Market Readiness

Short term accommodationGroup and centre-based activitiesSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 77: Ability Options

Market readiness for children with autism

AutismGlobal developmental delay

Supplementary submission 7.1

Submission 62: AEIOU Foundation

Submission 7 — Anglicare Australia — Market Readiness

Submission 7: Anglicare Australia

Respite careShort term accommodationSchool leaver employment supports

Supplementary submission 7.2

Epilepsy

Personal care supportCommunity access supportSupport coordinationLocal area coordinationCommunity nursing

Supplementary submission 7.3

Peer support

Supplementary submission 7.4

Personal care supportGroup and centre-based activities

Submission 27 — Aspect — Market Readiness

Submission 27: Aspect

Readiness of service providers

CounsellingPositive behaviour supportEarly childhood early intervention

Submission 88: Associate Professor Melanie Randle

Submission 84 — Australian Association of Social Workers — Market Readiness

Submission 84: Australian Association of Social Workers

Orthotist and prosthetist pricing regulations, workforce dispersion and market access

Cerebral palsyAmputation or limb difference

Speech pathologyPodiatryOrthotics and prosthetics

Submission 35: Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association

Market Readiness for Physiotherapy Services in Disability Support

Cerebral palsyDown syndrome

PhysiotherapySpeech pathology

Submission 20: Australian Physiotherapy Association

ASU Submission on the Market Readiness of the NDIS regarding Workforce Pay, Conditions and Training

Personal care supportPeer support

Submission 69: Australian Services Union

Submission 51 — Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre — Market Readiness

Submission 51: Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre

Challenges in NDIS Support Coordination and Plan Management Provision

Occupational therapyEarly childhood early interventionSupport coordinationPlan management

Submission 73: Bega Valley Shire Council

Recommendations for transitioning to a market-based system for service providers

Local area coordinationPeer support

Submission 67: Brotherhood of St Laurence

Co-operative and mutual enterprises in building functional markets, choice and workforce models

Submission 41: Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals

Small business provider viability, survey insights and transition support inequities

Speech pathologyPsychologyCounselling

Submission 37: Buzza

Supplementary submission 37.1

Community access supportWheelchairsSupport coordination

NDIS market readiness and impact on service provision

Provider experience

Short term accommodationSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 9: Cara

Challenges in transitioning to a market-based NDIS system and ensuring equitable access for vulnerable participants

Respite careShort term accommodationSpecialist disability accommodationSupport coordination

Submission 11: Catholic Social Services Australia

Improving NDIS suitability screening through risk assessment guidelines

Submission 99: Cleard.life

Transition to a market-based system: concerns about provider readiness and workforce development

Independent advocacy

Submission 72: Community and Public Sector Union

Insufficient Housing Options for People with Intellectual Disability (ID)

Specialist disability accommodationWheelchairsHome modifications

Submission 65: Community Lifestyle Accommodation Ltd

Supplementary submission 65.1

AutismIntellectual disabilityGlobal developmental delaySchizophrenia spectrum disordersAcquired brain injuryCerebral palsyMultiple sclerosisSpinal cord injury

Specialist disability accommodationWheelchairsHome modificationsSupport coordination

Flaws in NDIS design impacting support for individuals with complex needs

Submission 2: Community Living Association Inc

Viability of psychosocial support for people with severe and enduring mental illness within the NDIS

PsychologySpecialist disability accommodationSupport coordination

Submission 14: Community Mental Health Australia

Supplementary submission 14.1

A pathway through complexity: Report from the NSW Roundtable on Meeting Complex Behaviour Support Needs in the NDIS 2017

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapySpeech pathologyPsychologyPositive behaviour supportEarly childhood early interventionSupport coordinationIndependent advocacyPeer support

Submission 96: Council for Intellectual Disability

Market-based approach to disability services and systemic NDIS issues

AutismIntellectual disabilityEpilepsyDown syndrome

PhysiotherapySpeech pathologyPersonal care supportCommunity access supportIn-home supportShort term accommodationGroup and centre-based activitiesSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodationHoists and transfer equipment

Submission 15: DARE Disability Support

Tasmania’s response to the NDIS Joint Standing Committee Inquiry – Market Readiness

Positive behaviour supportCommunity access supportSpecialist disability accommodationWheelchairsNDIS-funded transportTaxi and rideshare subsidySupport coordination

