Supports and therapies
NDIS support services, therapies and equipment
NDIS support services should connect with something that matters in your day. That might be getting ready in the morning, communicating with other people, managing a household task or finding disability equipment that makes an activity easier. Understanding the options helps you describe the assistance you need and decide what to explore next.
Here you will find articles about daily living and support work, therapies and assessments, disability-related health supports, assistive technology and digital access. The collection includes practical guides, professional perspectives and personal experiences. Each offers a different way of thinking about how support can fit into everyday life.
Start with the activity or difficulty you want to address. What happens now? What would you like to do differently? What help have you already tried? These questions can make a conversation with a support worker, therapist or equipment adviser more useful than starting with a service name alone.
For families and carers, the articles can help explain options and prepare questions without assuming that the same approach will suit everyone. Providers can use them to consider how clearly they explain their service and how they involve people in decisions. For participants, the most useful measure is how support works for you in practice.
Funding needs its own check. The NDIS can fund eligible disability-related supports, but ordinary living expenses and services that belong to other systems have different arrangements. Therapy, health care and equipment are not interchangeable funding categories. Check the relevant guidance and your plan before committing to a service or purchase.
You can browse by the type of support or follow an article that matches your immediate question. Look for practical details you can take into the next conversation: what to ask, what to compare and how to tell whether an option is helping you work towards the life you want.
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Articles
- Counsellor or psychologist for your child: needs, fit and funding
- Choosing an NDIS therapist or behaviour support practitioner
- NDIS occupational therapy: funding and choosing the right support
- What does an NDIS support worker do? Tasks, boundaries and choice
- Child development concerns: when to seek support
- When to Ask About Speech Pathology for Your Child or Teen
- NDIS supports for autism: checking your plan and choosing services
- Booking telehealth therapy: questions families can ask first
- VR therapy and NDIS funding: questions to ask before booking
- NDIS telehealth: choosing therapy that works for your family
- Low-cost assistive technology: NDIS purchase and payment checks
- iPhone Live Voicemail: accessibility and provider calls
- NDIS meal preparation and delivery: read the cost breakdown
- Adult autism and ADHD assessment: purpose, process and funding
- Occupational therapy driving assessment: what to ask before booking
- Occupational therapy assessment: prepare goals and useful evidence
- NDIS exercise physiology: goals, accreditation and funding checks
- 21 support worker activities to try at home or online
- NDIS Cleaning Rates and Funding: What to Check Before Booking
- NDIS iPad funding: check technology approval before buying
- NDIS cleaning and gardening: check the task, funding and quote
- Assistance dogs: Max’s story and what to check
- Cleaning or support work? Choose help around the tasks you need
- Person-centred online therapy: choice, goals and privacy
- How to choose a physiotherapist for your NDIS goals
- NDIS cleaning and gardening: check the support your home needs
- Home cleaning and COVID-19: read the early advice carefully
- Telehealth consultations: preparing for remote exercise support
- Exercise and Down syndrome: choose enjoyable, individual support
- NDIS cleaning priorities: tasks, products and personal preferences
- What does an occupational therapist do? Everyday activities explained
- Choosing NDIS meal preparation: menus, storage and food costs
- NDIS prosthetics and orthotics: plan for the device and ongoing support
- Neurofeedback for ADHD: read the claims and NDIS funding limits
- Keep a support worker relationship working well over time
- NDIS goals and everyday support: Michael’s story
- ADHD and sleep: questions about symptoms and treatment claims
- Children’s daily routines: how occupational therapy can help
- Digital assistive technology: start with the task you want to do
- Children’s sensory needs: practical questions for occupational therapy
- Build a support worker team that fits your life
- Psychoeducational groups: questions to ask before joining
- Spinal cord injury rehabilitation: Anne’s journey home
- Positive behaviour support: needs, rights and safeguards
- NDIS assistance animals, therapy animals and pets
- Disability accessibility apps: the 2019 list in context
- NDIS assistive technology: choosing equipment and getting advice
- Plastic straw access and disability: exemptions and individual needs
- Falls prevention: planning safe, individual support
- NDIS transport funding: separate the support and travel costs
- NDIS therapy and assessment: choosing the right support
- NDIS daily living support: personal care and community access
- NDIS hydrotherapy: benefits, suitability and support
- Physical activity with disability: goals and individual guidance
- Choosing an early childhood intervention provider for your child
- Accessible cooking: a simple soup recipe and support choices
- Starting a new treatment: questions and informed choices
- Choosing assistive technology: advice, peers and product trials
- Smartphone accessibility for blind people: features and funding checks
- Assistive technology options: questions before choosing
- NDIS animal supports: assistance animals and therapy explained
- Finding support workers: how to build a reliable working relationship
- Josie’s story: family life and choosing good support
- Exercise and disability: Brodie’s personal progress
- Support work and companionship: connection with boundaries
- Disability innovation: designing around one person’s need
- Disability morning routines: Tully’s account of the hidden effort
- Assistive technology: matching a solution to your goal
- Support worker or carer? Why the language matters
- Assistive technology and choice: Susan’s family experience
- What does a support worker do? Tasks, choice and expectations
- Cafe access with a walking aid: Tully’s everyday experience
- Augmentative and alternative communication: being heard
- How to Find a Physiotherapist Who Listens to You
- Support worker tips from a participant: respect, privacy and communication
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