Reading time: 10 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team From 1 July 2025, the NDIA halved the rate at which occupational therapists can recover the cost of travelling to see participants. What looked like a technical pricing adjustment in a dense government document has translated, in real communities, into […]
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Reading time: 10 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team Something is different about your child’s development. Maybe they are not hitting milestones on time. Maybe their speech is significantly behind their peers. Maybe they struggle with sensory experiences that other children seem to handle easily, or their behaviour at
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Reading time: 6 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team Chronic pain affects millions of Australians, and for many, the daily impact on mobility, work, self-care, and community participation is severe. So it is entirely reasonable to ask: Does chronic pain qualify for the NDIS? The honest answer is: sometimes,
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Reading time: 13 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed conditions in Australia — and one of the most misunderstood when it comes to the NDIS. Families are frequently told that “ADHD doesn’t qualify” or that “it’s just a behaviour issue” or
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Reading time: 10 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team Mental health and the NDIS have a complicated relationship. The scheme was designed to support people with disability — and for a significant proportion of people living with severe mental illness, the functional consequences of their condition meet every criterion
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Reading time: 10 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team One of the most common questions families ask when they first encounter the NDIS is simple: does my condition – or my child’s condition – actually qualify? The answer is not always straightforward, because the NDIS does not fund diagnoses.
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Reading time: 10 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team Applying for the NDIS for the first time can feel overwhelming. The scheme is large, the language is technical, and the process involves evidence gathering, formal requests, and meetings with people you have never met – all while managing a
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Reading time: 8 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team When your NDIS plan is set up, one of the decisions made — often without a lot of explanation — is how your funding will be managed. Agency-managed, plan-managed, or self-managed: these three options determine who holds your money, who
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Reading time: 8 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team When you are looking for an NDIS occupational therapist, one of the first questions you will encounter is whether the OT comes to you or whether you travel to a clinic. It might seem like a logistical preference, which is
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Reading time: 9 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team Your first OT appointment is coming up and you are not quite sure what to expect. Will it be like a doctor’s appointment — sit down, answer questions, leave with a piece of paper? Will the OT ask you to
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