Who does what in the NDIS?
Participants:
- Are people with disability with a current NDIS plan.
- Use their plans to purchase supports that align with their areas of life goals such as independent living, community participation and capacity building.
Local Area Coordinators (LAC):
- Help people with disability gather the evidence they need to complete an NDIS Access Request.
- Assist participants to establish goals and support them through the planning and plan implementation process.
- Provide information about mainstream supports to both participants and people with disability who are not eligible for the NDIS.
Support Coordinators:
- Help participants connect to NDIS and other supports.
- Build a participant’s capacity and capability to understand their plan, navigate the NDIS and make their own decisions.
- Broker supports and services in line with a participant’s wishes and their plan budget.
- Monitor plan budgets and support effectiveness.
Disability Advocates:
- Act, speak or write to promote, protect and defend the human rights of people with disability on an issues basis when their rights have been breached or denied.
- Are independent. They sit outside of the NDIS and disability service systems.