About the DIDRR
People with disability can have bad things happen to them from emergencies and disasters.
They often do not cope as well as others after emergencies.
There is a list of things organisations can do to support people with disability
- Before an emergency happens
- When there is an emergency
- After an emergency.
The list is called Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction.
We will say DIDRR for short.
People with disability should have a say about what happens in organisations they are part of.
That is an important part of DIDRR.
This means NDIS providers should support their NDIS participants to have a say about things.
We have a fact sheet about the DIDRR.
To read our fact sheet about Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction the NDIS Practice Standard go to
Proportionate risk
NDIS providers need to follow the NDIS practice standards.
The NDIS practice standard says how NDIS providers must look after people with disability.
The NDIS practice standards are the same for small or big NDIS providers.
When they follow the practice standards they need to think about proportionate risk.
Risk means that something bad can happen.
Proportionate risk means NDIS providers make choices about what to do about a risk.
What they choose to do might be different if they are a big or small NDIS providers.
To decide what to do about a risk they think about things like
- How big is the risk
- How bad things could get
- What the person with disability wants to do about it.
To learn more about how proportionate risk affects your NDIS service go to
R4NED Easy Read Your NDIS Provider and the Practice Standard fact sheet
Practice standard checklist
There is a checklist to help organisations know which NDIS practice standards they must follow.
To look at the NDIS Practice Standard Evidence checklist go to the
The role of the board
The board is a group of people that helps run organisations like NDIS providers.
1 thing the board must think about is what to do when emergencies and disasters happen.
We made a presentation to help your board know what they need to do.
To look at the Board and leadership team responsibilities presentation go to the
