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Recent NDIS price cuts have stretched some providers to breaking point.

Our guide to friction-free NDIS claiming that will help keep you, your clients, and your bookkeeper happy.

Connect with support coordinators in a way that builds deeper trust and better communication, that may ultimately lead to more collaboration.

Not every participant has support coordination included in their NDIS plan. Here's how to keep it on track regardless.

At My Plan Manager, here are the key checks we run to make sure your claims can be processed and paid as quickly as possible.

Here are seven red flags that can indicate dishonest or unethical behaviour to help protect your rights and get the high-quality services you deserve.

Whether it’s motorised mobility aids, Apple’s accessibility features, eye-gaze technology or even more simple things like kettle tippers, grab-sticks or flashing doorbells, there’s no doubt that technology can make life easier, and increase your independence, if you have a disability. But what about other aspects of life?

We might not have the hoverboard from Back to the Future and the flying cars from The Jetsons have yet to zoom in, but technology is opening up access in ways we wouldn’t have dreamed of in previous generations. In Apple products alone, there are tonnes of accessibility options designed to support people with disability, from vision impairment, hearing loss and deafness, through to mobility limitations and cognitive impairment.

In theory, being connected to the internet gives you access to virtually unlimited information (credible and not so credible), products from all over the world, services, courses, videos and much much more. But often websites are developed without considering that many members of our community live with disability and have different needs when it comes to accessing digital sources.

Whether you’ve been personally affected or you’ve seen it on the news, floods, fires and cyclones have been a common occurrence for many Australians in recent years. If you live in an area where cyclones can hit, or a flood or bushfire zone, you need to be prepared.

Christopher, a client of My Plan Manager and South Australian disability services provider, Novita, is an independent young man who lives with cerebral palsy quadriplegia.

You’re a provider in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). You’re supporting a client and we’re their plan manager. You’ve scoped out their supports, you’ve signed off on a service agreement, and you’ve started putting your expertise to work. So, when the supports have been delivered and it comes time…