Your Rights & Where to Get Support

You Have the Right To:

✔️ Be treated with dignity and respect

✔️ Access supports that affirm both your neurodivergence and LGBTIQA+ identity

✔️ Receive accommodations that help you feel safe and included

✔️ Report discrimination or mistreatment by NDIS providers

Where to Find Help & Advocacy

🔹 LGBTIQA+ & Disability Advocacy Services

Pride Disability Australia (Support for LGBTIQA+ disabled people)

Yellow Ladybugs & Different Journeys (Autistic peer support)

LGBTIQA+ NDIS Provider Networks (Ask your local NDIS office for recommendations)

🔹 NDIS Complaint & Support Services

NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission (For complaints about discrimination)

Disability Advocacy Services Australia (For self-advocacy support)

NDIS Support Coordinators (To help you find the right providers)

Final Takeaways: Respecting Your Identity in the NDIS

🏳️‍🌈 Your gender, sexuality, and neurodivergence should always be respected in NDIS-funded services

📢 If a provider does not respect your identity, you can switch providers or make a complaint

🤝 You don’t have to navigate this alone—there are advocates and peer networks that can help