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To access services from Serenity Community Care, you must first be a participant of NDIS. If you are currently not participants, please check below if you are eligible.

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Age

To be eligible for NDIs you must be under the age of 65 years.

Residency

To meet the residency requirements, you must live in Australia and :

  • Be an Australian Citizen or
  • Hold a Permanent Visa or
  • Hold a Protected Special Category Visa, that is you
    • Were in Australia on a Special Category Visa on 26th February 2001 or
    • Had been in Australia for at least 12 months in the 2 years immediately before 26th February 2001 and you returned to Australia after that day.

Disability

You may meet the disability requirements if :

  • You have an impairment or condition that is likely to be permanent (i.e. it is likely to be life long) and
  • Your impairment substantially reduces your ability to participate effectively in activities, or perform tasks or actions unless you have :
    • Assistance from other people or
    • You have assistive technology or equipment (other than common items such as glasses) or
    • You can't participate effectively even with assistance or aides and equipment and
  • Your impairment affects your capacity for social and economic participation and
  • You are likely to require support under the NDIS for your lifetime.

Early Intervention Requirements

You may meet the early intervention requirements :

  • If you have an impairment or condition that is likely to be permanent and there is evidence that getting supports now (early interventions) will help you by :
    • Reducing how much help you will need to do things because of your impairment in the future and
    • Improving or reducing deterioration of your functional capacity or
    • Helping your family and carers to keep helping you and
    • Those supports are most appropriately funded through the NDIS, and not through another service system.
  • OR
  • You are a child aged under 6 years of age with developmental delay which results in:
    • Substantially reduced functional capacity in one or more of the areas of self-care, receptive and expressive language, cognitive development or motor development and
    • Results in the need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services which are of extended duration, and are individually planned and coordinated and
  • Those supports are most appropriately funded through the NDIS, and not through another service system.

If you believe you match the criteria, then call 1800 800 110.

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