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✅ All Services Funded by the NDIS (Detailed Guide)

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funds reasonable and necessary supports that help people with disability:

• Live more independently

• Build skills and capacity

• Participate in the community

• Achieve personal goals

NDIS funding is organised into three main support budgets:

1. Core Supports

2. Capacity Building Supports

3. Capital Supports

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🔵 1. CORE SUPPORTS

(Everyday assistance & participation)

Core Supports help with day‑to‑day living and are usually the most flexible part of an NDIS plan.

✅ Assistance with Daily Living

Support with everyday tasks impacted by disability.

Includes:

• Personal care (showering, dressing, grooming)

• Meal preparation

• Cleaning, laundry, gardening

• Prompting, motivation, and routine support

• Respite care

• Short‑term accommodation (STA)

✅ Common for physical, intellectual, and psychosocial disability
❌ Not therapy or treatment

✅ Transport

Funding to help participants travel when disability prevents use of public transport.

Includes:

• Travel to appointments

• Community activities

• Work or education (where applicable)

✅ Consumables

Everyday disability‑related items used regularly.

Includes:

• Continence products

• Nutrition supplements

• Low‑cost assistive equipment

• Sensory items

• Assistance animal costs (approved cases)

✅ Social and Community Participation

Support to engage in social, recreational, and community activities.

Includes:

• Group programs

• Community outings

• Skill‑based social activities

• Support workers for participation

• Youth, cultural, and peer programs

✅ Common for psychosocial disability and youth

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🟢 2. CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORTS

(Skill development & independence)

Capacity Building supports help participants build skills and long‑term independence.
These budgets are goal‑specific and not flexible.

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✅ Support Coordination

Helps participants understand and use their NDIS plan.

Includes:

• Finding and connecting with providers

• Managing complex supports

• Crisis planning (non‑clinical)

• Building confidence to self‑manage

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✅ Improved Daily Living

Primary category for NDIS‑funded mental health supports

Includes:

• Psychology (disability‑related)

• Counselling for psychosocial disability

• Emotional regulation skill development

• Psychosocial recovery‑oriented supports

• Trauma‑informed capacity building

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✅ Focus on functional impact
❌ Not general mental health treatment

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✅ Improved Relationships

Supports to improve social skills, emotional regulation, and behaviour.

Includes:

• Social skills training

• Emotional regulation supports

• Behaviour support (where applicable)

• Communication and relationship skills

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✅ Improved Health and Wellbeing

Disability‑related health and wellbeing supports.

Includes (when disability‑related):

• Exercise physiology

• Dietetics

• Allied health wellbeing programs

❌ Not general wellness or lifestyle services

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✅ Improved Learning

Supports related to education goals.

Includes:

• Training supports

• Skill development linked to education participation

❌ Does not replace school or university responsibility

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✅ Finding and Keeping a Job

Employment‑related disability supports.

Includes:

• Employment preparation

• Workplace support

• School‑to‑work transition programs

• Job‑related skill development

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✅ Improved Life Choices

Supports to help participants manage their plan and funding.

Includes:

• Plan management

• Financial intermediary supports

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🟣 3. CAPITAL SUPPORTS

(Equipment & modifications)

Capital Supports fund higher‑cost items that increase independence.
Usually require quotes and NDIA approval.

✅ Assistive Technology (AT)

Disability‑specific equipment.

Includes:

• Wheelchairs and mobility aids

• Communication devices

• Hearing equipment

• Specialised software

• Prosthetics and orthotics

✅ Home Modifications

Changes to make a home accessible.

Includes:

• Ramps and rails

• Bathroom modifications

• Widened doorways

• Safety modifications

✅ Vehicle Modifications

Disability‑related vehicle changes.

✅ Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA)

Specialised housing for participants with very high support needs.

⚠️ Only funded if specifically approved in the plan

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❌ What the NDIS Does NOT Fund

The NDIS does not fund:

• Rent, groceries, bills

• Medical or hospital care

• Psychiatrist appointments

• Medication

• General mental health treatment

• Holistic, spiritual, or alternative therapies

• Lifestyle or wellness programs

• Holidays or entertainment

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🌿 Important Note on Holistic Supports

Holistic or wellbeing supports:

• ❌ Are not NDIS‑funded

• ✅ May be offered separately or free by providers

• ✅ Must not be billed to NDIS

• ✅ Must be clearly separated from funded services

This separation is critical for audits and compliance.

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✅ Summary

NDIS funds services that:

• Are disability‑related

• Improve daily living, skills, or participation

• Build independence and capacity

• Meet “reasonable and necessary” criteria

NDIS does not fund general health or lifestyle services.