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Disability supports

NDIS

The NDIS funds eligible disability supports through a separate scheme. NDIS access does not automatically create Centrelink entitlement, and Centrelink entitlement does not automatically create NDIS access.

What this part of the system means

NDIS

This section will map NDIS access, planning, funded supports and review pathways separately from Centrelink disability payments. Compass will keep the distinction explicit because the NDIS is a support-funding scheme, while payments such as DSP are income support.

Decision prompts

Questions to answer first

These do not determine eligibility. They help identify which payment, scheme or authority to check next.

1

Are you trying to access the NDIS, understand a plan or challenge a decision?

2

Is the issue about functional impairment and support needs rather than income replacement?

3

Are mainstream health, education, housing or employment services also relevant?

4

Do you also need to check a separate Centrelink payment such as DSP or Carer Payment?

Primary sources

Where this section will be grounded

Compass links back to the administering agency or official scheme. Placeholder content is deliberately kept separate from a formal entitlement decision.

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