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Anyone started with the NDIS?

ethSenior Contributor26 Jan 2017, 7:14 pm AEDT

Anyone started with the NDIS?

Tells my story from initial application (Feb '17) to acceptance by NDIS (July '18) and the process of putting things in place and progress, improvements, managing and difficulties since then. Now Jan '21.

Original post : I've recently moved and will need to get into the NDIS in my new location. Wondering if anyone in the forums has successfully done this? Any advice would be welcome. Feeling swamped by their website.

EDIT : I was finally accepted to the NDIS and am now 3/4 through my 2nd plan. With only a small reduction from the first year. And this plan is for 2 years so I don't have to jump through all the hoops with a review this time next year. To all others on this path I say ........

IT'S REALLY WORTH PERSEVERING!!!

Hoping this thread helps all who come here.

@Appleblossom @Queenie @saturnzoon @CheerBear @Mazarita @Bunniekins

Spread the word!

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ethSenior Contributor11 Feb 2017, 12:53 pm AEDT

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@Kurra Thanks. Did you find anything out?

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KurraSenior Contributor12 Feb 2017, 7:46 pm AEDT

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Yes I did @eth. My friend is writing out all the processes for you and I should have these in the next couple of days. 🎶💕

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MattyTooCasual Contributor13 Feb 2017, 5:19 am AEDT

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@eth we actually found it way less arduous a process than getting on centrelink's disability support pension, if you have any experience with that. It was a ~12 page form and most of it was for a psych and gp to fill out (mostly questions about diagnoses, prognosis, severity, symptoms, etc. Fairly standard). The bits we did fill out with our clinical manager were all focused on symptoms ("how does your illness affect your every day life?") and what areas we wanted help with (this bit was check boxes, things like getting dressed, transport, house modifications, community support, preparing food, mobility aids, etc).

The one thing we did notice was that they wanted the gp/psych to have reasonable confidence our disability would be life long, or close to it. Centrelink only wanted certainty for ~2 years.

And of course, all of this is before you even get accepted!! Once accepted there's a big process to determine what sort of funding you get, but as we mentioned we haven't actually been accepted yet so we can't advise.

Hope this helps!

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ethSenior Contributor13 Feb 2017, 9:42 am AEDT

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Thank you very much @Kurra and @MattyToo. Looking forward to hearing more Kurra and hoping it works out for you MattyToo. Would love to use this thread to keep track of the process as it may be useful for others too.

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Kateeg84Senior Contributor20 Feb 2017, 12:43 am AEDT

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Mental Health and the NDIS

Look up this group on Facebook if you have it. It's a FB group I started a couple of months ago, mental health and the NDIS. It's just for participants, potential participants and parents and carers. We message every member prior to accepting request asking to confirm this. We have over 700 members and growing

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Kateeg84Senior Contributor20 Feb 2017, 12:46 am AEDT

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I am in western Sydney and rang to apply for NDIS in October last year. Got forms in Jan handed them back into office two weeks ago. Now just a waiting game to hear back from them in regards to planning meeting

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ethSenior Contributor21 Feb 2017, 6:05 pm AEDT

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Thanks @Kateeg84. I've just sent my forms in too. I didn't feel there were enough ways to explain how my conditions effect me. Now I start the waiting game too.

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Kateeg84Senior Contributor03 Mar 2017, 6:09 pm AEDT

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Will be interested to hear how you go. Did you get your psychologist to do the forms as well?

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JasJacSenior Contributor03 Mar 2017, 8:36 pm AEDT

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@MattyToo @eth

yeah it's definitely a catch 22 situation of needing support to get access to the scheme but then it is the scheme that provides the support. Local area coordinators LAC's in each area are supposed to be helping people get on to the NDIS. Regarding waitlists I hear that people arleady accessing disability services through ADHC will roll in first, then participants of other disability services such as Day to Day Living, HASI, PIR and then about 18 - 24 months later the general public. so in my area the NDIS rolled in in July 2016 as I am not with any service I believe it could be until 2018 that my application could be considered, however that really doesn't sound right.. hmm

glad to hear you got your forms filled in, looking forward to hearing to its progress!

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ethSenior Contributor05 Apr 2017, 10:21 am AEST

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@JasJac @Kateeg84 @MattyToo @Kurra @Former-Member well it's taken a few weeks but here's an update : NDIS sent me another 7 page form requesting supporting evidence after my initial access request. I rang them and got an extension of the reply date and am still in process with that. Form done by GP. Added reports from psychologist and psychiatrist and a letter from my family support people and one more letter to come from One Door, a mental health support organisation that is helping with this process. I would highly recommend them to anyone wanting to get help to apply for NDIS. They also have care co-ordinators and support workers for after (if!) a plan is approved. So once this form and all the evidence goes to NDIS it's another wait for a plan meeting with them if I am accepted, which One Door will come to with me.

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