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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new way of supporting:
- people with disability
- families and carers.
The NDIS can help you find and use the supports and services you need, including:
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- disability supports and services
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- mainstream services – services for everyone to use
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- community supports and services.
WA has had 2 NDIS trial sites, including:
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- 1 run by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
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- 1 run by the WA Government Department of Communities – Disability Services.
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The WA Government was planning to run their own version of the NDIS in WA called the WA NDIS.
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In December 2017, the WA government decided to join with the Commonwealth Government.
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Both governments agreed that WA will join the Australian NDIS.
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The Australian NDIS will start running in WA at different times depending on where you live.
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People who are already part of the WA NDIS started moving to the Australian NDIS in April 2018.
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The WA Government will contact people who still need to move from the WA NDIS to the Australian NDIS and tell them what they need to do.
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The Australian NDIS will be fully rolled out across WA by 2020.
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For more information about moving to the NDIS, you can visit the NDIS website.
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The WA Department of Communities Disability Services website also has information about the NDIS.