Submission 47: Department of Health and Human Services

Market Readiness for Dietitian Services under the NDIS

Dietetics and nutrition supportSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 28: Dietitians Association of Australia

Submission 8 — Disability Council NSW and NSW Carers Advisory Council — Market Readiness

Specialist disability accommodationIndependent advocacy

Submission 8: Disability Council NSW and NSW Carers Advisory Council

Reasonable, necessary and valued: Pricing disability services for quality support and decent jobs

AutismIntellectual disabilityEpilepsy

CounsellingPersonal care supportCommunity access supportIn-home supportGroup and centre-based activitiesSupported independent livingWheelchairsHoists and transfer equipmentSupport coordinationPeer support

Submission 53: Dr Natasha Cortis

Regional and rural disability support provision, travel costs and workforce readiness in Western Australia

Submission 34: Enable Western Australia Inc.

Exercise physiology service provision, pricing parity and chronic disease management integration

Exercise physiologyDietetics and nutrition supportSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 4: Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA)

Disability service provider prioritisation of economic interests over participant needs

Walking aidsSupported employmentSupport coordinationPlan managementIndependent advocacy

Submission 17: Family Advocacy

Submission 49 — Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia — Market Readiness

Submission 49: Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia

Submission 58 — Flinders University — Market Readiness

Submission 58: Flinders University

Future Social Service Institute Submission on Market Readiness

CounsellingPersonal care support

Submission 79: Future Social Service Institute

Regional disability service provision and thin market challenges in the Goldfields-Esperance region

Supplementary submission 3.1

Submission 3: Goldfields Individual & Family Support Association Inc.

PsychologyRespite careSchool holiday program

Consumer perspectives on NDIS market readiness and social media engagement

Respite careLocal area coordination

Submission 83: Health Issues Centre

Paediatric hearing loss, auditory verbal therapy and regional telepractice service provision

Hearing loss and deafness

Hearing aids

Submission 45: Hear and Say

Submission 56 — Helping Minds — Market Readiness

Submission 56: Helping Minds

Intellectual disability market navigation, support coordination challenges and service provider transparency

Intellectual disabilityCerebral palsy

Occupational therapySpeech pathologyPodiatrySupport coordinationLocal area coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 36: IDRS

Submission 89 — Integra — Market Readiness

Specialist disability accommodationSupport coordinationPlan management

Submission 89: Integra

Compliance and enforcement challenges with Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services

Supplementary submission 12.1

Submission 12: JacksonRyan Partners

Blindness and low vision

Submission 24 — Launch Housing — Market Readiness

Submission 24: Launch Housing

Submission 85 — Law Council of Australia — Market Readiness

Personal care supportSpecialist disability accommodationIndependent advocacy

Personal care support

Submission 85: Law Council of Australia

Submission 86 — Leadership Plus — Market Readiness

Acquired brain injury

Submission 86: Leadership Plus

Inquiry into market readiness for provision of services under the NDIS

AutismIntellectual disabilitySchizophrenia spectrum disordersBlindness and low visionAcquired brain injuryEpilepsy

CounsellingSupport coordination

Submission 93: Legal Aid New South Wales

NDIS market readiness and consumer control

Specialist disability accommodationSupport coordination

Submission 5: LISA Inc

Supplementary submission 5.1

Challenges in NDIS Service Provision and Market Development

Intellectual disabilitySchizophrenia spectrum disorders

Specialist disability accommodationSupport coordinationPlan management

Submission 32: Making Connections Together

Submission 54 — Maurice Blackburn Lawyers — Market Readiness

Personal care supportCommunity access supportRespite careSpecialist disability accommodationNDIS-funded transport

Submission 54: Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Challenges to organisational transition for psychosocial disability service providers

Submission 75: Mental Health Australia

Market readiness and workforce impacts on Tasmania’s mental health sector

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Meal preparation supportSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 60: Mental Health Council of Tasmania

Mental Health of Young People with Developmental Disabilities

AutismHearing loss and deafnessSpinal cord injuryDown syndrome

PsychologySpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 59: Mental Health of Young People with Developmental Disabilities

Psychosocial support provider transition challenges, funding uncertainty and service contraction

CounsellingRespite careSupport coordinationPeer support

Submission 39: Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia

Market readiness transition challenges and opportunities: Merri Health

Provider experience

Music therapyDomestic assistanceEarly childhood early interventionSupport coordination

