Accessibility · Languages

Support in your language.

English doesn't need to be your first language for support to feel personal. We arrange interpreters at no cost, including Auslan, so nothing gets lost in translation.

Auslan users

If you communicate in Auslan, contact us through the National Relay Service: use NRS Video Relay or Chat, then give our number 03 5998 0717. For meetings and planning conversations, we book qualified Auslan interpreters, free for NDIS participants.

About the NRS

Other languages

Call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and ask for Newdawn Support Services on 03 5998 0717. An interpreter joins the call at no cost to you. Or tell us your language in any form on this site, and we'll organise it.

Call TIS on 131 450
How it works

Three steps, zero cost.

01

Tell us your language

When you call, email, or send a form, tell us the language you prefer, including Auslan.

02

We book the interpreter

We arrange a professional interpreter for calls, meetings, and service planning. It costs you nothing.

03

You get the full story

Every agreement, plan, and conversation happens in the language you understand best.

Any language

Interpreters for every community.

These include the 17 languages the NDIS publishes participant information in, plus community languages we support, and TIS National covers more than 150 in total. If yours isn't listed, we can still book it.

  • العربية (Arabic)
  • ܐܬܘܪܝܐ (Assyrian)
  • 中文 简体 (Chinese Simplified)
  • 中文 繁體 (Chinese Traditional)
  • دری (Dari)
  • Filipino (Tagalog)
  • Français (French)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • ខ្មែរ (Khmer)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • Македонски (Macedonian)
  • Gagana Samoa (Samoan)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Yorùbá (Yoruba)
Ready when you are

Reach out in the way that suits you.

Phone, relay, interpreter, email, or a family member calling for you: every door leads to the same friendly intake team.