NDIS price guide 2026-27

Funds help with everyday personal tasks and household life, either in your own home or in shared living. It covers Supported Independent Living (SIL), where support workers help people with higher needs throughout the day. People who need a hand with routines like bathing, meals or cleaning use this category most. Examples: showering and dressing support, overnight care, meal preparation, help around the house.

Pays for travel when a disability makes it hard to use public transport or drive. It usually comes as a regular allowance that goes toward getting to work, study, appointments or community activities. Examples: taxi or rideshare fares, specialised transport services, travel to work or training.

Covers everyday items you use up or replace regularly because of your disability. It also takes in low cost aids and products that make daily tasks safer or easier, plus interpreting and translation where needed. Examples: continence products, wound care supplies, nutrition products, low cost aids like modified cutlery.

Funds a support worker to join you at activities outside the home so you can take part in community, social or work life. It suits people who can do the activity itself but need someone alongside them to get there and join in. Examples: a support worker joining you at community events, classes, sport, or social outings.

Buys or rents equipment that helps you do things your disability otherwise makes difficult. This ranges from simple devices through to wheelchairs, hearing aids and communication devices, along with the assessments, repairs and maintenance that go with them. Examples: wheelchairs, hearing aids, communication devices, hoists, equipment repairs and maintenance.

Pays for changes to your home so you can move around and live in it safely, such as ramps or bathroom rails. It also covers Specialised Disability Accommodation (SDA), purpose built housing for people with very high support needs. Examples: bathroom rails, ramps, widened doorways, and specialist purpose built housing.

Funds a support coordinator, a person who helps you understand your plan, find and connect with services, and sort out problems with providers. It is often included when a plan is complex or someone is new to the NDIS. Examples: help finding services, setting up service agreements, sorting out issues with providers.

Helps you find and keep a suitable place to live. It funds support to search for housing, apply for rentals, understand tenancy obligations and deal with landlord or housing issues so a tenancy does not break down. Examples: help applying for rentals, understanding a lease, meeting tenancy obligations.

Builds skills and confidence to join in community life more independently over time. It funds programs, classes, camps and mentoring that teach abilities you keep, rather than ongoing one to one support at each activity. Examples: skills based group programs, art or sports classes, camps, peer support and mentoring.

Supports you to get work and stay in it. It funds employment related help such as workplace assessments, job coaching, building work readiness and school leaver employment supports for young people moving from school into work. Examples: job coaching, workplace assessments, school leaver employment supports, help with work skills.

Funds specialised support for people whose behaviour puts themselves or others at risk. A behaviour support practitioner works out why behaviours happen and creates a plan, then trains the people around you to respond in positive, safe ways. Examples: behaviour support assessments, a positive behaviour support plan, training for family and support workers.

Funds supports that help you manage the effect of your disability on your health, such as exercise physiology and personal training, or dietitian advice about eating well. It does not pay for general medical care, gym memberships or treatments the health system covers. Examples: exercise physiology sessions, personal training, dietitian consultations and meal planning advice.

Helps with the move from school into further education or training. It funds practical support to apply for university or TAFE, understand course requirements and settle into study. The education provider itself remains responsible for teaching and course adjustments. Examples: help applying for university or TAFE, orientation support, advice on managing study demands.

Pays for plan management, where a plan manager looks after the money side of your NDIS plan. They pay provider invoices, track your budgets and send you statements, giving you more provider choice without doing the paperwork yourself. Examples: a plan manager paying invoices, tracking budgets, and sending monthly statements.

Funds therapy and training that build your ability to manage everyday life. Occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech pathologists, psychologists and other allied health professionals assess your needs and work with you (or your family) on practical skills. It is one of the most commonly used categories. Examples: occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy, psychology sessions, driver training assessments.