Transitional arrangements for the NDIS

http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/National_Disability_Insurance_Scheme/Transition

NOTE:%20Responses%20must%20be%20targeted,%20appropriate,%20evidence%20based%20and%20solution%20oriented.

TERMS%20OF%20REFERENCE-%20REPORTING%20CRITERIA% COMMENT

%3F.%20Boundaries%20and%20interface%20of%20NDIS%20service%20provision,

and%20other%20non-NDIS%20service%20provision, with%20particular%20reference%20to%20health,%20education and%20transport%20services

A%20difficulty%20exists%20if: %E2%85%A1%20the%20response%20time%20to%20assessment%20and%20early%20intervention%20is%20lengthy;%20and %E2%85%A1%20Allied%20health%20professionals%20have%20exclusion%20criteria%20on%20their%20referral%20form%20for clients%20being%20assessed%20for%20NDIS.

There%20needs%20to%20be%20a%20timely%20response%20which%20can%20be%20achieved%20by%20a%20more%20local collaboration%20between%20health%20and%20non-government%20providers

%3F.%20Consistency%20of%20NDIS%20plans%20and%20delivery%20of%20NDIS

and%20other%20services%20for%20people%20with%20disabilities across%20Australia

Often%20depends%20on%20the%20understanding%20of%20the%20client%20of%20their%20needs. Sometimes%20clients%20do%20not%20know%20they%20need%20help%20with%20sorting%20out%20the%20individual diversity%20of%20plans

%3F.%20Rollout%20of%20the%20Information,%20Linkages%20and%20Capacity%20Building%20Program

Health%20websites%20links%20and%20educational%20seminars%20in%20the%20government%20sector Clients%20need%20to%20be%20advised-%20if%20they%20are%20having%20difficulties%20to%20go%20in%20person%20to%20local%20NDIS office.

Telephoning%20contact%20with%20NDIS%20-%20information%20provided%20is%20often%20inconsistent%20and parents%20may%20not%20be%20provided%20with%20the%20most%20useful%20response