For Terri Warner, a PhD scholar at the ANU School of Medicine and Psychology and a participant in the NDIS, the definition of ‘psychosocial disability’ is both intriguing and confusing. 

When Warner first tried to make sense of the concept, she came across several definitions, many of which predated the NDIS and were not at all consistent. 

Through her investigation, it was clear there was a disconnect between how the NDIS category was defined, and how ‘psychosocial disability’ was understood and used by the people with lived experience.