Guide · updated November 2026

NDIS plan reassessment checklist

To ask for a plan reassessment, use the NDIA's plan reassessment request form and include your evidence. The NDIA can only decide once it has the information it needs. If it doesn't decide within 90 days of a valid request, the request is treated as declined, which you can then have reviewed.

8–12 weeks before

  • Ask therapists and your GP for reports (they take time)
  • Start a "week in my life" diary
  • Review the goals: keep, change or add

4 weeks before

  • Write the participant statement, covering each life area
  • Write the carer statement: hours, other responsibilities, what isn't sustainable
  • List each support you need, with hours and why

At the meeting

  • Bring a support person or advocate
  • Confirm the NDIA has every report
  • Ask what else they need before deciding

Life areas to cover

  • Daily living and self-care: Showering, dressing, eating, toileting, medication
  • Home and household tasks: Cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, home safety
  • Health and wellbeing: Managing health conditions, therapy, sleep, fatigue, behaviours of concern
  • Getting around: Moving at home, transport, travelling in the community
  • Communication: Being understood, understanding others, using devices
  • Relationships and community: Friends, family, clubs, events, managing social situations
  • Learning, study and work: School, training, finding or keeping a job
  • Choice and control: Decisions, money, planning, managing supports

The new needs-assessment-based way of planning has been delayed until 1 April 2027 (Department of Health consultation page). Current reassessment and review rules continue until then.

Sources: Legal Aid Tasmania: Unhappy with an NDIS decision · NDIS: Reasonable and necessary supports · Department of Health: NDIS Appeals Program · Department of Health: New framework planning consultation · Administrative Review Tribunal

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More: How to request an NDIS internal review · The NDIS 'reasonable and necessary' criteria, explained · What to ask your OT and therapists to write for the NDIS · Writing an NDIS carer statement · NDIS funding cut? What to do next · Appealing an NDIS decision to the Administrative Review Tribunal · NDIS new framework planning: delayed to April 2027