NDIS focuses on individuals with what characteristics?

• A. Significant, permanent disabilities
• B. Temporary injuries
• C. All mental health concerns
• D. No disability component

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is understanding who the NDIS is designed to help. The scheme targets people whose disability has a lasting, substantial impact on their daily life and who therefore need ongoing supports to participate in everyday activities, education, work, and social life. That description fits someone with significant, permanent disabilities—their impairments are long-term and require supports to live more independently.

Temporary injuries don’t meet this lasting criterion, so they typically aren’t within the core remit of the NDIS. While mental health concerns can be part of eligibility if they result in a lasting, significant impairment that requires ongoing supports, not all mental health issues automatically qualify. And there is a disability component by definition—NDIS is not about people with no disability.

So the option that describes significant, permanent disabilities best matches what the NDIS is intended to support.