NDIS Planning for Participants

Eric Platt, Self Advocate

NSWCID Conference

16 July 2015

What I will talk about

1 What I think about the NDIS

2 Goals I set

3 Changes in my life

4 Challenges with NDIS

5 My NDIS Plan

6 Tips for you all

It is great!

It gives real choice and

independence

It changes peoples lives

More control over my $

What I

think

about the

NDIS

My Goals…

• Better equipment and a

new scooter

• Moving out of group home

• Having one on one

independent time

• My new plan – to get more

involved in meetings and

conferences like this NDS Regional Forum Coffs Harbour 2015

How the NDIS changed my life – 100%

Before NDIS I had no

individual support

More options and more

support

New opportunities

I employed staff for home

and my one on one

Challenges with NDIS

Not many for me…

• Mobility allowance

• Review took longer than expected

Other people have challenges…

• Some people find it hard to speak up about what

they want

• People don’t know enough about NDIS

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My Plan

Tips on the NDIS

Be prepared

Learn all you can

Take planning stuff with you

Staff and organisations need to get on

board and help people learn about it – the

whole kit and caboodle.

My Final Messages

NDIS and HWNS have helped people in boarding houses be more

independent and live a normal life. These people are now being

counted but not just as a number.

NDIS – it’s here, it’s well overdue

and it’s a great thing!

If you want to contact me email Rachel rspencer@hwns.com.au

Eric Platt, Self Advocate