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New ebook: Your guide to goal setting and the NDIS.

A female social worker sits with a young girl battling Cerebral Palsy, as they work together on some basic skills. The worker is dressed casually and the little girl is seated in her wheelchair pulled up to the table as they play with Playdoh together.

Leap in! is excited to launch our latest free ebook designed to help you set and achieve your NDIS goals. The new ebook, Understanding goals and achieving outcomes with the NDIS: A practical guide for success answers all your goal related questions. Setting goals can be a new and unfamiliar process for many people. But

Where to get hearing supports in Australia.

If you are deaf or hard of hearing, there are several different ways to access essential services and supports. The two main programs that deliver hearing supports in Australia are the Hearing Services Program (HSP) and the NDIS. The supports provided depend on your age and eligibility for the relevant program. It’s a little bit

How key workers can shape positive outcomes for children.

A young boy with disability, writing in class with help from his teacher.

Here at Leap in! HQ we often hear from parents that managing multiple providers, therapies and appointments for their child can be stressful. But there is a way to manage supports and services for young children that’s less hectic for families and easier for the child. It’s called the key worker model and involves having

World-first spinal cord injury project hopes to cure paralysis.

Leap in! member, Lindsay Nott and researcher in a lab.

Imagine if the ability to repair a spinal cord injury became a reality in the next five years. The spinal injury project at Griffith University is hoping to achieve this outcome with a proposed world-first clinical trial. More than 20,000 Australians are affected by spinal cord injury. Every year, another 400 people experience this life-altering

Getting help around the yard: What will the NDIS cover?

person with disability and support worker gardening for onions.

If you have disability and find that tasks like mowing the lawn or maintaining a tidy garden can be a challenge, you may be able to use your NDIS funding to help keep your yard clean and safe. The Leap in! Crew knows it can be tricky to determine exactly what the NDIS will cover

Truly remarkable disability tech coming soon.

Young adult walking a down a street smiling at their phone, wearing a rainbow coloured shirt.

An app that helps neurodiverse people build routines and a hygienic reusable catheter system are just two of the latest innovations designed to help people with disability. The 2023 Remarkable Demo Day showcased 12 new disability tech startups…and they’re all truly remarkable! Each business has recently been part of the Remarkable Accelerator, a business program

NDIS employment supports: All you need to know.

Man with disability smiling at the camera wearing a hard hat and high visibility vest.

Do you have an employment-related goal in your NDIS Plan? Are you at school and thinking about what’s next? Are you on the NDIS and working or doing volunteer work? NDIS employment supports may be able to help. If you’re on the NDIS and have a work-related goal, whether it’s to find a job, earn

Accessible video gaming for people with disability.

Daughter with disability playing video game on couch with parents.

The video game industry has exploded in the last fifty years and has gone from a niche form of entertainment to one of the largest home entertainment sectors worth over $516.6 billion (Australian Dollar). It is no surprise that video games are so popular. They are a great source of entertainment and provide players with

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Preparing for your NDIS plan meeting or plan reassessment.

NDIS support categories explained.

Autistic musician Sheldon Riley, shares how an autism diagnosis helped him find his voice.

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