About National Disability Services (NDS)
National Disability Services (NDS) is Australia’s peak body for non-government disability service organisations, representing the full spectrum of disability service providers across Australia. We promote the full social and economic participation of people with disability by supporting high-quality, innovative and sustainable disability services. Members range in size from small support groups to large multi-service organisations and collectively, operate several thousand services for Australians with all types of disability.
NDS is Australia’s biggest and most diverse alliance of disability service providers. Found in cities, towns and regions all over the country, our 1,100 members serve all types of people with disability and do so in all sorts of ways. But whatever their services involve, and wherever they might provide them, our members often face the same challenges – and benefit from the same sorts of opportunities if and when they arise. The NDIS’s focus on flexibility has been its greatest asset, empowering people with disability to have far more choice and control. But the scheme still presents our members with obstacles – from fragmentation and financial uncertainty, to confusion and tangled red tape.
NDS is Australia’s biggest and most diverse alliance of disability service providers. Found in cities, towns and regions all over the country, our 1,100 members serve all types of people with disability and do so in all sorts of ways. But whatever their services involve, and wherever they might provide them, our members often face the same challenges – and benefit from the same sorts of opportunities if and when they arise. The NDIS’s focus on flexibility has been its greatest asset, empowering people with disability to have far more choice and control. But the scheme still presents our members with obstacles – from fragmentation and financial uncertainty, to confusion and tangled red tape.
That’s why NDS offers members the chance to bring about change and explore ways to improve the sector. We believe that we are stronger together; that when all of us speak with one voice we make a sound certain to be heard by governments. NDS members enjoy regular opportunities to pool resources, exchange ideas, and generally talk, learn, teach, network and listen. The collective experience of our members has been this organisation’s heart and soul for 75 years, filling and shaping the body of knowledge that the sector now relies on.
We also work hard to keep our members informed about day-to-day issues, so they can anticipate and rectify problems if and when they arise. Along with access to our ever-expanding range of professional and business development tools, members receive regular updates about policies and programs, as well as service delivery and management issues.
Links: NDS website www.nds.org.au, State of the Disability Sector Report www.nds.org.au/news/frustration-uncertainty-and-distress-define-the-2021-state-of-the-disability-sector