NDIS Conditions

Our dietitians have experience and skills in supporting clients with disabilities including:

• Intellectual – includes down syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, cri-du-chat syndrome, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), overgrowth syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, chromosomal deletion disorders
• Neurodevelopmental & Learning – includes Specific learning/Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
• Autism – includes Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger’s syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Delay
• Development delay
• Physical – includes spinal cord injuries, quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, motor neurone disease, neuromuscular disorders, cerebral palsy, amputation or congenital absence or deformity of limbs, spina bifida, arthritis, back disorders, ataxia, bone formation or degeneration, scoliosis
• Metabolic – Phenylketonuria (PKU), Mitochondrial disorders, glycogen storage diseases, Galactosemia
• Acquired brain injury
• Neurological – includes epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Stroke, Huntington’s disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD), Ataxia and Parkinson’s disease
• Deafblind (dual sensory)
• Vision – includes blindness and vision impairment
• Hearing – includes deafness, hearing impairment, hearing loss
• Speech – includes speech loss, impairment and/or difficulty in being understood
• Psychiatric – includes schizophrenia, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, addictive behaviours, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), personality disorders, stress, psychosis, depression and adjustment disorders
• Sensory Processing Disorders (e.g. Sensory Modulation Disorder, Sensory Discrimination Disorder, Sensory-Based Motor Disorder)