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: 10 minutes | Audience: Support Coordinators & Specialist Support Coordinators | Updated: April 2026 Making an OT referral seems straightforward – pick up the phone or fill in a form. But the quality of a referral has a significant effect on the quality of the outcome. A referral that contains the right information,
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Reading time: 10 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team For people living with an intellectual disability, independence in daily life is not a given — it is something that must be actively built, practised, and supported. The capacity to get dressed in the morning, prepare a meal, manage a
Reading time: 10 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team Psychosocial disability is one of the most misunderstood and underserved categories in the NDIS — and yet it represents one of the largest and fastest-growing cohorts in the scheme. People living with severe mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar
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Reading time: 9 minutes | Updated: April 2026 | Written by: TEAH Allied Health Team “How much will this cost?” is one of the first questions NDIS participants and support coordinators ask when they start looking at occupational therapy. It is also one of the least clearly answered questions online — most OT provider websites
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