Independent ILO assessment reports that justify Stage 1 Exploration & Design funding and ongoing Stage 2 living support.
Individualised Living Options (ILO) is a person-centred NDIS home and living funding stream for participants who want to live the way they choose — alone, with a host family, with chosen housemates, or in another flexible arrangement. ILO is one of the most underutilised home and living options in the NDIS, in large part because the evidence requirements are exacting.
Individualised Living Options is an NDIS funding stream that gives participants flexibility to design a living arrangement that fits their goals, rather than fitting into a standard SIL property. ILO has two stages: Stage 1 — Exploration & Design (a one-off package to explore options, build informal networks and design the model) and Stage 2 — Ongoing Supports (the funding that sustains the chosen living arrangement).
ILO is not assessed in the same way as SIL. The NDIA looks for evidence that the participant has been actively involved in designing the model, that informal and community networks have been mapped, that risk is appropriately mitigated, and that the proposed model is sustainable. Our ILO reports use the NDIS ILO evidence template and have been developed with reference to NDIA decision-making patterns.
Yes — many participants transition from SIL to ILO. The ILO Stage 1 funding is specifically designed to explore whether ILO is a better fit.
Stage 1 reports typically take 4–6 weeks of design work followed by a written report. Standard FCA components are completed within our normal 5 business day turnaround.
Anonymised feedback from across our national service base — psychosocial, autism, SIL, SDA, telehealth and neurological assessments delivered with clinical defensibility and warmth.
"Ryan and the team understood my son's autism in a way no previous assessor has. They captured the masking, the burnout cycles, the sensory side — things we have been trying to explain to NDIA for years. The funding outcome reflected that."
"We are based in a remote postcode and have struggled to access specialist assessors for years. The whole process was done by video — the clinician was warm, well prepared, and the report was as detailed as any in-person assessment I have ever seen."
"I needed an SDA assessment urgently to support a hospital discharge. The team turned it around in five business days, coordinated with the hospital social work team, and the application was approved without needing additional evidence."
Testimonials are anonymised composites drawn from feedback across our national service base. No identifying participant information is shared without explicit consent.
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