If you have, or care for a person with, psychosocial disability, the festive season can be a particularly vulnerable time. Thankfully, there are steps you can take to make things a little easier.
If you have, or care for a person with, psychosocial disability, the festive season can be a particularly vulnerable time. Thankfully, there are steps you can take to make things a little easier.
To help you to better understand how the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) makes decisions about what it will and won’t fund – and to explain the payments My Plan Manager can and can’t process – we’ve pulled together all the information and resources you need.
If you’re sending an invoice our way for processing, here’s a quick tip to get the money from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and into your bank account faster. But before we get to that, you may want to use this client invoice template, which tells you exactly which details to include in your invoices.
If you’re a taxi user with disability in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria or Western Australia then you’re going to want to know about this! A dedicated disability taxi service has launched with a host of tech features that allow you to keep track of your travel spending, see your average trip costs and even nominate your preferred driver – plus much more.
Masks, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), social distancing, excellent hand hygiene – for many people with disability, this was a way of life before the pandemic. And the community’s increased commitment to staying home when sick and following infection control protocols has not just helped stop the spread of COVID-19, but it’s created a safer community for vulnerable people with compromised immune systems – often, people with disability.
We might not have the hoverboard from Back to the Future and the flying cars from The Jetsons have yet to zoom in, but technology is opening up access in ways we wouldn’t have dreamed of in previous generations. In Apple products alone, there are tonnes of accessibility options designed to support people with disability, from vision impairment, hearing loss and deafness, through to mobility limitations and cognitive impairment.
Whether you’ve been personally affected or you’ve seen it on the news, floods, fires and cyclones have been a common occurrence for many Australians in recent years. If you live in an area where cyclones can hit, or a flood or bushfire zone, you need to be prepared.
If you’ve decided to manage your National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan through My Plan Manager, congratulations! You’ve made a safe and smart choice to remove time-consuming paperwork and daily administration off your plate, and have your invoices paid quickly to keep your supports in place.
Did you know there are three ways to manage your National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plan? Here is a quick and simple comparison to explain what they are.
