News, advice and resources from the Seareal team — for NDIS participants, families, carers and partners across Queensland.
There are thousands of registered NDIS providers in Queensland. Some are large national organisations operating from interstate. Some are one-person operations with no formal structure. Most fall some…
Every person working directly with NDIS participants in Queensland must hold an NDIS Worker Screening clearance. It's a criminal history check conducted by the Queensland government, and it's a basic …
Signing a service agreement with an NDIS provider is a commitment. Not a permanent one — you can change providers — but a decision that affects your daily support. Asking the right questions before yo…
NDIS has been through significant reform since 2023. Changes to how plans are made, what supports are funded, and how the Quality and Safeguards Commission operates. If you're a Queensland participant…
Ask NDIS participants what frustrates them most about disability support, and inconsistency comes up regularly. A different worker every week. Workers who don't know your routine. Shift no-shows with …
COVID-19 changed disability support in ways that were partly temporary and partly lasting. Telehealth that didn't exist before 2020 is now a standard tool in some service types. Infection control proc…
Every NDIS participant has the right to make a complaint without fear of negative consequences to their services. That's not just a nice principle — it's written into the NDIS Code of Conduct. Underst…
LGBTQIA+ people with disability face a compounded set of experiences. Disability discrimination on top of homophobia, transphobia, or biphobia. The disability support sector has not always been welcom…
Before your NDIS plan renewal, it's worth doing a systematic review of the supports you've received in the past year. Not just whether you liked the providers — but whether the support actually moved …
Measuring quality in NDIS support coordination is harder than measuring other service types. It's not just about whether appointments were attended or invoices paid. It's about whether participants' l…
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