Guides
NDIS guides, in plain English
Straight answers about what a plan pays for, how to ask for what you want, and what a good program looks like. Written by a registered NDIS provider who runs these sessions every week — not a summary of the website you have already read.
Funding and support categories
What the different parts of a plan pay for, in plain English.
- Capacity Building supports explained, with examples The nine Capacity Building categories, what they fund, why the money cannot be moved between them, and why this budget is the most underspent in the scheme.
- Core Supports vs Capacity Building: what each budget pays for The two NDIS budgets that cause the most confusion. What each funds, which categories sit inside them, which is flexible, and how to tell them apart.
- Increased Social and Community Participation: what it actually funds The Capacity Building budget for learning to join in. What it funds, how it differs from the Core support, and how to get it into your plan.
- Improved daily living skills: real examples of what you can fund A practical list of what Improved Daily Living funding actually pays for, grouped by cooking, household, money, travel, communication and personal skills.
- NDIS community participation: what it covers and how to use it What NDIS community participation funding covers, the difference between the Core and Capacity Building versions, and how to ask for more of it.
- NDIS funded activities: what your plan pays for and how to find them What activities an NDIS plan actually pays for, which budget they come from, what group sessions cost, and how to find something worth joining near you.
- Improved Daily Living: what it funds and who it is for Improved Daily Living is the Capacity Building budget that pays to build skills, not to have things done for you. What it covers, with real examples.
Goals and plan reviews
Asking for what you want, and getting it written down properly.
- Preparing for your NDIS plan review What happens at a plan reassessment, what to bring, how to ask for more funding, why plans get cut, and what to do if the outcome is wrong.
- NDIS goals: what makes one work, with examples to adapt Funding follows goals, so a vague goal quietly limits a plan. What the NDIA looks for, what separates a strong goal from a weak one, and examples by life area.
Autism and ADHD
How funding works when autism or ADHD is the primary diagnosis.
- NDIS and ADHD: can you get funding, and what it covers Where ADHD stands with the NDIS, why applications are often declined, what evidence helps, what funding covers, and the alternatives if you are not eligible.
- Autism Level 2 and the NDIS: what a plan actually looks like What Level 2 autism means, how it affects an NDIS application, what a plan at that level usually contains, and why the level alone does not decide the funding.
- NDIS and autism: eligibility, funding and what plans cover How NDIS eligibility works for autism, what funding typically covers, how support levels affect a plan, and what to do if an application is declined.
Our programs
What actually happens in our sessions, and how to join one.
- Choosing an NDIS group program: how to tell them apart Group size, structure and progress tracking are what separate programs. The questions to ask, the warning signs, and when one-to-one is the better answer.
- Can you use NDIS funding for cooking classes? Usually yes, where the course teaches rather than feeds. Which budget pays for it, what makes a program fundable, and how to check your own funding fits.
- What a group baking session actually looks like A session start to finish: the room, the group size, how a step gets adapted, what people take home, and whether you can come and look first.
Why we write these
Most people are not short of funding. They are short of a straight answer.
Nearly every participant who joins us has had funding sitting in their plan for months without knowing it could be used for something like this. These guides exist to close that gap, whether you come to us in the end or not.
Anything here that is still unclear, call and ask. We would rather spend ten minutes on the phone than have somebody guess.
