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Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

NikNikSenior Contributor09 June 2017, 2:26 pm AEST

Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

Introducing the new ‘Q&A Info Session'!

Starting the second Monday of each month, we will have a special guest answer your questions and provide information about a particular topic. For the first few months we will focus on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

This session will be run in collaboration with Mental Illness Fellowship Queensland (MIFQ), the Local Area Coordination (LAC) and the NDIA, ensuring the information that is provided to you is helpful and accurate.

Carers Queensland is partnering with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to deliver the Local Area Coordinator Partners in the Community Program in the Toowoomba area, working to ensure more people live fulfilling and connected lives.

Carers Queensland is assisting us this week to help answer your NDIS questions. There are LACs all around the country, in all regional areas (for more info click here https://www.ndis.gov.au/communities/local-area-coordination ). They will get to know you, what’s important to you and help connect you with services to support you to have the life you want.

A different LAC will assist us each week we do the NDIS forums. That way we can all help them better understand the needs and concerns of people with lived experience of mental illness.

Here are some quick links to start us off:

Links: https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/what-ndis.html

Accessing the NDIS: https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/accessing-the-ndis.html

About the NDIS: https://www.ndis.gov.au/html/sites/default/files/documents/About-us/About-theNDIS.pdf

Reasonable and Necessary: https://www.ndis.gov.au/participants/reasonable-and-necessary-supports.html

Legislation and the NDIS Act: https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/governance/legislation.html ; https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C00934

What is and what does and LAC do? https://www.ndis.gov.au/communities/local-area-coordination.html

A quick and important FYI!!

There is no direct link between supports that are funded by the NDIS and Centrelink. NDIS funds reasonable and necessary disability supports to enable you to live daily life and achieve your goals, including greater social and economic participation. NDIS is not income support. NDIA requires your consent to access your Centrelink records to confirm age and residential information.

You do not need to be receiving a Disability Support Pension (DSP) to be eligible for the NDIS. The DSP and carer’s pension are separate from the NDIS. Assistance from the NDIS is not means tested and has no impact on income support such as the Disability Support Pension and Carers Allowance.

LAC, NDIA, NDIS, IFP……. What do all these acronyms mean!!!!??? Here is a link to an easy English and full glossary of terms! https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/easy-read-word-list.html

From Monday, 12 June – Friday, 16 June, we are opening the floor to you to ask whatever you want about NDIS ☺

Responses will take around 24 hours, so be sure to keep checking in!

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In response to: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

Unknown userMember12 June 2017, 4:13 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your great questions today!

We are compiling a bit of a cheat sheet on the NDIS to answer some of the basic "What is the NDIS?" questions with links to some info. Carers QLD - The Local Area Coordination Organisation will get back to you about how they are involved and answer all of your specific questions.

We want you to have the most accurate answers, so they will get back to you all with in 24 hours each day the forum is open. As a moderator, I'll be helping facilitate getting the questions to them, and then back to you. Also to encourage your questions and support where I can.

Please continue the conversation over the next week, and then we can all learn about the NDIS - the National Disability Insurance Scheme together.

Thanks again,

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Unknown userMember12 June 2017, 4:18 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

@Former-Member - you win the best names competition.

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Unknown userMember12 June 2017, 4:20 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

@Former-Member Shucks - thanks!

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SakurapussSenior Contributor12 June 2017, 7:05 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

How does mental illness fit in with the NDIS? Currently all therapy and support I receive is either through a mental health care plan (Medicare) or purely out of my own pocket. Is this likely to change under NDIS?

In response to: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

JasJacSenior Contributor12 June 2017, 8:48 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

@lapses @Former-Member heya just responding regarding your contact details being sent to the NDIA, i believe there was legislation requesting this to happen if you were already a participant in some support services, the programs you were may have had to oblige with this.

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Unknown userMember12 June 2017, 8:53 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

yes @JasJac that's how i understand it too

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JasJacSenior Contributor12 June 2017, 8:58 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

@NikNik @Former-Member

Amazing topic!!!

In NSW, there was a lot of information from the Hunter trial site that the access process for the NDIS was incredibly stressful and draining to potential participants, to the point that people were admitted to hospital. i have seen a lot of stories on social media from potential participants stating the same experience now that NDIS is being rolled out in their area.

Question: Given the experiences from the Hunter why has there not been the marketed message and strategies suggested to help potential participants to be resilient and flourish during the access process? ie let people know that a difficult time is coming up, from their life experiences of getting through difficult times what can people do to keep themselves safe and ok during the access process?

In response to: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

JasJacSenior Contributor12 June 2017, 9:00 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

@NikNik @Former-Member

Question:

Exactly what functional assessments can a credentialed mental health nurse do to form part of the access evidence? Please list ie Honos

🙂

thanks!!

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Unknown userMember13 June 2017, 1:20 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

@JasJac I'll leave the question to Carers Queensland - but I think your comment is really pertinent.

We have many people living with mental illness with NDIS plans in our Toowoomba area and while they say they liked support to go through the process, and there were a few hoops to jump through - many are getting many more hours of support than they were previously eligible for (due to previous government contract limitations). These include support to get out and enjoy and connect to the community.

Often people who are having a great time aren't as outspoken on social media!

There are some great video stories of sucesses on the NDIS website though - you can search their website for 'videos'.

In response to: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

Unknown userMember13 June 2017, 1:22 pm AEST

Re: Q&A Info Session // Ask your NDIS questions here! // Mon 12 - Fri 16 June

@QueenieThere are no dumb questions when it comes to the NDIS - such a huge new thing for the country - I'm sure everyone who comes across it wonders the same thing!

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