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NDIS Support List Update

Good News for you - Disability Specific Modified Bikes are an NDIS Support.

We are really pleased to share the recent changes to NDIS related to e-bikes have been clarified, and the good news is bicycles or tricycles, with or without an electric motor, that include disability specific features, or have been designed to meet the disability specific needs of a participant, are an NDIS support. They can be funded if they also meet the “Reasonable and Necessary criteria”.

Freedom Solutions was provided with the following details about the NDIS s.10 List of Supports:

  1. Standard, non-modified bicycles/tricycles and electric bicycles are not NDIS
  2. Bicycles or tricycles, with or without an electric motor, that are specifically designed to meet the disability specific needs of a participant are an NDIS support as described in Schedule 1 item 7, and can be funded if they meet the Section 34 Reasonable and Necessary criteria. 
  3. The costs associated with adapting or modifying a standard bicycle or tricycle to meet a participant’s disability specific needs are an NDIS
  4. The cost of purchasing the standard bicycle or tricycle is not an NDIS support and this should be self-funded by a participant. 

Note:

For the purposes of replacement support determinations, standard electric bicycles are not considered Standard Commercially Available Household Items and therefore are not a support for which a replacement can be requested. They are considered to be a recreational support.

Please see below more information from the NDIS website about what are reasonable and necessary supports. You can also find the same information on the NDIS Website from here.

What are Reasonable and Necessary supports?

What kind of supports does the NDIS fund?

The NDIS funds reasonable and necessary supports. Reasonable and necessary supports are those that will help you pursue your goals and aspirations, be more independent, take part in social activities and work, actively take part in the community, enjoy an ordinary life.

These supports are related to your disability and don’t include day-to-day living costs not related to your disability support needs, represent value for money, are likely to be effective and work for you, take into account informal supports given to you by your family, carers, networks and the community, and take into account other formal supports you have like health and education services.

What types of supports don't need to be funded by the NDIS?

Some supports are funded by other areas of government, including schoolteacher aides and hospital and GP visits.

What type of supports are funded by the NDIS?

The types of supports the NDIS may fund include help with personal care activities; transport to help you participate in community, social, economic and daily life activities; help at work to allow you to successfully get or keep a job; therapeutic supports like occupational therapy, speech therapy and behavior support; help with household jobs to allow you to maintain your home; aids or equipment to help you do things more independently, including assessment, set up and training; home modifications including design and construction to help you live at home; mobility equipment to help you get about more easily; and vehicle modifications to your car to make it easier to use.

You have choice and control over how your supports are given and which service providers you use in your plan.

What supports are not funded by the NDIS.

A support won’t be funded if it isn’t related to your disability; is the same as supports already funded by other areas of government; relates to day-to-day living costs that are not related to your disability support needs; is likely to cause you harm or pose a risk to others. For more information visit NDIS ndis.gov.au or phone 1800 800 110.

At Freedom Solutions Australia, we remain committed to assisting you and answering any questions you may have. For more information, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or submit an enquiry form.