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Know what supports are covered by the NDIS

Find out which supports are or are not covered by the NDIS, so you can make sure your funding is covered.

NDIS supports are the services, items and equipment related to a participant's disability that the NDIS agrees to fund.  

For something to be covered, it must:

NDIS support list

The NDIS funds a range of approved supports, including, but not limited to:

Assistive technology

Assistance with travel and transport

Early intervention supports for early childhood

Supports that the NDIS cannot fund include, but are not limited to:

  • Food and groceries 

  • Clothing or beauty services 

  • Health-related services.

Reasonable and necessary supports

The NDIS can fund a support if it is considered reasonable and necessary to help a participant pursue their goals, improve their independence and engage in the community - as long as it is related to their disability.

Under this guidance, funded supports must:  

  • Be for an impairment that meets the disability or early intervention NDIS requirements, or both 

  • Help with your individual goals and aspirations  

  • Support your social participation and/or economic opportunities

  • Be value for money, meaning:  

    • Its cost is the same or cheaper than alternative options that might have the same effect for the participant 

    • It is likely to reduce the costs of funding for other supports in the long-term  

  • Be effective and beneficial  

  • Help maintain your informal supports (friends, family and community supports).

More information about these criteria is available on the NDIS website.