If you have a disability and need help to access services and support in your community, an NDIS partner can help through the community connections service. Community connections are available to people with disability aged 9 to 64, and their families. You don’t need to be on the NDIS or join the NDIS to get community connections support.
The NDIS partner (usually a Local Area Coordinator or LAC) can talk to you about the services you access and what you need. They can then work with you to develop a personalised community connections plan to help you make the most of available services in your area.
This can include:
- Help to access information
- Support to access mainstream and community supports outside of the NDIS such as education, health services and social networks
- Helping you connect with things in the community that are important to you
- Connections with other people for peer support
- Help to apply to the NDIS.
Developing a community connections plan is usually done over one or two meetings and doesn’t cost anything. You can also talk to an NDIS partner for advice about services that may be suitable for you without getting a community connections plan.