Understanding the NDIS Webinar Series: Community Connections

Community connections are all about helping you find the supports you need in your local community.

Community connections are available for people with disability aged 9 to 64, even if you’re not eligible for the NDIS. They are available to people with disability living in Australia regardless of their citizenship or visa status.

Community connections can support you to do what’s important to you. This can include getting supports you need to be more independent and do more of the things you enjoy in your local community. Being connected to your community can improve wellbeing and support your safety.

In this presentation, we will cover:

• What NDIA Community Connections are and how they can help.

• How to find practical information about your disability or condition.

• Ways to access support through mainstream and community services.

• How to connect with people who share similar experiences.

• Support for applying to the NDIS, including help with submitting your access request.

Who is this webinar for?

• This session is designed for NDIS participants, carers, families, and kin, as well as supporting services such as advocacy organisations, peer support networks, and carers’ groups.

• We also encourage mainstream services that support people with disability including health, education, housing, and community services to attend.

• It is not intended for providers.

Additional information:

• Sessions are delivered via video-conference using Microsoft Teams, and are offered over multiple dates to allow flexibility for attendees.

• The log in details will be sent to you ONE DAY PRIOR, to the email address you provide at registration, so please ensure you enter your email address correctly when registering.

• Registrations not requiring accessibility supports close one business day prior to the session date or once tickets have sold out.

• Registrations requiring accessibility supports close five business days prior to the session date or once tickets have sold out to allow time for bookings.

  • If these tickets are no longer available, please contact us at events@ndis.gov.au. While we will do our best to assist, we may not be able to guarantee availability of support due to time constraints.

• If you have accessibility requirements, please make sure you select the Online - Accessibility supports required ticket when registering. If you have requested accessibility services, these services are provided by an external provider.

For any enquiries regarding this session, please contact events@ndis.gov.au and include the session name in the subject line.