NDIS access request checklist for your child

Choose your child’s age and where you are up to. Get a short list for exploring support or preparing an NDIS application.

Guidance checked 25 October 2026. The NDIS is updating its guidance; use the official links and confirm your next step with your NDIS contact.

How old is your child?

Under 66 to 89 or olderHelp me find the right pathway

What would you like to do?

Explore support and where to startPrepare an NDIS application

Your notes (optional)

These go on your copied or printed checklist. Leave out names. Your ticks are saved in this browser, but these notes are not, so copy or print before you leave.

The main thing you want them to understand A recent example

See an example

Main thing: the help needed to join in at school. Example: in three group activities this week, a teacher’s aide broke the instructions into one step at a time.

A note against a report task might read: “School support plan, October 2026. Ask the school for a more recent example before the meeting.”

Official sources

Checked against these pages on 25 October 2026.

This is general information to help you prepare, not financial, legal or NDIS eligibility advice. Services Australia and the NDIA make every decision, and their rules change, so check the official pages linked here before you apply.

NDIS access request checklist for your child

Official sources

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