How To Write A Carer Impact Statement

To Get You More Help

& A Checklist Of What To Do To Maximise It's Impact!

As a mom of two autistic kids and a registered nurse, you're in the right place! I’m here to support you.

Here are three immediate steps you can take to start getting the help you deserve:

Brainstorm

Tell Them About Your Health

Tell Them What You Require

START NOW!

Brainstorm

Get a pen and a piece of paper together to get out all your jumbled

thoughts on to the paper.

Make some speech bubbles to put your thoughts in, to make it fun! These

are all the things that you want to tell the NDIA planner about what you

are dealing with every day. And why you need help.

Tell them what a typical (bad) day looks like. If you have a young child with

meltdowns - how many times a day & how long they last on average?

Are you isolated? Physically or mentally unwell? No support network

around you?

Single parent? Multiple children on NDIS or with high needs? Have Autism

yourself?

Family disharmony? Family members not getting along? Is there a risk of

physical or verbal aggression or actual violence to yourself and/or other

family members due to difficult behaviours? Family unit require

counselling?

Unable to take a break due to behaviours experienced?

Tell Them About Your Health

Tell them what makes it hard to look after your child, for example are you

exhausted and unable to cope with child’s meltdowns, have social anxiety

around taking child out for fear of their emotional dysregulation, or back

pain experienced with your caring role & need to attend appointments?

Do you have someone to give you a break from caring? If not, tell them

this.

Do you have someone that can look after your children whilst you attend

medical appointments/ psychology/ physiotherapy etc in order to get well

or stay well? If not, tell them this, and state how often those appointments

are needed.

Tell them if your health has worsened since becoming a carer, and if so,

how.

Tell them if you have chronic pain, chronic fatigue, autoimmune diseases,

physical disabilities, social anxiety, major depression, parental burnout, or

other medical/ psychological issues. Also, if you are autistic, or have

diagnosed disability, let them know how the challenges of caring impact

your disability.

This Is The Start Of Bringing Your Carer Impact Letter Together

It is not selfish to ask for help for you.

IT'S ESSENTIAL

It's written into the carers act and NDIS act (law), that they have to provide

reasonable assistance to maintain the ‘informal supports’

.

So, please get in touch, don’t struggle! I’m looking out for you and wanting

to get you what you deserve as a carer.

Please know that when you are going for yearly/ second

yearly reassessment change of circumstance, or unscheduled review,

YOU NEED TO PUT IN A GOAL OF SUPPORT FOR THE INFORMAL SUPPORTS.

This highlights to the NDIS that you need extra help and they are then

answerable (by law) to provide funding for you.

A lot of misinformed LAC’s and even NDIS staff say you cannot have this as

a goal.

This is incorrect.

Please INSIST that this is put in as a goal if you are

needing help.

This is in your child’s best interests.

Also by having it as a

separate goal you can then reassess to see if the funding is enough to

sustain & maintain the informal supports.

Don’t forget, I can give you EVEN MORE evidence for your next plan review or change of circumstance by providing professional EVIDENCE that the NDIS require ON TOP of your other therapists reports.

I can help through your

child’s plan RIGHT NOW if they have funds in Capacity Building

Improved Daily Living or Core.

Please get in touch - do it right now!

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