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Will the NDIS fund an assistance animal?

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More than just furry friends, assistance animals can support people with disability to live safely, become more independent and complete everyday tasks. Today we take a look at what the NDIS considers when funding assistance animals and the evidence required to support a funding application. What is an assistance animal? The NDIS describes an

NDIS vs mainstream supports.

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Here at Leap in! HQ, we’re asked a lot of questions about what the NDIS does and doesn’t cover in a range of common scenarios. Some supports are provided by organisations other than the NDIS. These are referred to as mainstream and community supports. As part of our Leap in! Presents series we presented an NDIS vs

Taxi vouchers and transport support.

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Taxi subsidy schemes are a way of providing accessible transport to people who cannot use public transport because of their disability. Each Australian state and territory has a taxi subsidy scheme. However each has different eligibility criteria and works slightly differently. We’ve outlined some starting points for the disability taxi vouchers scheme in each state

Is your child overscheduled? From Source Kids

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Original story It’s easy to feel like you need to jam pack your child’s schedule with therapies and activities to help “catch them up”. But at what point does it become counter-productive? Our friends at Source Kids recently published an insightful story about the effects of overscheduling your child by James Pipe. The story includes

Autism – the lived experience of a parent of autistic kids.

Leap in! Learning & Development Specialist, Dee, wear a red polo and glasses smiling at the camera, with a book self behind her.

Dee Thomson is our Leap in! Learning and Development Specialist and a neuro-divergent mum parenting two autistic children. We recently asked her to answer some of our Members’ most commonly asked questions about autism. What should I do if I think my child is autistic? If you are concerned about your child’s development, it’s a

Autism and the NDIS.

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April is World Autism Month, a time to come together to celebrate and to promote understanding and connection to create a more inclusive world. Here at Leap in! we support many autistic people on the NDIS and their families. And autism and the NDIS is one of the topics we get the most questions about.

Sports activities: What will the NDIS fund?

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Being both physically and socially active through playing a sport can provide great benefits to your health as well as keep you connected to your community. If playing a sport or joining a sports team is one of your goals, the NDIS may be able to fund disability-related supports to help you get there. Here

Psychosocial disability and the NDIS.

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Here at Leap in! HQ, we are often asked whether the NDIS can help people with a psychosocial disability. The answer is yes! The NDIS may cover a psychosocial disability depending on your individual circumstances. Today, we’ll shed some light on how the NDIS determines eligibility for people with a psychosocial disability and the additional

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NDIS Core supports budget: A closer look.

NDIS and autism: The support coordinator advantage.

Preparing for your NDIS plan meeting or plan reassessment.

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