Functional Capacity Assessments
For current NDIS participants who need their plan to match their actual support needs
Functional Capacity Assessments (or FCAs, if we’re on nickname terms) are one of the most important documents you can have in your NDIS toolkit. Whether you're brand new to the NDIS or gearing up for a plan review or change of circumstances, these reports do the heavy lifting when it comes to showing exactly how your disability impacts your day-to-day life. It’s very common for the NDIS to approve someone for a plan and then immediately request they get an FCA to justify their future funding. Yep, even after you’ve already jumped through all the hoops.
Our Occupational Therapists will work with you to understand your functional capacity across the core NDIS domains- like communication, mobility, social interaction, learning, self-care, and self-management. We gather information from you (and the people who support you), use standardised assessment tools, and then write a professional report that translates your support needs into NDIS-speak.
We don’t believe in deficit-based thinking, but we do know how to describe things the way the NDIS expects to hear them. That means your report won’t be all sunshine and coping strategies- we’ll gently highlight the areas where support is necessary, even if you’re great at masking it.
NDIS Assessments
Discover the right assessment to support your NDIS journey
Not sure which NDIS assessment you need? We offer two professional options designed to meet different goals - from accessing the NDIS to planning your supports. Swipe through to find out which assessment is the best fit for your needs.
NDIS Comprehensive Needs Assessments
For those who are applying to become an NDIS participant
This is a psychological assessment that provides detailed written evidence about how your disability impacts your everyday life, in exactly the way the NDIS wants to see it. This type of assessment report can be used in addition to our Autism or AuDHD assessment reports to provide more targeted information relevant to the NDIS eligibility criteria and is likely to give you the best chance of NDIS success. This assessment is also useful for people who were confirmed Autistic (or as 'Aspergers') before people were given support levels during the assessment process, without needing to undergo another full assessment process.
Do we personally believe in defining people by their impairments?
Absolutely not.
Do we know how to write a report that gets you through the door anyway?
Absolutely yes.
We’ll meet with you on a telehealth call to understand your life, your support needs, and the barriers you face day-to-day — even if you’ve found creative ways to cope or mask them. We’ll then translate that information into a structured psychological report that communicates your 'functional impairments' in a way our buddies over at the NDIS recognise and approve of.
This is often the missing piece when someone has a diagnosis (e.g. Autism, ADHD, mental health condition) but still gets knocked back from the NDIS due to “not enough functional evidence.” We’re here to fix that.
This assessment is useful if:
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You’ve been diagnosed, but were rejected from the NDIS due to insufficient evidence or documentation
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You have only a short diagnostic letter, or one that doesn’t address daily support needs
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You want to avoid having to redo an entire Autism assessment just to get NDIS access
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You need help showing that your disability significantly affects multiple areas of daily life