The content on this page contains references to activities and policies that are no long proceeding.
Independent Assessment Framework
- Independent Assessment Framework (DOCX 528KB)
- Easy Read - Independent Assessment Framework (PDF 3.6MB)
- Easy Read (text only) - Independent Assessment Framework (DOCX 55KB).
Independent assessment pilots
From 2018 to 2021 the NDIA ran two pilot programs to test and get feedback from participants about independent assessments.
The first independent assessment pilot
The second independent assessment pilot
- The Second Independent Assessment Pilot Evaluation Report (DOCX 2.5MB)
- The Second Independent Assessment Pilot Evaluation Report (PDF 3.9MB)
- Easy read - The Second Independent Assessment Pilot Evaluation Report (DOCX 64KB)
- Easy read - The Second Independent Assessment Pilot Evaluation Report (PDF 10.5MB)
- Validation from the University of Sydney (DOCX 270KB)
- Letter from the former CEO (DOCX 165KB) about the Second Independent Assessment Pilot Interim Evaluation Report
Consultations
The NDIA completed a consultation period about proposed changes to NDIS.
Consultation papers
- Consultation paper - Access and Eligibility Policy with independent assessments (DOCX 2.3MB)
- Consultation paper - Access and Eligibility Policy with independent assessments (PDF 545KB)
- Easy Read - Getting an independent assessment and applying for the NDIS (PDF 6MB)
- Easy Read (text only) - Getting an independent assessment and applying for the NDIS (DOCX 56KMB)
- Consultation paper - Planning Policy for Personalised Budgets and Plan Flexibility (DOCX 3.6MB)
- Consultation paper - Planning Policy for Personalised Budgets and Plan Flexibility (PDF 1MB)
- Easy Read - Flexible plans and funding (PDF 6MB)
- Easy Read (text only) - Flexible plans and funding (DOCX 55B)
Post consultation reports
- Access and Eligibility policy with independent assessments (DOCX 2.1MB)
- Access and Eligibility policy with independent assessments (PDF 2.3MB)
- Easy Read - Access and Eligibility policy with independent assessments (PDF 11.2MB)
- Easy Read text only - Access and Eligibility policy with independent assessments (DOCX 80KB)
- Planning policy for personalised budgets and plan flexibility (DOCX 3.4MB)
- Planning policy for personalised budgets and plan flexibility (PDF 3.5MB)
- Easy Read - Planning policy for personalised budgets and plan flexibility (PDF 11MB)
- Easy Read text only - Planning policy for personalised budgets and plan flexibility (DOCX 90KB)
Personalised budgets
- Personalised Budgets technical information (PDF 3.9MB)
- Personalised Budgets technical information (DOCX 3.7MB)
- Personalised budgets participant information (PDF 4.3MB)
- Personalised budgets participant information (DOCX 3.6MB)
- Easy read - Personalised Budgets information (PDF 8MB)
- Easy read (text only) - Personalised Budgets information (DOCX 57KB)
The Independent Assessment Toolkit
- Selection of assessment tools in the toolkit (DOCX 1.1MB)
- Easy Read - Independent assessment tools (PDF 4.8MB)
- Easy Read (text only) - Independent assessment tools (DOCX 47KB)
- Addendum to Selection of Assessment Tools to address children aged 1-6 years (DOCX 58KB)
Participant journey maps
We released participant journey maps of the proposed processes for existing participants and people wanting to join the NDIS