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NDIS Support Categories

How Afford Can Support You

DAILY LIVING

Consumables

Purchasing everyday items, such as continence aids and home enteral nutrition (HEN) products, and supports such as interpreting and translating services.

INDEPENDENT LIVING

Daily Activities

Helping you with personal care and domestic household tasks and grocery shopping, shortterm accommodation assistance (eg. Short Term Accommodation), independent living support, Meals on Wheels coordination.

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

Social and Community Participation

Connecting you with activities to support the development of skills and independence, including attending arts/sports classes and local events, and taking part in vacation and recreational activities that have capacity building, mentoring or peer support.

Transport

Getting out and about to get to the shops, school, work, training or to recreational and community activities. Participants receive funds fortnightly in advance to pay for services of their choice.

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

CAPACITY BUILDING Funding Supports Providing support to help you build your skills and independence

INDEPENDENT LIVING

DAILY LIVING

Choice and Control

Connecting you with expert NDIS Support Coordination services to provide advice on funding for formal, informal and mainstream supports and renew NDIS Plans to ensure relevance of supports.

Provide mediation for service delivery issues and points of crisis. Connecting you with training for financial literacy, organisational skills and ability to self-manage supports.

Daily Activity

Facilitating the process to receive specialist therapies such as psychology, speech and language pathology and occupational therapy to increase in independence and community participation.

Employment

Connecting you with employment opportunities as a Supported Employee, through the SLES (School Leaver Employment Support) program and through DES (Disability Employment Services). Support to develop skills to prepare for the workforce, assessment for training and ongoing employment support.

Health and Well Being

Connecting you with opportunities for exercise physiology, personal training, dietician consultation and healthy lifestyles plan development, as well as nontraditional supports such as participation in health and wellbeing program, Club Afford and Afford Getaways.

INDEPENDENT LIVING

Home Living

Support to find shared independent living options (Supported Accommodation), organise drop in support, individual accommodation support packages, disability housing and support initiative (DHASI). Assistance with accommodation and tenancy obligations, individual skill development and training.

SKILLS FOR LIFE

Lifelong Learning

Support to transition from school into the workforce and participate in further education and training to become work-ready.

Relationships

Connecting you with specialist therapies, such as psychology, to manage behaviours and undertake positive behaviour management strategies and individualised social skills development.

Social and Community Participation

Connecting you with opportunities to learn skills and socialise through programs at Day Programs, at Club Afford, Afford Getaways, during vacation care and at Short Term Accommodation. Providing you with choices for recreation, retirement planning, Out Of School Hours (OOSH) Care and activities, such as fitness groups, tailored for people with disability.

WORK INDEPENDENCE

HEALTHY LIFESTYLES

DAILY LIVING

SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

CAPITAL Supports Funding Supporting you to receive assistive technologies, equipment and home or vehicle modifications and funding for capital costs

Note: The NDIA will only fund what is considered reasonable and necessary, which may not

include all items you would like. The NDIA will also expect you to use all the same services as the wider community, such as general health services and education services.

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