supports — OT, physio, speech, psychology — funded under Capacity Building (Improved Daily Living, etc.).

Temporary Transformation Payment. A historical NDIS pricing adjustment, now mostly phased out.

NDIS Worker Screening Clearance — a national check every NDIS worker delivering risk-assessed roles must hold. Renewed every 5 years.