NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee Consultation February 2026

Overview

The NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee (EAC) was established in an ongoing capacity by the Australian Government in response to the NDIS Review. The EAC will make recommendations to government on the safety, suitability and value for money of supports for NDIS funding, drawing on the best available evidence. You can read more about the committee on the EAC website.

Public consultation will be part of the assessment process for all supports that the EAC will review, although the structure and content may be adjusted based on what we learn from this process. 

Please read the Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.

This consultation is about the next group of supports to be considered by the EAC:

• Early intensive behavioural interventions
• Positive behaviour support for older children and adults
• Robot-assisted gait training
• Social skills training as a disability support for children and young people

If you would like to read more about each support, please see this summary document. Easy Read questions and the full question set are available below. Click this link for an Auslan version.

Please note that the scope of the assessments being considered by the NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee is not limited to supports currently funded under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Descriptions provided may not align with existing NDIS operational guidelines. This is to capture a broad scope of evidence about a support, including international research. Any differences should not be interpreted as proposals to change current operational practice.

Why your views matter

The Government wants to make sure the NDIS provides safe, effective and high-quality supports that maximise the benefits for people with disability. The assessment for each support will include a summary of relevant and best-available evidence. We will also give the EAC a summary of what you tell us. The EAC will use the evidence and the consultation summary to give advice to Government about the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of various disability supports.

We are seeking input about:

• who uses or might use the support
• how and why people use the support
• other supports people may use to seek similar outcomes.

We would like to hear from people who:

• currently use the support
• have previously used the support
• would like to use the support in the future
• support or care for people who use the support
• use another support for the same purpose or a similar purpose
• do research on these or similar supports
• are otherwise interested in providing feedback.

This includes:

• people with disability
• families and carers of people with disability
• service providers and clinicians
• people who do research about disability or disability supports
• other interested people.

We know that people with disability have been asked to contribute to a lot of consultations recently. We value your ongoing contribution and have tried to avoid asking questions similar to those that have been asked in prior review processes. Please note, we aim to use the preferred language for the groups we are working with; however, we know that there is not always agreement on what that should be.