The NDIS has now made available Participant Booklets and factsheets in 17 languages. The five new languages include Assyrian, Dari, Khmer, Korean and Turkish. So if you or a carer need to read a booklet in the language, please go to https://www.ndis.gov.au/languages.
Booklet 1 covers: what the NDIS does and who is involved, how to apply for the NDIS and what the NDIS funds.
Booklet 2 covers getting ready for your planning conversation, creating your NDIS plan and receiving your approved NDIS plan.
Booklet 3 covers, what your plan includes, how to use your plan, how to choose and pay for your supports and services and how to prepare for a plan reassessment.
They have also added digital braille and Auslan video translations for the first time.
This is a great step forward to allow everyone to able to read booklets on your own.