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5 tips for choosing a service provider.

Service providers are your personal team of supporters. Their job is to help you live your best life and achieve your goals. A service provider is a person, business or organisation who delivers funded services as part of your NDIS Plan. Service providers have different areas of experience and expertise. When you decide to work with

What to do if you spend your NDIS funding early.

One of the regular questions we are asked here at Leap in! HQ is what happens if I spend my NDIS funding early? Running out of money can be stressful. The NDIA won’t usually approve an increase in funding if you have run out of money because you haven’t budgeted properly. Keep your spending on

Occupational therapists: What they do and how they can help you.

This is the second story in our series about allied health professionals and how they can help you. In our first story, we looked at the role of Speech therapists: what they do and how they can help you.Today, we’ll take a look at occupational therapists.Occupational therapists provide support for people whose health or disability makes

Decision making guide for people with Down Syndrome

A topic that seems to attract a lot of interest for people with Down Syndrome is making decisions. Today, we’d like to share a new resource from Down Syndrome Australia designed to support people with Down Syndrome to be involved in making decisions about their lives. It’s also an excellent guide for parents and carers of

The importance of service agreements

One of the things we get asked a lot of questions about here at Leap in! HQ is service agreements. Service agreements are an important aspect of implementing your NDIS Plan because they set out how and when you receive supports from a service provider. So, what is a service agreement? A service agreement is a

Speech therapists: what they do and how they can help you.

Here at Leap in! HQ, we often get asked about the various types of allied health professionals and what they can do to help you. Our crew have regular contact with many different allied health professionals, so we thought you might be interested in learning who does what. This week, we’ll take a look at speech

Remove the stress with our FREE pre-planning sessions.

Preparing for your first NDIS meeting (or even a Plan Review meeting) can be overwhelming and we completely understand. There is a lot to prepare and think through. Luckily, our team here at Leap in! HQ can help get you started with a free pre-planning session. All you need to do is call us on

Does the NDIS fund prosthetic limbs?

We are often asked questions about specific supports and whether they are funded through the NDIS. One specific support that we were asked about this week is prosthetic limbs, so we thought we’d outline some of the key information and share it with everyone. Prosthetic or artificial limbs are devices that aim to, in some

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