Interpreting & Translation — NDIS Category 17

Interpreting & Translation is an NDIS support category (funded from your Capacity Building budget). It covers supports like auslan interpreting, spoken language interpreting, cald community liaison and deafblind interpreting. Funding is based on your goals and assessed reasonable and necessary needs.

Interpreting and Translation (Category 17) is the NDIS Capacity Building category that funds language support for participants from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds who need an interpreter or translator to effectively access and use their NDIS supports. It removes the…

What Interpreting & Translation funds

Interpreting & Translation is funded from your Capacity Building budget — a stated Capacity Building budget, so funding is locked to this category and is designed to build skills toward your goals. It can pay for supports such as:

How to get Interpreting & Translation in your NDIS plan

Which supports you receive is decided at your planning meeting or reassessment, based on your goals and assessed needs. To get interpreting & translation funded you generally need evidence showing how your disability affects daily life — often a report from an allied health professional. Because a support that isn’t in your plan usually can’t be added without a reassessment, raise everything you need before the plan is approved.

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Interpreting & Translation FAQs

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General information, not NDIS or financial advice. Category names and rules differ between legacy and PACE plans and can change — always check your own plan or confirm with the NDIA, your plan manager, or a support coordinator.