News 26 February 2016

EXPLAINER: why everyone’s talking about autism and the NDIS

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What’s happened?

The NDIA, the government agency responsible for the NDIS, released its approach to early childhood intervention for children with developmental delay or disability. It’s called the Early Childhood Early Intervention Approach, or ECEI.


What do the reports say?






It says:

The ECEI approach can be summarised as follows:


So what’s the problem?







What does the NDIA say?






What does Every Australian Counts think?



  • What support is available through the NDIS?
  • How do they access it?
  • What qualifications do the access planners have?





Join the conversation

  • Felicity Lenck

    I don’t believe that this is an issue exclusively to children with a diagnosis of Autism. i have great concerns in the preschool years that the NDIS will fail to support many children with global developmental delays or delays as a result of trauma or environment. many of those children currently receive support through an early intervention service that is blanket funded by state governments. what will happen to this service and these children when the individual is funded and supported through a private provider. so many of these children and families will fall through the gaping cracks that will be left and will miss out on essential early intervention, creating further issues when they arrive at school and fall into a formal system.