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Check eligibility – DIS – NDIS supports for life
Guidance in this document is not approved for use unless you use it in PACE
This article provides guidance for an access delegate to:
review evidence to check if a person is likely to need NDIS supports for their
lifetime.
Recent updates
3 October 2024
Updates to reflect legislation changes from 3 October 2024.
Article title changed from ‘Determine lifetime support eligibility’ to ‘Check eligibility - DIS – NDIS supports for life’.
When we say DIS in a title, we mean disability requirements. We’ve added this to help you quickly identity which articles are for disability or early intervention requirements.
Before you start
You have read and understood:
article Understand disability requirements article Understand early intervention requirements Our Guideline - Applying to the NDIS (external) section, Will you likely need NDIS
support for your lifetime?
Review evidence
To be eligible for the NDIS, a person must likely need NDIS supports for their lifetime. To approve their application, you need to see evidence showing this. NDIS supports are the services, items and equipment that can be funded by the NDIS. NDIS supports are investments that help a participant build or maintain their functional capacity and independence, and help them work, study or take part in social life.
When we decide if an applicant will likely need NDIS supports for their lifetime, we consider:
their life circumstances
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the nature of their long-term support needs whether their needs could be best met by the NDIS, or by other government and
community services.
When you’re deciding if a person is eligible, you need to review:
how old the evidence is who provided the evidence.
If a person provides more than one piece of evidence, you may need to consider one as more relevant than others. We call this weighing evidence.
For further information:
read Our Guideline - Applying to the NDIS (external) section, How we weigh
evidence of disability? refer to article What evidence of disability is required?.
Next steps
To consider the other disability requirements, go to article Understand disability requirements.
If you are an access delegate:
To make an access decision, continue to article Make an access decision – pre-
legislation changes or Make an access decision – post legislation changes. To make an eligibility reassessment decision, continue to article Finalise eligibility
reassessment decision.
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Updates to reflect legislation changes from 3 October 2024.
Article title changed from ‘Determine lifetime support eligibility’ to ‘Check eligibility - DIS – NDIS supports for life’
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