What's Covered by the NDIS
Straight answers on what the NDIS funds, item by item and situation by situation.
The honest answer to almost every "is it covered" question is: it depends on your plan. What this library does is show you the test the NDIA applies, what the published rules and the current Support Catalogue say about each item or situation, and what evidence tends to carry a request. Every page opens with the plain verdict.
The NDIS funds supports it decides are reasonable and necessary for your goals. The same item can be approved for one participant and not another, so no list or website can tell you what your plan will include.
Start with the What's Covered guide, which explains the reasonable-and-necessary test every verdict here builds on, or jump straight to a question below.
Items & equipment
Equipment and item verdicts: the published routes into a plan, the budget category, and the evidence involved.
Eligibility & access
Access and eligibility verdicts: what the published criteria assess, and where the bright lines actually are.
Is ADHD Covered by the NDIS?
Not automatic, not impossible - access turns on impairment and functional impact, not the diagnosis name.
Is Epilepsy Covered by the NDIS?
A neurological impairment is named in the criteria - the case still turns on permanence and functional impact.
Can You Get the NDIS Over 65?
One of the few bright lines in the scheme - and the aged care funding that takes over past it.
Is Mental Health Covered by the NDIS?
How psychosocial disability is assessed, and the recovery coaching supports that exist in the catalogue.
Is Vision Impairment Covered by the NDIS?
Sensory impairment is named in the criteria, and the catalogue lists vision AT from magnifiers to braille devices.
NDIS SDA Eligibility: What the Published Rules Say
No checklist decides SDA. Where it sits in the budget structure and how decisions are actually made.
Services & therapies
Service and therapy verdicts with current catalogue rates. Provider-finding lives in the directory, not here.
Does the NDIS Cover Psychology?
The catalogue lists psychology with hourly price limits - whether your plan funds sessions is the real question.
Is Music Therapy Covered by the NDIS?
The catalogue lists music therapy with an hourly limit - and therapy settings are re-set each July.
Does the NDIS Cover Swimming Lessons?
No named catalogue line exists - the answer runs entirely on the everyday-cost boundary and your goals.
Does the NDIS Cover Meal Delivery?
The catalogue item is about preparation and delivery assistance - the groceries stay an everyday cost.
Does the NDIS Cover House Cleaning? Rates Included
A catalogue line with an hourly ceiling - the current limits, and what decides whether cleaning enters a plan.
Does the NDIS Cover Lawn Mowing?
Yard maintenance is a real catalogue item with an hourly ceiling - here are the current limits and the test.
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