Submission 44: Merri Health

Community managed mental health sector pricing, psychosocial disability capacity building and continuity of support

Intellectual disabilitySchizophrenia spectrum disorders

PsychologyMeal preparation supportSupport coordinationPeer support

Submission 43: MHCSA

Experiences in delivering services to Aboriginal Australians in remote and very remote communities

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapySpeech pathologyCounsellingPersonal care supportCommunity access supportSpecialist disability accommodationWheelchairsPlan management

Submission 6: MJD Foundation Ltd

Submission 102 — Monash University and Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine — Market Readiness

Blindness and low vision

Submission 102: Monash University and Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine

Culturally and linguistically diverse participant barriers in navigating the NDIS market

Support coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 31: Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association

Market readiness concerns for disability clients in rural areas

Personal care supportDomestic assistanceRespite care

Submission 64: Municipal Association of Victoria

Network Position on the National Disability Insurance Scheme from the Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Sector

Exercise physiologyWheelchairsHome modificationsSupport coordinationSpecialist support coordinationLocal area coordination

Submission 23: NACCHO

Concerns over NDIS complexity rates impacting therapeutic support services

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapySpeech pathologyOsteopathyChiropracticPsychologySupport coordinationPlan management

Submission 94

NDIS pricing changes and impact on allied health services

Acquired brain injuryCerebral palsy

PhysiotherapyPsychologyLocal area coordination

Submission 95

Service provider perspective on market readiness for the National Disability Insurance Scheme

AutismIntellectual disabilityBlindness and low visionEpilepsy

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyPersonal care supportShort term accommodationSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 40

Implementation Challenges with NDIS Respite Funding for Clients with Profound Physical Disabilities

Personal care supportWheelchairs

Submission 78: Nardy House Inc

National Disability Insurance Agency submission on market readiness for provision of services under the NDIS

Personal care supportSpecialist disability accommodationPeer support

Submission 52: National Disability Insurance Agency

Market readiness concerns for disability service providers

Personal care supportCommunity access supportShort term accommodationSpecialist disability accommodationSupport coordination

Submission 26: National Disability Services

Supplementary submission 26.1

AutismIntellectual disabilityAcquired brain injury

CounsellingPersonal care supportCommunity access supportShort term accommodationSupported independent livingNDIS-funded transportTaxi and rideshare subsidySchool leaver employment supportsSupported employmentSupport coordinationIndependent advocacy

Supplementary submission 26.2

Community access support

Submission regarding early childhood intervention services in Victoria and NSW

Submission 70: Noah's Ark Inc

Market readiness, pricing impacts and workforce development in disability services

Occupational therapyCommunity access supportLife skills developmentSpecialist disability accommodationWheelchairsHome modificationsVehicle modificationsSupport coordinationWound care

Submission 68: Northcott

Submission 46 — Occupational Therapy Australia — Market Readiness

Submission 46: Occupational Therapy Australia

Supplementary submission 46.1

Home modificationsEarly childhood early intervention

Supplementary submission 46.2

Occupational therapyPsychologyPersonal care supportHome modifications

Safeguards at risk during transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme

Supported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodationSupport coordinationLocal area coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 82: Office of the Public Advocate

Northern Territory disability market readiness and workforce challenges

Intellectual disabilityAcquired brain injury

Submission 76: Office of the Public Guardian

Submission 13 — One Door — Market Readiness

Submission 13: One Door

Are people with disability in control? Markets, service provision and the NDIS

Plan managementIndependent advocacy

Submission 74: People With Disability Australia

Prader-Willi Syndrome specialist support requirements, complex behaviors and accommodation needs

Global developmental delay

Community access supportShort term accommodationSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodationSupport coordination

Submission 42: Prader-Willi Syndrome Australia

Submission 25 — Public Service Research Group, UNSW Canberra — Market Readiness

Submission 25: Public Service Research Group, UNSW Canberra

Systems and Legal Advocacy for vulnerable people with Disability

Positive behaviour supportSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodationHome modificationsSupport coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 61: Queensland Advocacy Incorporated

Psychosocial disability access, continuity of support and rural mental health service provision

Positive behaviour supportSpecialist disability accommodationNDIS-funded transportTaxi and rideshare subsidy

