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NDIS Condition Guides
Plain-language guides to what the NDIS funds for 22 conditions, written for participants, families and carers. They download straight away and we do not ask for your email address.
What is inside every guide
Every guide covers the same ground, written around one condition, and runs to 32 to 38 pages. Each ends with a workbook you fill in and take to your planning meeting, because a planner who can see your week does not have to imagine it.
- Guides
- 22
- Pages each
- 32–38
- Updated
- 01
About the condition
What it is, how it affects daily life, and where the NDIS fits in
- 02
The NDIS basics
The access test, applying, the planning meeting, and managing the money
- 03
Your supports
Allied health, equipment, and the support workers who make the week work
- 04
Why InLife
How we roster, how we match workers to households, and what we commit to
- 05
Resources & next steps
Who to call, plan reviews, your rights, and the words the NDIS uses
- 06
Your workbook
Your details, a map of your week, and space for your goals
Choose your guide
Every guide is free and downloads straight away. If the condition you are looking for is not here, get in touch and we will point you to the closest fit.
Acquired Brain Injury
An Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is damage to the brain that happens after birth.
Read and download1Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia — a group of conditions that affect the brain over time.
Read and download1Angelman Syndrome
Angelman Syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic condition caused by a change to the UBE3A gene on chromosome 15.
Read and download1Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental difference in how a person communicates, processes sensory information, and engages socially.
Read and download1Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition characterised by shifts in mood, energy and activity that go beyond ordinary ups and downs.
Read and download1Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of permanent movement disorders that appear in early childhood.
Read and download1Down Syndrome
Down syndrome is a genetic condition where a person is born with an extra copy of chromosome 21 — also called trisomy 21.
Read and download1Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a neurological condition where the brain produces seizures — disruptions in electrical activity that can affect movement, awareness, sensation, or behaviour.
Read and download1Fragile X Syndrome
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic condition caused by a change (called a full mutation) in the FMR1 gene on the X chromosome.
Read and download1Intellectual Disability
Intellectual disability (ID) is a lifelong difference in how a person learns, reasons, and adapts to the everyday world.
Read and download1Legal Blindness
In Australia, a person is considered legally blind when their best-corrected visual acuity in the better eye is 6/60 or worse, or their visual field is reduced to 10 degrees or less, or there is a combination of vision loss and field restriction with equivalent functional impact.
Read and download1Limb Loss
Major limb loss is the absence of all or part of a limb — through traumatic amputation (accident, military service, industrial injury), medical amputation (vascular disease, diabetes, cancer, severe infection), or congenital limb difference (present from birth).
Read and download1Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune condition in which the body's immune system attacks myelin — the protective coating around nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
Read and download1Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of genetic conditions that cause progressive muscle weakness.
Read and download1Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease is a condition of the brain in which the cells that produce dopamine — a chemical messenger that helps coordinate movement — gradually reduce in number.
Read and download1Permanent Hearing Loss
Permanent hearing loss is a sensory difference where one or both ears no longer process sound at typical levels.
Read and download1Psychosis
Psychosis describes a set of experiences rather than a single diagnosis, and most people recover.
Read and download1Rett Syndrome
Rett Syndrome is a rare genetic condition caused by a change to the MECP2 gene on the X chromosome.
Read and download1Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental health condition that can affect thinking, perception, emotion and motivation.
Read and download1Spastic Quadriplegia
Spastic quadriplegia (sometimes called spastic quadriparesis) is a subtype of cerebral palsy where all four limbs and usually the trunk are affected by spasticity — muscles that are too tight, working against each other, making controlled movement difficult.
Read and download1Spinal Cord Injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that interrupts the flow of signals between the brain and the body.
Read and download1Williams Syndrome
Williams syndrome is a rare genetic condition caused by the deletion of about 26 to 28 genes on chromosome 7.
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In your language
The NDIS is hard enough in your first language. Guides are written for eleven languages, and each guide page lists the editions ready to download.
- EnglishEnglish
- فارسیFarsi
- اردوUrdu
- हिन्दीHindi
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀPunjabi
- العربيةArabic
- 中文Chinese
- Tiếng ViệtVietnamese
- TürkçeTurkish
- EspañolSpanish
- TagalogTagalog
Interpreters are free at every NDIS meeting. Call TIS National on 131 450 and ask for your language, or ask us to arrange it.
Questions the guide does not answer?
We are a registered NDIS provider working across Victoria. Ask us anything about a plan, a support, or how to get started, whether or not you ever become a participant with us.