NEWS AND ADVICE

The 2020 Council and Reference Group meeting dates are now live.

Meeting Date Papers Due**

• Intellectual Disability Reference Group 3 March 3 February

• Self Management Reference Group 4 March 3 February

• Contemporary and Innovative Approaches 5 March 3 February
  References Group

• Council #1 17 - 18 March 17 February

• Council #2                                                          26 - 27 May            27 April

• Council #3                                                          4 - 5 August             6 July

• Intellectual Disability Reference Group              2 September              4 August

• Self Management Reference Group                  3 September              4 August

• Contemporary and Innovative Approaches       4 September              4 August

  References Group

• Council #4                                                         11 - 12 November      13 October.

**Papers must be submitted by COB of due date

To request an agenda item, please contact the Council Secretariat.

ADVICE, REPORTS & DISCUSSION PAPERS

Council produces independent discussion papers, reports and submissions, which culminate in formal advice to the Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency.

Themes of past IAC papers

2019
NDIS Participant Employment Taskforce: IAC Submission (April 2019)

2017
Self-management: Value and strategies for growth (July 2017) Discussion Paper A

Self-management: Improper use of payments (July 2017) Discussion Paper B

Self-management: Risks related to abuse for self-managing participants (July 2017) Discussion Paper C

Self-management: Risks related to poor employment practices for self-managing participants (July 2017) Discussion Paper D

 Self-management: Lexicon (July 2017)

2016
Enhancing self-direction and self-management: Recommendations from the co-design self management workshop (December 2016) Report

Co-design Self-Management in the NDIS Workshop (November 2016) Report

What should the NDIA understand about intellectual disability? (May 2016) Advice

Building capacity and reducing vulnerability in participants in closed systems (May 2016) Advice

Equitable access to the NDIS by people with cognitive impairment on the margins (May 2016) Advice

Equitable Access to the NDIS by people with cognitive disability in touch with the criminal justice system (May 2016) Advice

2015
How can the NDIS help participants enhance their personal safeguards? (November 2015) Advice

Capacity building for people with disability, their families and carers (September 2015) Advice

Capacity building for NDIS staff on the client pathway (August 2015) Discussion Paper

2014
Implementing the NDIS for people with disabilities related to mental health (December 2014) Advice

Promoting independence for people with disability (October 2014) Advice

Reasonable and necessary support for families (October 2014)Advice

Reasonable and necessary support across the lifespan: An ordinary life for people with disability (October 2014) Advice

Planning to facilitate opportunities enabled under the NDIS (September 2014) Advice

Promoting self-direction in the NDIS (August 2014) Report

2013
Choice and Control (August 2013) Discussion Paper