NDIS Plan Reassessment: How to Prepare With Your Coordinator
Your NDIS plan review is now called a reassessment. See the 2026 rules, the evidence planners want and how your support coordinator can help you get ready.

An NDIS plan review is now called a plan reassessment, and it decides the funding and supports in your next plan. Preparing early, with recent evidence and clear goals, gives the planner what they need. Made To Help supports participants across north and north-west Melbourne to get ready for this meeting.
Key Takeaways
- Expect a check-in from your my NDIS contact about 2 to 3 months before your reassessment date.
- Since 27 August 2026, only you, your nominee or your child representative can ask for an early reassessment.
- Recent evidence showing how disability affects daily life carries the most weight at an NDIS plan review.
- Disagreeing with a decision gives you 3 months to ask for an internal review, then 28 days to go to the tribunal.
- Coordinators prepare progress reports and evidence, and can sit beside you in the meeting.
What Is an NDIS Plan Review Now Called?
Plan reassessment is the NDIA's current name for what most people still call an NDIS plan review. The NDIA guide to plan reassessments says the process "used to be known as a plan review", so both terms describe the same thing. You will see both names on letters, in the my NDIS app and in conversations with providers.
Several kinds of plan change get grouped under the name NDIS plan review, and that causes confusion. Knowing which one applies to you tells you what to prepare:
- Check-in: a conversation with your my NDIS contact about how your plan is going.
- Scheduled reassessment: a new plan built as your current one reaches its reassessment date.
- Requested reassessment: you ask for a new plan early because your needs have changed significantly.
- Plan variation: small changes to your current plan without a full reassessment.
- Review of a decision: a formal request for the NDIA to look again at a decision you disagree with.
Continued plans were the other possible outcome in 2026. Under current NDIA guidance, a continued plan runs for 12 months with the same core and capacity building amounts, indexed, and unspent funding can still be used. That is changing, as the next section explains.
What Changed for NDIS Plan Reviews in 2026?
New rules for requesting an NDIS plan review began on 27 August 2026. Only the participant, their nominee or their child representative can now ask for an early reassessment, using the NDIA form with evidence of what changed and why. The NDIA reassessment meeting page also says the agency will let you know its decision within 90 days.
Budgets changed too. From 1 October 2026, total funding for social, civic and community participation supports fell by 50%, and capacity building daily activities by 10%, according to Children and Young People with Disability Australia. These cuts apply first to new or reassessed plans, and your own funding may not drop by those exact percentages.
More changes are on the way. From 1 February 2027, plan renewal replaces plan continuation and unspent money will not carry over to new plans, CYDA reports. Support needs assessments, which involve an interview with a trained NDIS assessor, start from April 2027. Because these dates affect what you ask for, check the latest NDIA guidance before your meeting.
When Will Your NDIS Plan Review Happen?
Your reassessment date is printed on your plan, and the NDIA starts the process well before it. About 2 to 3 months ahead, your my NDIS contact gets in touch for a check-in about your goals and whether your supports still fit. When your plan is 56 days from that date, the NDIA works with you on the new plan.
Asking for an early reassessment is possible when your needs change significantly and stay changed. Examples include a decline in daily living skills, a move to new housing, starting work or study, or losing help from family. The NDIA plan reassessment page says evidence should generally be dated within 4 months of your request and after your current plan began.
Requests go through the service hub, by post to GPO Box 700, Canberra ACT 2601, or in person to your my NDIS contact or a local office. You can keep using your current plan while the NDIA decides on an early NDIS plan review. Providers, including support coordinators, cannot lodge the request on your behalf, even with your consent.
How Do You Prepare for Your NDIS Plan Review?
Good preparation for an NDIS plan review starts about three months out, when the check-in call usually arrives. We work through these steps with participants in Gladstone Park, Broadmeadows, Glenroy and nearby suburbs:
- Re-read your current plan, your goals and the reassessment date.
- Check what you have spent in each budget using the my NDIS app or your plan manager's statements.
- Write down what is working, what is not and what has changed in the past year.
- Ask treating professionals for updated reports early, since appointments can take time to book.
