We recognise that mental health conditions are often episodic and fluctuating. This means they may change over time.
People with psychosocial disability and episodic and fluctuating conditions can still access the NDIS.
You must still meet all the requirements to become an NDIS participant set out in the NDIS Act.
We need evidence that the impairment caused by the mental health condition is likely to remain across your lifetime.
However, this does not reflect on whether you have achieved your best possible version of personal and emotional wellbeing.
You may have periods in your life where your psychosocial disability has a smaller impact on your daily life.
This could be because your impairment is episodic or fluctuates in intensity.
But you can still give us evidence that your impairment is likely to be permanent due to the overall impact on your life, and the likeliness that it will impact you across your lifetime.
