As the NDIS is rolled out across Australia, participants will have greater opportunity to access artistic activity and its many benefits .
SEE plays an important role in providing opportunities for people with disability to participate in the artistic and cultural life of their communities.
We partner with YMCA, an NDIS-registered provider, and those enrolled in the NDIS can choose to participate in SEE's programs by having SEE written into their plan. The arts activities you select will be designed to help you achieve your goals on both a personal and a professional level.
While art and cultural participation is not mentioned directly in the NDIS, arts activities fall under the categories of social and community participation; skills development; pathways to employment; and health and wellbeing.
If you are eligible but have not yet enrolled, you can talk to SEE about providing information for an arts component to your plan.
If you are unsure whether or not you are eligible, talk to your Local Area Coordinator or read more on the NDIS here.
Here is a short film made by Arts Access Victoria about the role that art plans in the lives of people with disability.