Publisher: Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID)
Purpose
Primarily designed as an information source for therapists as they prepare reports for NDIS participants.
The 10 steps:
- Understand that the NDIS is different
- Start with plain language
- Provide evidence for everything
- Make clear, strong recommendations
- Understand ‘reasonable & necessary’
- Explicitly respond to the reasonable & necessary criteria
- Therapies must achieve outcomes
- Stay within scope
- Focus on readability
- Be appeal ready
Additional Information
There is a 20-page pdf document, and a 19-page Easy English pdf document that can be downloaded.
It was developed by VALID advocates with expertise in providing advocacy support to people with intellectual disabilities.
