Advocate

An advocate is someone who can:

• support you
• help you have your say
• give you information and advice.

Code of Conduct

A Code of Conduct is a list of rules about how everyone should behave.

Behaviour support plan

A behaviour support plan explains how other people should support you to live your best life.

It helps people understand your behaviour.

Guardian

A guardian is a person who acts and makes decisions for you.

Your guardian might be:

• a member of your family
• a friend
• chosen for you by the government.

NDIS plan

Your NDIS plan has information about:

• you and your goals
• what supports you need
• what the NDIS will pay for.

Participant

Participants are people with disability who take part in the NDIS.

Provider

Providers support participants by delivering a service.

Registered

When a provider is registered it means we have checked they can deliver a certain type of support.

This helps to make sure they provide good and safe services.

Restrictive practices

Restrictive practices are actions that stop people from:

• moving
• doing what they want.

Rights

Rights are ideas about how everyone must treat you:

• fairly
• equally.

Specialist disability accomodation (SDA)

SDA is housing for people with disability who need extra support most of the time.

Supported independent living (SIL)

SIL is help with daily tasks around your home so you can:

• do things for yourself
• learn new skills.

Self-manage

If you self-manage your NDIS plan, you:

• manage all or part of your funding
• choose what supports you use to reach your goals.

Worker Screening Check

A Worker Screening Check makes sure workers are safe to support people with disability.