- Who can get it
- Non-medical rules
Income and assets tests for Disability Support Pension
The amount of Disability Support Pension (DSP) you can get depends on your assessable income and assets.
- Disability Support Pension
- How much you can get
Pensioner Concession Card if you get Disability Support Pension
If your Disability Support Pension (DSP) stops, you may still get a Pensioner Concession Card.
- Asset types
- Granny flat interest
How we assess granny flat interests
You need to tell us the value of the granny flat interest so we can assess if this affects your payments.
- How we assess your claim
- Disability Medical Assessment
What a Disability Medical Assessment is
A Disability Medical Assessment (DMA) helps us decide if you meet the medical rules for Disability Support Pension.
Granny flat interest
A granny flat interest is an agreement for accommodation for life. It can affect your eligibility or rate of payment and we may include it in your assets test.
- Living with disability
- Most useful information
Claim for Disability Support Pension form (SA466)
Use this form to claim for Disability Support Pension.
- What your commitments are
- Meeting participation requirements if you’re under 35
How to manage your participation requirements for Disability Support Pension
We’ll help you develop a participation plan. You’ll need to keep meeting these requirements to get Disability Support Pension (DSP).
- How we assess your claim
- Disability Medical Assessment
What happens at the Disability Medical Assessment
A Government-contracted Doctor will confirm your identity and speak to you about your medical conditions and the impact it has on you.
- How to manage your payment
- Travel outside Australia
When and how to tell us about overseas travel if you get Disability Support Pension
When you get Disability Support Pension, you should always tell us if you’re leaving Australia. This includes when you’re going on a cruise into international waters.
- Youth Disability Supplement
- How much you can get
Changes to the Youth Disability Supplement payment
We update the Youth Disability Supplement payment rate on 1 January each year.