The NDIS provides funding to eligible people based on their individual needs.
What is a NDIS support?
We fund NDIS supports that relate to your disability. NDIS supports are the services, items, and equipment that can be funded by the NDIS.
Being an NDIS support is only one part of the NDIS funding criteria. Supports need to meet ALL the NDIS funding criteria before we can include them in your plan.
NDIS supports lists now available
From 3 October, participants will only be able to use their NDIS funds for items listed as approved supports. There is also a list of things NDIS funding cannot be used for. In some circumstances participants may be able to request a substitution from the replacement support list.
View the NDIS supports lists in Easy Read
There are some kinds of supports that will not be funded or provided by the NDIS
The NDIS Act and the rules made under the NDIS Act also tell us which supports will not be funded by the NDIS.
The NDIS can’t fund:
- supports that are not NDIS supports. This includes supports that relate to your day-to-day living costs, are illegal, or should be funded by another government system or community service.
- supports that include sexual services and sex work, alcohol or drugs.
View the list of supports that are not NDIS supports.
Our Guidelines: how we make decisions
Updated information about what we consider when we make decisions under the NDIS is available in Our Guidelines.
The guidelines are based on the NDIS Legislation and Rules. They explain what we need to consider and how we make decisions based on the legislation.
The updated guidelines make the NDIS more transparent, clearer and easier to understand. You can read more about this in the Participant Service Charter.
