Introduction
People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is a national organisation led by and for people with disability. We are a cross-disability organisation, which means we represent people with all types of disability.
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has announced it will be introducing new NDIS support needs assessments from mid-2026.
This will include the development and customisation for the NDIS of the needs assessment tool known as the Instrument for Classification and Assessment of Support Needs (I-CAN) version 6.
The NDIA state the new support needs assessment process will be delivered in a staged rollout to allow participants to provide real-time feedback.
Throughout the development and rollout of the new process PWDA will continue our efforts to gain further information about the new process and tool.
Your feedback from this survey will help us understand how people with disability and our community feel about the new needs assessment process and help inform our advocacy to ensure the new system is a foundation for a fairer NDIS that genuinely supports people with disability to thrive.
Who is the survey for
This survey is open to our community including all PWDA members, anyone with a lived experience of disability or who supports a person with disability.
When does the survey close?
The survey will close on Friday 31 October 2025 at 5:00pm AEDT.
How long will the survey take to complete?
The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete.
Before you begin
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has announced it will be introducing new NDIS support needs assessments from mid-2026.
This will include the development and customisation for the NDIS of the needs assessment tool known as the Instrument for Classification and Assessment of Support Needs (I-CAN) version 6.
The NDIA state the new support needs assessment process will be delivered in a staged rollout to allow participants to provide real-time feedback.
Throughout the development and rollout of the new process PWDA will continue our efforts to gain further information about the new process and tool.
Your feedback from this survey will help us understand how people with disability and our community feel about the new needs assessment process and help inform our advocacy to ensure the new system is a foundation for a fairer NDIS that genuinely supports people with disability to thrive.
Who is the survey for
This survey is open to our community including all PWDA members, anyone with a lived experience of disability or who supports a person with disability.
When does the survey close?
The survey will close on Friday 31 October 2025 at 5:00pm AEDT.
How long will the survey take to complete?
The survey will take about 20 minutes to complete.
Before you begin
- All questions in this survey are optional.
- You do not have to answer anything you do not want to.
- For some questions we have included a “I prefer not to say” option.
- If any of the questions make you feel upset, you can take a break at any time.
- The feedback you provide will be de-identified, which means you will not be identified in the data.
Your privacy
All information will be kept confidential and in accordance with our privacy policy.
Our Privacy Policy and Privacy Collection Statement are available at https://pwd.org.au/about-us/policies/privacy/.
An Easy Read version of both documents is available at the above link.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this survey, please contact us.
Email: policy@pwd.org.au
Phone: 1800 422 015