Support planning with people with intellectual disability and complex support needs in the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme

What is it about?

The NDIS promises to improve the fit between a person's needs and supports but, as this paper explains, there is a group of potential NDIS participants who may not be in a position to take advantage of this. The paper explores the likely barriers to people with intellectual disability and complex support needs accessing NDIS planning, such as narrow eligibility criteria that may not take into account a breadth and depth of need, limited experience with decision-making, negative past experiences with services, and lack of the necessary informal support and personal resources to undertake the eligibility and planning process.

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Why is it important?

The paper contributes to understanding about the multiple, interlocking and compounding nature of complex support needs that create access barriers for people with intellectual disability getting the support they need, and highlights that planning with this group of NDIS participants requires highly-skilled planners.