High-risk practices are actions that can:

• hurt a person’s body

• punish a person for something they did

• stop a person from getting the support they need.

For example, a high-risk practice can be when someone forces a person to the ground to stop them from:

• moving
• doing what they want.

High-risk practices can lead to people getting hurt or even dying.

And they can cause emotional pain that lasts a long time.

High-risk practices are never okay.

They are against the law in some states and territories.

They are also against people’s rights.

Rights are rules about how people must treat you:

• fairly
• equally.

We want to stop anyone using high-risk practices on participants.

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

In this guide, we explain the types of high‑risk practices participants can experience.

In this guide, we also explain:

• what happens if a provider uses high‑risk practices
• what you can do if you know about someone using them.

Providers support people with disability by delivering a service.

And it’s their job to make sure participants are safe when they use their services.