Dear National Disability Insurance Agency FoI,

Table 9 in the NDIS’s Autism data to June 2025 spreadsheet (https://dataresearch.ndis.gov.au/media/4...) documents levels of functioning for autistic NDIS participants: low, medium, and high.

Please provide all information showing:
1. the source or these data items, or how a level of functioning is created/collected/determined from other data/information about an NDIS participant whose primary disability type is autism;
2. who enters these data items into the NDIS records system for autistic NDIS participants – what are their roles … and relevant qualifications and experience requirements;
3. training or operating procedures for staff who collect and record this information; and
4. how the NDIS measures, validates and reports the quality and reliability of these data items as recorded in the NDIS’s participants records systems.

Yours faithfully,
Bob Buckley (A4 Co-convenor)