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Word list

This list explains what the bold words in this document mean.

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Advisory Council

The Advisory Council is a group of people who give advice to the NDIS Commission.

This advice is about how to make things better.

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Chair

The Chair is a person from the NDIS Commission who will run Council meetings.

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Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest is when someone might make a choice that is good for them but isn’t fair to other people.

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Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)

CALD people come from different cultural backgrounds.

They might:

  • have different beliefs and a way of life
  • speak a language other than English
  • have been born in another country.

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Intellectual disability

An intellectual disability affects how you:

  • learn new things
  • solve problems
  • communicate
  • do things on your own.

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Intersectionality

Intersectionality is about understanding how different parts of a person can affect their experiences.

For example, a person’s background or abilities.

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LGBTIQA+

The letters LGBTIQA stand for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer or questioning and asexual.

The ‘+’ is for people who are part of the LGBTIQA+ community but don’t talk about themselves using a word from this list.

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Lived experience

If you have lived experience of disability, you:

  • have a disability

or

  • know what life can be like for people with disability.

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Participants

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

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Providers

Providers support people by delivering a service.

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Quality

Quality is about services that:

  • support participants in the ways they need
  • give participants choice and control.

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Regulator

A regulator is someone who makes sure people:

  • are following the rules
  • doing things the right way.

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Rights

Rights are rules about how people must treat you:

  • fairly
  • equally.

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Terms of Reference

All new government programs or projects have a document that explains how it will work.

We call this document a Terms of Reference.

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Secretariat

The Council has a Secretariat who:

  • organises Council meetings
  • creates and shares meeting information.