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NDIS Framework for Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Easy Read version
How to use this document
This information is written in an easy to read way.
We use pictures to explain some ideas.
This document has been written by the National
Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). When you
see the word ‘we’, it means the NDIS.
Some words are written in bold. We explain what
these words mean. There is a list of these words
on page 20.
This Easy Read document is a summary of
another document.
You can find the longer document on our website
at http://www.ndis.gov.au/
You can ask for help to read this document.
A friend, family member or support person may
be able to help you.
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What’s in this document?
What is this document about? 4
How will the ILC work? 6
Who will the ILC benefit? 8
Examples of support that could be offered by ILC 9
Stream 1 10
Stream 2 12
Stream 3 13
Stream 4 15
Stream 5 17
The ILC in practice 18
Word list 20
Contact us 21
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What is this document about?
The NDIS provides support to people with
disability and their families.
The amount of support that people receive can
depend on how much help they need.
An important part of the support the NDIS
provides has to do with help from the
community, families and carers.
We would like to make sure that all of these
people have access to the information they
need.
We also want to create better connections and
networks between people with disability and the
community.
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We would also like to help people gain the skills
and types of knowledge that are needed to help
support people with disability.
We call this level of support Information, Linkages and Capacity Building, or ILC.
This document will explain how the ILC will work
and who it will be good for.
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How will the ILC work?
The ILC will help the community include people
with disability by providing information, training
and support.
This will include helping to improve
mainstream services for people with
disability.
These are services such as healthcare,
education, transport and housing.
It will make sure that people can access the
support they need.
It may reduce the chance that a person using
support services will rely on them for a long
time.
It will give people with disability more choice
and control of their supports.
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And it will support families and carers.
We think that support that meets the needs of
lots of people will help more people with
disability take part in the community.
The ILC will have 5 parts to it, we call these
Streams.
Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 Stream 4 Stream 5
We explain each of these streams in more detail, starting on page 10.
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Who will the ILC benefit?
The ILC will benefit:
• people with disability
• family and carers of people with disability
• mainstream and community service
providers.
The ILC aims to meet the needs of a wide group
of people with disability.
We will focus on making sure people with
disability, their family and carers are included and
supported by the community.
It will offer the same levels of support to people
all around Australia, instead of being different in
all the states and territories.
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Examples of support that could be offered by ILC
Some examples of support that the ILC could
provide include:
• Bulk payments for groups of people who
want to support each other. This is
called peer-to-peer support.
• A contract for support with a service
provider to help people through a
diagnosis of a disability.
• Grants or payments to an organisation
to help sporting clubs include people
with disability.
• staff employed by the NDIS help to
connect people with disability and their
communities.
These people are called Local Area Coordinators.
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Stream 1
Stream 1 is about providing information and
connecting people with each other and other
services.
We want to create better connections between
communities and people with disability, and
their families and carers.
This will include providing information about:
• the impact of disability on a person’s life
• supports available to the person and their
family and carers
• the type of disability they have.
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We will also provide information that meets the
needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples and people from different cultures.
We want to help connect people with the right
services and supports.
From there, sharing this information with others
will help build connections with more people.
We will support resources for the public to
access this information.
These can be online or face-to-face services.
Some of this support may be through disability-
specific organisations.
These are organisations that provide support
that meets the needs of people with a certain
type of disability.
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Stream 2
Stream 2 is about making sure mainstream
services meet the needs of people with disability
more effectively.
It is important to the NDIS that people with
disability can use mainstream services and
supports.
We’d like people who are providing mainstream
services to learn more about supporting people
with disability.
This is part of the National Disability Strategy.
This is a 10 year plan that the governments
around Australia has written. It will help people
with disability, their family and carers to live good
lives and achieve their goals.
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Stream 3
Stream 3 is about building understanding in the
wider community.
This will make sure that more people with
disability can be included in the day-to-day life
of our community.
Local businesses, councils and organisations
play an important role in making sure this can
happen. We can provide funding to help them
do this.
We’d like to make the community more aware
of disability, and have more understanding
about people’s needs.
The community can help by providing
opportunities for people with disability, such as
jobs or training.
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This is an important part of making sure people
are included in the community.
We also understand that having a community
that supports people with disability reduces the
cost of disability supports in the long run.
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Stream 4
Stream 4 is about creating support that builds
the capacity of people with disability.
People with disability should be supported to
have a say about what matters to them.
The ILC will help people with disability have
more choice and control over the supports they
receive.
We also think it is important to support people
who care for people with disability.
For example, there could be courses for people
who care for someone with a disability to
improve their skills and confidence.
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This stream can provide money for courses,
groups and organisations that people with
disability are involved in.
For example, groups where people with the
same disability can meet and support each
other.
We can also support people with disability to
become more active in organising their own
supports.
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Stream 5
Stream 5 is about strengthening the connection
between people with disability, the NDIS, their
family and their carers.
We want to make sure people with disability and
the people that care for them can get full use of
mainstream services and supports.
We also want them to be able to use the NDIS in
the best way they can.
This part of ILC will make sure people with
disability can use support that is provided locally
in their community.
We want to combine the support we provide with
support from the community.
By doing this, we can create a network of
support for people with disability.
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The ILC in practice
Over time, the support provided under the ILC
can reduce the amount of support an individual
may need over their life.
The ILC is good for people who might need
support only sometimes.
The ILC helps mainstream services to consider
the needs of people with disability when
providing services.
The ILC will also work for people who receive
Individual Funded Packages (IFP).
Individual Funding Packages are funding plans
that have been created for one person rather
than a group of people.
People who have a funded package can still
use the ILC to develop their support network.
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The ILC will also work with people who receive
support from other services. It will be worked
around their current supports.
We will make sure that someone who is
receiving support from a mainstream service
can still receive support from the NDIS and that
the support doesn’t clash.
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Word list
Individual Funded Packages
Funding plans that have been created for an
individual.
Linkages and Capacity Building
A level of support provided by the NDIS that is
focused on helping people understand disability
and linking people to services.
Local Area Coordinator
People who link people to their communities and
who manage small amounts of funding for one-off
or low-cost supports.
Mainstream services
Services like healthcare, education, transport and
housing.
National Disability Strategy
This is a 10 year plan that the governments around
Australia has written. It will help people with
disability, their family and carers to live good lives
and achieve their goals.
Peer-to-peer support
This is support provided by a group of people for
each other.
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Contact us
1800 800 110
GPO Box 700
Canberra ACT 2601
www.ndis.gov.au
This Easy English document was created by the Information Access
Group using PhotoSymbols, stock photography and custom images.
The images may not be reused without permission. For any enquiries
about the images, please visit www.informationaccessgroup.com.
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