This dataset presents the footprint of the number of active participants with an approved plan in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The data is current as at 30 Sep 2021, includes quarterly snapshots beginning from Dec 2019, and is aggregated to Local Government Area (LGA) 2011. The geographical boundaries are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency. Their role is to implement the NDIS, which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers. For further information about this dataset, please visit the NDIA. Please note: The State/Territory groupings are based on the participant's latest residential address.

This dataset presents the footprint of the number of active participants with an approved plan in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The data is current as at 31 Dec 2021, includes quarterly snapshots beginning from Dec 2019, and is aggregated to Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4) 2016. The geographical boundaries are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website.

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency. Their role is to implement the NDIS, which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers.

For further information about this dataset, please visit the NDIA.

Please note:

• The State/Territory groupings are based on the participant's latest residential address.

• The availability status of each SA4 is based on the mapping between the SA4, NDIA Service Districts and the bilateral agreements to determine phase-in date for each SA4.

  AURIN has spatialised the participant data. Participant count values of '<11' have been set to null.

This dataset presents the footprint of the number of active participants with an approved plan in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The data is current as at 31 Dec 2021, includes quarterly snapshots beginning from Dec 2019, and is aggregated to Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) 2016. The geographical boundaries are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency. Their role is to implement the NDIS, which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers. For further information about this dataset, please visit the NDIA. Please note: The State/Territory groupings are based on the participant's latest residential address.

The overarching aim of this project was to compare the characteristics of Australians citizens or residents with disability aged under 65 years who were NDIS participants with those who did not receive NDIS funding. Comparisons were made according to age, sex, socio-economic characteristics, geography, type of disability, level of functioning and support needs.

Revenue has skyrocketed over recent years as government funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has surged. Disability service providers have benefited greatly from new funding arrangements, as market-based arrangements support many people with disabilities across Australia. Some individuals receive NDIS support in addition to their Disability Support Pension or other disability payments, while others receive support for the first time under the scheme. Industry revenue is expected to have surged at an annualised 12.1% over the five years through 2024-25, to $48.7 billion. This includes an anticipated jump of 5.9% in 2024-25. Revenue growth over the past five years doesn’t include services offered by NDIS providers under other disability frameworks, like the National Disability Agreement. A substantial portion of the industry's expansion efforts has been due to heightened funding rather than a natural increase in demand. The pandemic had a minimal effect on the NDIS rollout since the service is deemed essential. However, boosted funding for healthcare in general post-pandemic, as the government shifts its priorities, has benefited NDIS providers. This funding shift has also lifted industrywide profitability. The industry is set to continue expanding in the coming years, although at a slower pace compared to historical growth. An increasing number of individuals are projected to enrol in the NDIS, driving up demand. However, the NDIS’s prolonged rollout is losing momentum, leading to decelerating growth. As more individuals sign up to the NDIS, providers will need to diversify and deliver services for more disabilities. Technological innovations are also set to provide more support for industry participants, particularly in the area of assistive technology. Revenue for NDIS providers is forecast to expand at an annualised 7.1% over the five years through 2029-30, to $68.6 billion.

Despite being a pioneering social initiative worldwide, Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) still presents unresolved issues for individuals with vision-related disability regarding its processes and outcomes. This study evaluates how well the NDIS markets are perceived to achieve efficiency, responsiveness, choice, quality, and equity within the vision rehabilitation sector, and identified factors facilitating or hindering desired outcomes. This qualitative study conducted 22 semi-structured interviews involving individuals with vision disability, service providers, peak-body and professional-body representatives, and an NDIS planner. Findings across stakeholder groups show minimal variation. The NDIS’s quasi-market approach has improved participants’ choices over ways to utilise and manage their funding and consequently provided them with a sense of control and empowerment. However, inefficiencies persist due to insufficient competition, workforce shortages, price caps, information asymmetry, high transaction costs, gaming behaviour, inadequate staff training, complex and lengthy processes, and eligibility concerns. Supportive factors include effective advocacy, pragmatic regulations to maintain quality, opportunities for innovation, and service providers’ motivation for cost-effectiveness. While NDIS markets have made significant strides in enhancing participants’ choice and control, our findings underscore the need for continued refinement to achieve broader social objectives and long-term sustainability for individuals with vision-related disability. The NDIS’s quasi-market approach empowers participants with vision disability to exercise choice and control over their rehabilitation services and funding management.While quality assurance measures exist within the NDIS, concerns persist regarding service quality, attitudes of NDIA staff and providers, and consumer rights.Ensuring accessible market information, effective advocacy, and robust quality standards is essential to address these concerns.The study highlights the importance of refining policies, regulations, and pricing structures within the NDIS markets to address inefficiencies, promote high-quality and responsive vision rehabilitation services, and ensure equitable access while maintaining the sustainability of the NDIS. The NDIS’s quasi-market approach empowers participants with vision disability to exercise choice and control over their rehabilitation services and funding management. While quality assurance measures exist within the NDIS, concerns persist regarding service quality, attitudes of NDIA staff and providers, and consumer rights. Ensuring accessible market information, effective advocacy, and robust quality standards is essential to address these concerns. The study highlights the importance of refining policies, regulations, and pricing structures within the NDIS markets to address inefficiencies, promote high-quality and responsive vision rehabilitation services, and ensure equitable access while maintaining the sustainability of the NDIS.

The purpose of this fact sheet is to help disability providers understand ways in which they can prevent, manage and resolve conflict, and support effective communication with families, to minimise any adverse impact on participants.

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Healthcare and human services are increasingly required to demonstrate effectiveness and efficiency of their programs, with assessment and evaluation processes more regularly part of activity cycles. New approaches to service delivery, such as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) scheme in Australia, require outcome-focused reporting that is responsive to the perspectives of clients. Eco-systematic approaches to service delivery and assessment consider the client as part of an interconnected web of stakeholders who all have responsibility for and contribute to their development and progress. These imperatives provide challenges for modalities for which there are not well-established assessment approaches. Dance movement therapists face particular difficulties in this respect, as they have few assessment tools that are practical for regular use. Existing dance movement therapy (DMT) assessment approaches largely do not yet prioritize input from clients. This article addresses these challenges in reporting a trial of iPad app MARA (Movement Assessment and Reporting App) developed for assessment in DMT. MARA is applied in a program for adults with intellectual disability (ID) over 16 weeks. Assessment data is gathered utilizing the app's features: two researcher-therapists undertake quantitative scoring that MARA aggregates into graphs, substantiated by qualitative note-taking, photos, and videos; and clients provide feedback about their progress stimulated by viewing photos and videos. A sample graph generated by MARA and supporting notes and a report drawn from data are provided. Responses to reports from program stakeholders (12 participants, 12 families, 11 center staff) gathered through interviews and focus groups are discussed, and researcher–therapists' reflections are detailed. The benefits of using MARA reported by researcher–therapists include strengthened capacity to focus on participant outcomes, assess efficiently, plan and make decisions for the program, and communicate participants' progress to stakeholders. Family members perceive reports drawn from data gathered in MARA to be useful in enabling better understanding of the DMT program and participant outcomes and potentially to support NDIS service planning. Managers perceive the potential value of data in these reports for quality control and resource decisions, while other staff confirm the therapists' perspective that reports offer the possibility of improved communication and collaboration between center staff.