NSW NDIS information sessions—Local Area Coordinators

To help people learn about and transition to the NDIS, the National Disability Insurance Agency has what it calls ‘Local Area Coordinators’.

Local Area Coordinators are usually organisations that already exist within the community. Local Area Coordinators have three key roles:

1. They can link you to the NDIS.
2. They can link you to information and support in your community.
3. They work with the local community to make sure it is more welcoming and inclusive for people with disability.

For our customers in NSW the Local Area Coordinator is Intereach. We recently had a meeting with some of the team from Intereach, where they told us about some of their plans to support local people in the transition to the NDIS. One of the ways they are doing this is by holding some public information sessions. These sessions are mainly for people with disability and their family and friends, who live in NSW. However, anyone is welcome to come, ask questions and learn more about what the NDIS will mean for people in our region.