ABOUT

 

Council comprises 13 members who represent a wide range of disability and advocacy sectors, bringing their own lived experience or expertise of disability.

The Council’s independence is determined by the Act, providing advice on its own initiative or at the written request of the Board. Advice is given in relation to the ways in which the Agency:

  • performs its functions in relation to the Scheme

  • supports the independence and social and economic participation of people with disability

  • provides reasonable and necessary supports, including early intervention supports, for participants in the Scheme launch

  • enables people with disability to exercise choice and control in the pursuit of their goals and the planning and delivery of their supports

  • facilitates the development of a nationally consistent approach to the access to, and the planning and funding of, supports for people with disability

  • promotes the provision of high quality and innovative supports to people with disability

  • raises community awareness of the issues that affect the social and economic participation of people with disability, and helps with greater community inclusion of people with disability.

COUNCIL’S OPERATING MODEL

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The NDIA Board must consider the advice provided and inform the Disability Reform Council when this advice has been utilised.

For information about how the IAC fits alongside the other governance arrangements for the NDIS, go to https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/governance.html