How to Get SDA in Your NDIS Plan
SDA is only funded for a small proportion of NDIS participants, and the evidence bar is high. Here's how it usually works, step by step.
What SDA Is
Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) is funding in an NDIS plan for a purpose-built home: the building itself and its accessible features. It doesn't pay for the support you receive at home. That's usually Supported Independent Living (SIL), which is funded separately. SDA and SIL compared
How It Gets into a Plan
- Raise it at your plan meeting. Tell your planner that your current housing isn't working and that you want SDA considered.
- Get the evidence together. Usually a Housing and Living assessment plus an occupational therapist (OT) report setting out your functional impairment and support needs.
- The NDIA decides. If approved, your plan states a design category, a building type and a location. That combination is what you can then look for.
- Find a home and enrol. Once you choose a home, the provider enrols the dwelling against your plan. We prepare that paperwork for you.
What the Plan Will Say
Your plan names one of four design categories: Robust, High Physical Support, Fully Accessible or Improved Liveability. It describes how the building is constructed, not how much help you receive.
How We Can Help
If you're not sure what your plan funds, send it to us and we'll tell you which design category it covers and whether any of our homes would suit. If none would, we'll say so. A support coordinator can also do this with you.
This is a general description, not advice about your situation. Your planner, support coordinator and OT are the people to talk to about your own plan.
Not Sure What Your Plan Covers?
Send it to us and we'll tell you what it funds and which of our homes would suit. If none would, we'll say so.