Clear guidance for Better Start, NDIS transition, and disability support.
Find restored Better Start programme information, practical next steps for families, and plain-language guide hubs for NDIS, disability, therapy, and chronic health questions.
Better Start has closed for new registrations. Existing participants should transition to the NDIS or check eligibility for Continuity of Support.
Read next steps →Find the right Better Start page
Use these shortcuts for restored programme information, old registration records, NDIS transition guidance, downloads, and common questions.
What is Better Start?
A plain overview of the Better Start programme and who it was created to support.
Read overview →Steps to Better Start
The old pathway for registration, referrals, assessment, and early intervention access.
View steps →Registration information
Restored registration details, booklet references, and practical notes for old records.
Open registration →Links and resources
Useful restored resource pages, contacts, and documents for families and providers.
View resources →Transition to NDIS
Understand what changed when Better Start moved into the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Read next steps →Continuity of Support
Historical guidance for eligible families who did not move directly into the NDIS.
Check the pathway →Downloads
Restored booklets, fact sheets, forms, and resource pages collected in one place.
Open downloads →FAQs
Common Better Start, eligibility, funding, and transition questions answered plainly.
Browse FAQs →Browse the blog by topic
Topic hubs connect related articles so readers can move through a subject in a sensible order instead of landing on isolated posts.
All articles
Open the full article index for restored guides, condition explainers, and support resources.
Browse all →Topic index
Use the hub directory to choose a topic and move through related guides.
Open index →NDIS & disability
Eligibility, access, planning, support decisions, and disability categories.
Open hub →Lupus
Symptoms, diagnosis, flares, benefits, disability support, and daily management.
Open hub →Autoimmune disease
Early signs, coping strategies, mental health, and support options.
Open hub →Speech therapy
Funding, stuttering, cleft palate, dyslexia, and communication support.
Open hub →Rheumatoid arthritis
Diagnosis, treatment, work capacity, disability support, and daily planning.
Open hub →Kidney disease
Stages, symptoms, benefits, dialysis, transplant questions, and support options.
Open hub →