Eligibility

You may receive Disability Support Pension if you are:

• 16 years of age or over at the time of claiming and are under age pension age, and
• an Australian resident and in Australia when you claim, and
• either:
  • permanently blind, or
  • assessed as having a physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment of at least 20 points and are either:
    • participating in the Supported Wage System, or
    • unable to work or be retrained for work of at least 15 hours or more per week at or above the relevant minimum wage within the next two years because of your impairment, and you are assessed as either having a severe impairment or as having actively participated in a program of support.

To assess your eligibility for Disability Support Pension, we usually need a report from your treating doctor or specialist on your disability, injury or illness.

You may also need to have a Job Capacity Assessment.

A Job Capacity Assessment is a way of finding out:

• if you can work
• how much work you can do
• how much help you need to find and keep a job.

More information

• Disability Support Pension section