Submission 38: Queensland Alliance for Mental Health

Submission 101 — Queensland Government — Market Readiness

Submission 101: Queensland Government

Submission 48 — Queenslanders with Disability Network Ltd — Market Readiness

Specialist disability accommodationHome modificationsPlan managementPeer support

Submission 48: Queenslanders with Disability Network Ltd

Deaf and hard of hearing early intervention viability, pricing and specialised service delivery

Hearing loss and deafnessBlindness and low vision

AudiologyCochlear implantsEarly childhood early intervention

Submission 33: Royal Institute for Deaf & Blind Children

Concerns regarding NDIS Market Readiness in South Australia

Specialist disability accommodationSupport coordinationLocal area coordination

Submission 57: South Australian Office of the Public Advocate

Submission 19 — Speech Pathology Australia — Market Readiness

AutismAcquired brain injuryCerebral palsyMotor neurone diseaseDown syndrome

Speech pathologySpecialist disability accommodationHearing aidsCochlear implantsAugmentative and alternative communication devicesEarly childhood early interventionPeer support

Submission 19: Speech Pathology Australia

SDA market readiness challenges and quality safeguarding

Acquired brain injurySpinal cord injury

Personal care supportRespite careSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodationWheelchairsHome modificationsSupport coordinationSpecialist support coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 71: Summer Foundation

Submission 1 — Sunnyfield — Market Readiness

Community access supportShort term accommodationSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodationSupported employment

Submission 1: Sunnyfield

Submission 50 — The Australian Psychological Society Limited — Market Readiness

Psychology

Submission 50: The Australian Psychological Society Limited

Crisis accommodation needs and funding for research and innovation

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapySpeech pathologyDietetics and nutrition supportPsychologySupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodationWheelchairsSupport coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 87: The Benevolent Society

Submission 29 — The Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare — Market Readiness

Submission 29: The Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare

Transition to NDIS: Impact on Service Delivery and Staffing

Personal care supportCommunity access supportSpecialist disability accommodationIndependent advocacy

Submission 18: The Ella Centre

Submission 55 — The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists — Market Readiness

Home modificationsEarly childhood early intervention

Submission 55: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Submission 63 — The Royal Australian College of Physicians — Market Readiness

Submission 63: The Royal Australian College of Physicians

Supplementary submission 63.1

Intellectual disabilityGlobal developmental delayHearing loss and deafnessAcquired brain injuryMultiple sclerosisEpilepsyMotor neurone diseaseSpinal cord injuryAmputation or limb difference

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapySpeech pathologyOrthotics and prostheticsFamily therapyCounsellingWheelchairsHearing aidsHome modificationsVehicle modificationsEarly childhood early interventionLocal area coordination

Supplementary submission 63.2

AutismIntellectual disabilityGlobal developmental delay

NDIS pricing impacting specialist services for children with hearing loss

Intellectual disabilityHearing loss and deafness

AudiologyEarly childhood early intervention

Submission 10: The Shepherd Centre - for deaf children

Challenges to Provider Viability and Reduction in Quality of Services

Submission 100: Therapy Focus

Financial pressures and workforce development challenges in NDIS market readiness

Occupational therapySupported independent living

Submission 16: Thorndale Foundation

Submission 21 — Uniting Country SA — Market Readiness

Submission 21: Uniting Country SA

Submission 92 — UnitingCare Australia — Market Readiness

Occupational therapy

Submission 92: UnitingCare Australia

Submission 22 — VICSERV — Market Readiness

Submission 22: VICSERV

Market readiness for people with complex disabilities: Victoria Legal Aid’s concerns

Life skills developmentSpecialist disability accommodationSupport coordinationSpecialist support coordination

Submission 91: Victoria Legal Aid

Supplementary submission 91.1

Support coordinationSpecialist support coordination

Submission regarding equitable access for Aboriginal people with disability

Support coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 66: Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Strengthening the NDIS

Personal care supportCommunity access supportSupport coordinationPlan managementIndependent advocacy

Submission 81: Victorian Council of Social Service

Submission 90 — Victorian Government — Market Readiness

Personal care supportDomestic assistanceSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodationSupport coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 90: Victorian Government

Public sector disability support provision, workforce pressures and market transition challenges

Submission 30: Victorian Healthcare Association

Submission 80 — Volunteering Australia — Market Readiness

Submission 80: Volunteering Australia

Submission 98 — Western Australian Government — Market Readiness

Submission 98: Western Australian Government

Impacts on Viability and Ability to Help Vulnerable People Achieve Better Quality of Life