Our reference: FOI 20/21-0635
GPO Box 700
Canberra ACT 2601
1800 800 110
ndis.gov.au
21 April 2021
Emily Healy
By email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Emily Healy
Your Freedom of Information Request: Acknowledgement
Thank you for your request of 14 April 2021, under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI
Act) for copies of documents held by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
Scope of your request
You have requested access to the fol owing documents about the National Disability Insurance
Scheme (NDIS):
“I’m enquiring regarding the proposed changes to Early Intervention. If a participant is
using a program not on your list that is not widely used, but is gaining significant
improvements to in their development and behaviour wil this continue to be funded? If they
aren’t currently using the program/therapy but have heard of this therapy when they
receive their funding and wish to use it as they have been referred to it from either a
clinician or a client of the service can they use it? Can you show an exact list of therapies
that will be al owed? Is that how the changes wil be structured- only ‘al owed therapies’. If
so how does that al ow for choice and control?”
Unless you advise otherwise, we will take it that you agree to the names and contact details of
NDIA staff being excluded from the scope of your request (that is, the information wil be treated
as irrelevant).
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request commenced from the day after that date. You should therefore expect a decision from
us by 14 May 2021.
The period may be extended if we need to consult with third parties or for other reasons. We wil
advise you if this happens.
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if a charge is payable.
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Parliamentary, Ministerial & FOI Branch
Government Division
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