Differently Abled People Association

Arts Classes & Living Skill Training

Open one week only from 2nd October  2018

A limited number of seats for people with intellectual disability  aged from 6 to 24

Any time from 9 am to 2 pm weekdays.

Cost – $ 25 per hour or $ 125 per day for Non-NDIS participant
For NDIS participant, claim under 04_165_0136_6_1 or equivalent

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NDIS–Transition to Mental Disability Support

Many mental patients have suffered disadvantage and/or withdrawn from their daily living and social activities. Sometimes they are prevented or discriminated from employment where support can be a remedy for them to be productive. It is this psychosocail disability that government’s Disability Inclusion Act should also address. Now NDIS has realised that some of the support may be permanent rather than simply a short term health issue. Mental recovery often requires a long term support-based environment that NDIS can supply whereas medication, as a sole treatment, may not provide.
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NDIS–Parent’s Choice or Client’s Choice

The funding from NDIS is usually to be spent for achieving a particular goal listed in the client’s approved plan. When the approved plan has funding for a support coordinator, a client, or the parent in the case the client cannot make decision, can ask for advice from the support coordinator in the choice of which support would be more appropriate
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