More than 6000 jobs will be created by the full rollout of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in SA, Premier Jay Weatherill says.
The increased workforce will provide support for 32,000 people when the scheme is fully operational from July 2018.
Many of the new jobs will go to people in the northern suburbs who will be hit hard by the closure of car maker Holden in 2017, the premier says.
"This scheme is important because for too long people with disabilities have not been included in all of the benefits of our society," Mr Weatherill told reporters on Wednesday.
"For too often they have been second-class citizens in our community."
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The premier said the disability scheme would also provide the biggest boost to job creation in SA over the next few years.
Job opportunities will include 1600 positions for support workers, 1500 for personal assistants, 900 for therapists and more than 500 for mental health nurses.
Mr Weatherill said more than 1700 of those were expected to go to workers in the northern suburbs, hopefully to those who face losing their jobs with the decline of the car manufacturing sector.
"Some people have already transitioned into disability care and the NDIS will provide many more opportunities for those who work in declining industries," he said.
JOBS EXPECTED TO FLOW FROM THE NDIS IN SA:
* 1600 organisational support workers
* 1500 personal assistants
* 900 allied health therapists
* 800 case managers
* 600 local area co-ordinators
* 550 mental health nurses
* 400 direct care workers
