Annie in wonderland

Disclaimer – That these are my own lived experiences and understanding from the research that  I do around the NDIS and health-related topics please be aware that it is informational only and not to be used as a substitute for professional advice or working with a Planner, Disability Advocacy service or talking to your Medical and Allied Health team.   This is going to be a difficult post to write, and I know it will generate a lot of discussion about manipulation, but we need to be honest it happens to everyone and you know that you are being manipulated.   However the question we need to ask here is what happens if you have a disability and it’s the only way to get what you want and have care workers that don’t realise you are able to do it. So the first thing we need to get out of the way is that some people with a disability have been raised in healthier environments than others and this means that they know healthy ways to get there needs to be met, in others it’s a massive issu

This is a really basic question that we see needs to be answered, and we see that it is something that we need to be aware of the people outside the NDIS don’t really understand the jargon that is within the NDIS and I am hoping that this year I can break it down a lot more but, a Support Coordinator is someone who helps you navigate the NDIS so it could be a person who attached to an agency or independent. I find that going independent works for me much better than someone being with an agency and this is due to the fact that I have had bad support coordinators they were doing dual roles, so I found that this isn’t a great idea but for others, it might work really well. So a support coordinator is someone who helps you navigate appointments, sets up service agreements and helps you to be able to work towards your goals and if you need a change of circumstances or are coming up to a plan review we see that this is where the really get to shine in that they specialize in building go