If you are applying on behalf of a child younger than 9, please visit Help for children younger than 9 page and then contact your local early childhood partner.
If you are a person with disability aged 9 - 65 years who would like to join the NDIS, you will need to meet the access requirements. To find out more, visit the NDIS access criteria page.
If you think you meet these requirements you can:
- contact your local NDIS office or local NDIS partner and ask them to support you to connect to disability supports in your local area or support you to apply to the NDIS, if you are eligible
- phone the NDIS on 1800 800 110.
In some areas, we don’t have early childhood partners or local area coordination partners.
In non-partner areas we recommend you contact us on 1800 800 110 to be supported to apply to the NDIS.
To apply for the NDIS you will need to provide information about your age, residency and disability or need for early intervention. We call this supporting information.
If you do not have access to a partner, you can also download and complete the NDIS Access Request Form and email it to [email protected] with supporting information.
Your treating health professional will need to complete Section 2 of the Access Request Form or if you have existing reports or assessments you can send them to us with your completed form.
If you need help to apply, please contact your local early childhood or local coordination partner, or NDIS Office.
We know that gathering your information can take time. Please take all the time you need to complete the form before returning it to us.
Your Access Request Form needs a signature. If you are completing it digitally, you can use a digital signature. You must complete the digital signature last.
If you make any changes to the form after you have signed it, you will need to sign it again, at the end.
If you are unable to complete and sign your Access Request Form or need help to apply, please contact your local NDIS partner. If you do not have access to a partner, you can phone 1800 800 110 and make a Telephone Access Request.
Gathering your supporting information
To understand what supporting information you need to provide, you can refer to providing evidence of your disability.
No matter how you apply, you will need to provide us with the same information and evidence to support your access request.
Please take all the time you need to gather supporting information to confirm your:
- Age
- Residency
- Disability or need for Early Intervention.
