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HOME EDUCATION + WORK + NDCOs GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS & PROGRAMS + MENTOR PROGRAMS LEISURE PROGRAMS RESPITE SERVICES ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES LINKS DISABILITY INFORMATION FEEDBACK	Links Below are links to various websites that focus on the particular disability types. Each organisation or site listed specialises in further knowledge and information relating directly to the needs of that disability. Acquired Brain Injury links Brain Injury Australia Brain Foundation Brain Injuries Matters Inc - www.bim.org.au/index.html Brainlink Services Ltd - www.brainlink.org.au Action for Community Living (incorporating Headway Advocacy Service) - www.advocacyhouse.org/acl/about.html http://www.melbournecitymission.org/strong-vibrant-communities/services/disability-services.html Advocacy, Rights & Information Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: http://www.hreoc.gov.au National Ethnic Disability Alliance: http://www.neda.org.au National Disability Services: http://www.nds.org.au/ Infoxchange Australia: http://www.infoxchange.net.au/ Autism Spectrum Disorders Asperger Syndrome Support Network (ASSN): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~asperger/ Autism Behavioural Intervention Association (ABIA): http://www.abia.net.au Autism Victoria: http://www.autismvictoria.org.au Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS): http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger Austism Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum Disorders: http://autismaus.com.au/aca/ Blind, vision impaired links: Vision Australia: www.visionaustralia.org.au Seeing Eye Dogs Australia: www.seda.org.au Sighted Guide Techniques: www.brailleinstitute.org/PDFs/SightedGuideTechniques.pdf Guide Dogs Victoria: www.guidedogsvictoria.com.au Deaf, hearing impaired links Australian Association of the Deaf: www.users.fl.net.au/~aad Australian Association of Teachers of the Deaf (AATD): www.aatd.org.au Deafness Forum of Australia: www.deafnessforum.org.au Australian Communication Exchange: www.aceinfo.net.au National Accreditation Authority for Translator and Interpreters for accredited Interpreters in each state: www.naati.com.au Accessibility: www.accessibility.com.au/search?q=hearing+impaired&qc=all Education and Training DEECD: www.education.vic.gov.au/default.htm Futures for Young Adults: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/disability/supports_for_people/being_part_of_my_community/futures_for_young_adults Schools Online: www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/schoolsonline/ Education standards Your right to an education, A guide for students with a disability their associates and education providers: www.ddaedustandards.info Employment ACE National Network: www.acenational.org.au CRS Australia: www.crsaustralia.gov.au Education to Employment Package: www.uws.edu.au/rdlo/employment Government Department of Education,Employment and Workplace Relations: www.dewr.gov.au/ Department of Families, Housing,Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: www.facs.gov.au Department of Human Services: www.dhs.vic.gov.au/disability Employment and Workplace Relations Services for Australians: www.workplace.gov.au Health Medicare Australia: www.medicareaustralia.gov.au Intellectual disabilities links Intellectual Disabilities Rights Service: www.idrs.org.au National Council on Intellectual Disabilities: www.ncid.org.au Brain Australia: www.brainaustralia.org.au Family Advocacy: www.family-advocacy.com/index2.php Learning disability/dyslexia links Australian Association of Special Education: www.aase.edu.au Learning Links: www.learninglinks.org.au National Centre for Learning Disabilities: www.ncld.org/ International Dyslexia Association: www.interdys.org Bright solution for Dyslexia Inc: www.dys-add.com/ Australian Dyspraxia Support Group: www.dyspraxia.com.au Specific Learning Difficulties Association of Victoria (SPELD): www.speldvic.org.au Mental Health links: Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia: www.schizophrenia.org.au Beyond Blue: www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx? Mental Health Council of Australia: www.mhca.org.au Multicultural Mental Health Australia: www.mmha.org.au SANE Australia: www.sane.org Neurological links Motor Neuron Disease Association of Australia: www.mndaust.asn.au MS Australia: www.msaustralia.org.au Cerebral Palsy Support Network www.cpsn.info Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy: www.fsma.org Muscular Dystrophy: www.mda.org.au Paralinks: www.paralinks.net ParaQuad Victoria: www.paraquad.asn.au The Spina Bifida Foundation of Victoria: www.sbfv.org.au Other Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Australia: www.pws.asn.au Parents Association for Children with a Disability: www.acd.org.au/home/ Physical disability links Physical Disability Council of Australia: www.pdca.org.au Accessibility: www.accessibility.com.au Spinal Cord Injuries Australia: www.scia.org.au ParaQuad Victoria: www.paraquad.asn.au/ Scope Victoria: www.scopevic.org.au Yooralla Society of Victoria: www.yooralla.com.au Publications Disability www.disability.vic.gov.au/dsonline/dssite.nsf/pages/publications?opendocument Recreation Australian Sports Commission: www.ausport.gov.au Respite Commonwealth Carelink Centres: www.commcarelink.health.gov.au Barwon-Southwest Respite: www.barwonsouthwest.infoxchange.net.au Interchange: www.interchange.org.au Respite Barwon: www.respitebarwon.org.au Respite North: www.respitenorthandwest.org.au Respite East: www.respiteeast.org.au SCOPE: www.scopevic.org.au Self Help and Support Groups The Collective of Self-Help Groups (COSHG): http://www.coshg.org.au/selfhelp.html Royal Children's Hospital Support group directory: www.rch.org.au/chas/index.cfm?doc_id=978 Tourettes Syndrome Tourettes Syndrome Association of Australia: http://www.tourette.org.au/ Tourettes Syndrome Association of Victoria: http://www.tsavic.org.au/ Tourettes Syndrome Plus: http://www.tourettesyndrome.net/education.htm Women Women With Disabilities Australia: www.wwda.org.au
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