- Keep a short diary of a typical week, including your hardest days.
- Think about life changes over the next 3 years, as the NDIA suggests, such as moving, study or work.
- Decide who will come to the meeting with you.
- List your questions and the supports you want to ask for.
Unspent funding needs an explanation at an NDIS plan review rather than an apology. Waitlists, provider gaps or a period of poor health are all reasons a planner will want to hear, and stating them clearly gives the planner the context behind your spending.
What Evidence Does the NDIA Look For?
Strong evidence for an NDIS plan review shows how your disability affects everyday life, rather than only naming a diagnosis. The NDIA looks at reports from treating healthcare professionals, therapists and support workers. Planners also consider how you used your plan, your community and mainstream supports, and your goals.
Each report written for an NDIS plan review works best when it describes functional impact. That means what you can and cannot do, how often you need help, and which support the writer recommends and why. A recommendation linked to one of your plan goals is easier for a planner to follow than a general statement.
Your own words count as well. A carer statement, a diary of a hard week or a short letter about your goals adds detail that reports often miss. For participants with psychosocial disability, notes about how needs change between good and bad periods help explain support that can look uneven on paper.
How Does a Support Coordinator Help You Prepare?
A support coordinator helps you prepare for your NDIS plan review by building the evidence and keeping the meeting focused on your goals. Before the meeting, that means mapping which reports you need, chasing providers for updates and writing a progress report on how your plan was used.
During the meeting, your coordinator can sit beside you and explain what has worked and what has not. Afterwards, they help put the new plan in place, check it for errors and support you to request a review if something is wrong. People in complex or high-risk situations may need Level 3 support coordination for this work.
Our NDIS support coordination team prepares your progress reports and evidence well before each reassessment meeting.
What Happens at the Reassessment Meeting?
The reassessment meeting is the conversation at the centre of your NDIS plan review, held with an NDIA planner. Expect questions about your goals, how you used each budget, what has changed and which community or mainstream supports you rely on.
For each support you ask for, explain four things: the need, the impact without the support, how the support helps and which goal it serves. Short, specific answers are easier to record than a long story, so bring your notes and point to your evidence.
Three outcomes are possible after an NDIS plan review: the NDIA varies your plan, creates a new plan or leaves your plan unchanged. When a new plan is made, the NDIA says you will receive a copy within 7 days of it being approved.
What Can You Do If Your Plan Is Cut?
Reading the new plan carefully is the first step when funding drops after an NDIS plan review. Compare each budget with your old plan, and ask the NDIA for written reasons for the decision so you can see which evidence it relied on.
You can ask for an internal review within 3 months of receiving the decision, according to the NDIA review of a decision page. Call 1800 800 110, use the service hub or write to the NDIA, and attach new evidence if you have it. The NDIA aims to finish internal reviews within 60 days.
Still unhappy after the internal review? You then have 28 days to apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal. The NDIS Appeals Program offers free help from a disability advocate, and the Ask Izzy Disability Advocacy Finder lists independent advocates. Your coordinator can help gather paperwork but is not an independent advocate.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often is an NDIS plan reviewed?
Plan lengths differ, so check the reassessment date printed on your plan. The NDIA encourages you to think about life changes over the next 3 years when you prepare, which helps you discuss the plan length that suits you. New and reassessed plans also now include funding periods to help your budget last.
Can my support coordinator request a reassessment for me?
No. The request must come from you, your nominee or your child representative, although a coordinator can help you complete it. If the evidence does not show a significant, ongoing change, the NDIA may decide not to reassess, or may vary your current plan instead.
Will my funding go down at my NDIS plan review?
Funding can go up, go down or stay the same, depending on your evidence and needs. Budget changes from October 2026 apply first to new or reassessed plans, so ask the planner how they affect social participation and daily activities funding in your plan.
What happens to my supports while I wait for a decision?
Nothing stops while you wait. Your current plan stays in use while the NDIA considers a request for an early NDIS plan review, which gives you time to add evidence. Keep records of your spending so the planner can see how the funding was used.
Talk to Us Before Your Reassessment Date
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