ndis
120,000
Australians
on NDIS
AEIOU Brighton
is now open!
The National Disability Insurance Scheme
(NDIS) is now being delivered to 120,000
Australians as the life-changing reform
continues to roll out across the country.
T
he National Disability Insurance Agency
(NDIA)’s most recent NDIS Quarterly Report for
the period ending September 2017, showed the
number of people receiving support at 30 September
2017 had reached 119,501.
NDIA Chief Executive Officer Robert De Luca
(pictured above) said the report demonstrated the
NDIS is making good progress.
“The NDIS is now delivering support to 120,000
Australians and is making steady progress in delivering
this significant national reform,” Mr De Luca said.
New survey data included in the report also shows
the NDIS is supporting participants to achieve their
goals and increase their participation in the community.
The Outcomes Framework collects information
on participants and their families and carers when
participants enter the Scheme and when their plans
are reviewed. Of the participants aged 25 years and
older who entered the Scheme in the first quarter of
2016-17 and had their plan reviewed in the first quarter
of 2017-18:
• 75 per cent indicated that the NDIS had helped
them with activities of daily living
• 71 per cent indicated that the NDIS had helped
them with choice and control
• 63 per cent indicated that the NDIS had helped
them with social, community and civic participation.
“These results demonstrate the NDIS is supporting
Australians with disability to participate in the
community, increase their independence and exercise
greater choice and control,” Mr De Luca said.
www.ndis.gov.au
Enrolments are now
open for the new
AEIOU centre for
children with autism,
located in Brighton.
Visit
aeiou.org.au/
adelaidecentre
for more
information,
or phone
1300 273 435
With purpose-built facilities, and a program
that meets the Guidelines for Good
Practice (2012), AEIOU creates a lifetime of
opportunities for children with autism.
Our program includes a minimum 20 hours
therapy per week, fundable through the NDIS.
As a family-focused service, we provide training
and support to parents and carers to achieve
goals in the home and community setting.