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NDIS Occupational Therapist: Your Guide to Funding & Reports
Many families and Support Coordinators don't fail at the NDIS because they lack a clinician — they fail because the evidence on file does not answer the funding question. An NDIS Occupational Therapist who understands that distinction can change the outcome of a plan review.
How to Prepare for Your First NDIS Functional Capacity Assessment
Most participants only have one chance per plan cycle to capture the right functional picture. Walking into your FCA with a clear preparation plan can change your funding outcome — sometimes dramatically.
How to Build a Successful NDIS SIL Application in 2026
SIL packages routinely sit between $250,000 and $750,000 per year. Because of the dollar value, SIL applications carry the highest evidence burden in the NDIS — and the biggest payoff for getting it right.
NDIS SDA Design Categories: How to Choose the Right One
Choosing the right SDA design category is one of the most consequential decisions in the NDIS home-and-living pathway. Getting it wrong can result in years of waiting in housing that does not match real need.
Telehealth FCA vs In-Person Assessment: Which Is Right for You?
Telehealth FCA is now standard practice — but is it the right fit for every participant? An honest comparison from a clinician who has delivered both.
Psychosocial Disability and the NDIS: Building Strong Functional Evidence
Psychosocial disability is the most under-funded NDIS cohort — not because participants lack genuine need, but because standard assessment frameworks systematically under-capture episodic functioning.
FCA for Autistic Adults: Capturing Masking and Autistic Burnout
Many autistic adults walk out of a Functional Capacity Assessment with a report that systematically under-states their support needs. The reason is almost always the same — masking went undetected.
Neurological FCAs: ABI, MS, Parkinson's and Stroke Explained
Neurological conditions combine motor, cognitive, behavioural and fatigue impairments in ways that vary dramatically across individuals — and across time. A generic FCA often captures only one dimension of this complexity.
10 Evidence Mistakes That Cost NDIS Participants Funding
Participants with weak or outdated evidence routinely lose tens — sometimes hundreds — of thousands of dollars in annual funding. Here are the 10 most common, expensive mistakes.
Working With Your Support Coordinator: A Practical Guide
Your Support Coordinator is the operational hub of your NDIS plan. The quality of this relationship has a larger effect on outcomes than almost any other factor in the plan.
How to Prepare for Your NDIS Plan Reassessment in 2026
Plan reassessments are won and lost on preparation. A participant who walks into a plan reassessment with the right evidence pack and a clear goals statement usually walks out with the plan they need.
NDIS Functional Domains Explained: The 8 Areas the NDIA Uses to Decide Funding
Understanding the eight NDIS functional domains is the single most important step in preparing strong evidence for a plan review or home and living application.
NDIS Reasonable and Necessary: How the NDIA Decides What to Fund
The six reasonable and necessary criteria are the legislative backbone of every NDIS funding decision. Get them right in your evidence and your funding follows.
NDIS Plan Review Evidence: What to Submit and Why
Plan reassessments are won and lost on the quality of evidence submitted. Here is the full evidence stack that gives you the best chance of an improved outcome.
The Care and Needs Scale (CANS): A Practical Guide for NDIS Professionals
Originally developed for acquired brain injury, the CANS remains one of the most useful supplementary tools in NDIS FCAs for high-support participants.
NDIS Levels of Support: Prompting, Supervision, Assistance and Full Care
‘Requires support’ is the most over-used phrase in NDIS evidence. Knowing the precise NDIS support levels — and using them in your evidence — directly affects funding.
NDIS Funding Categories Explained: 2026 Edition
The three NDIS funding categories — Core, Capacity Building and Capital — operate under very different rules. Knowing which category applies to a support is the foundation of every successful funding application.
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