Child Disability Allowance assessment

MSD can consider granting Supported Living Payment from a Child Disability Allowance assessment when the information confirms the client meets the medical criteria for Supported Living Payment.

For more information see:

• Child Disability Allowance

If a child getting Child Disability Allowance is now applying for Supported Living Payment, MSD can grant Supported Living Payment if there is medical evidence showing that the child is permanently and severely restricted in their capacity for work because of a health condition, injury or disability.

Not all children who have been getting Child Disability Allowance will meet the medical criteria for Supported Living Payment.

For example, children who have been getting Child Disability Allowance for epilepsy or an eating disorder, may not be permanently and severely restricted in their capacity for work because of a health condition, injury or disability.

If the client was getting Child Disability Allowance for the following health conditions or impairments they are likely to qualify for Supported Living Payment:

• long standing, severe ill health (e.g. ongoing cancer, end-stage kidney disease, degenerative conditions such as muscular dystrophy)
• severe physical disabilities (e.g. tetraplegia, paraplegia, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy)
• intellectual disability (e.g. Down Syndrome)
• blindness (if the information on the report meets the medical qualification for blindness)
• deafness

The client may also have other assessments such as NASC assessments, assessment from their specialist or have special education reports. MSD can use more than 1 assessment to establish eligibility to Supported Living Payment.

If it is unclear from the information the client has provided that they meet the medical criteria for Supported Living Payment, seek advice from the Regional Health Advisor or Regional Disability Advisor [no link find out why] .