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Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

TideisTurningSenior Contributor

Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

Hi SANE Community,

Next fortnight, we will be welcoming Life Without Barriers to talk about all things NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme)!

NDIS

The NDIS stands for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which is the major way supports for those living with disability are funded in Australia. This includes psychosocial disability, which can cover some living with complex mental health issues.

Life Without Barriers are a nation wide mental health and disability service provider, which means they provide services under NDIS. They will be joining us to lend some knowledge about NDIS and give an overview of some of the services they are able to provide.

Please join us here on Tuesday the 22nd June from 7-8:30PM AEST to follow the conversation and feel free to bring along your own questions also!

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

Hello @SandeeLWB , @Rappa

doctors and specialist are telling me to go on NDIS, i have not tried yet but have been reading and printed out the forms

but what is the difference between DSP and NDIS ??

so love to learn more @Daisydreamer , @TideisTurning

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SandeeLWBSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

Question 1 Who is LWB? What do LWB do?

Life Without Barriers ( commomnly referred to as LWB are a leading social purpose organisation working in more than over 440 communities across Australia. Our services currently support around 23 000 people living in their own homes or in residential houses that we manage. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.

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DaisydreamerSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

Seeing so much love and support here for you @Adge

@bipolarbunny @Oaktree @MrsFahey

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bipolarbunnySenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

Hi & Welcome @SandeeLWB

What kind of NDIS supports do you find typically funded for mental illness?

I have just recently received my first plan and it seems like it was tailored more for some one with autism than someone with bipolar & cptsd.

I find that the majority of funds in my plan are completely useless and things I need funding for are not allowed. So there's a bucket of money sitting there in my plan that will never be used. It's so frustrating and confusing.

BB 🐰💙

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AdgeSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

NDIS provides funding for Support Services (it is Not an Income Stream) @Shaz51

DSP is a Pension $ Income Stream.

Adge

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eyezzyNew Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

What kind of services can you use the money for?

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OaktreeSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

I have Bipolar and BPD, I live at home with my husband and 2 adult children. Is LWB a good place to turn to to get help to prepare my next review for NDIS? I tried to do it alone this year and it ended up disastrous. I lost a bunch of funding and because of the covid lockdown the interview was over the phone and I felt as though the other person wasn't listening to me.

@SandeeLWB

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

thank you for that info @Adge

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TideisTurningSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

What a great question @Shaz51- @Adge has very kindly shed a little light on this

@eyezzy, welcome! Another great question we'll cover as the discussion goes on!

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SandeeLWBSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday// Life With NDIS// Tues 22nd June, 7-:8:30PM AEST

We have experienced support co ordinators , clinicians and support workers capable of assisting particiapants to develop a wide range of mental, physical and social skills, like writing, preparing meals, problem solving, and stress management to align with particpants NDIS goals

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