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
- BrainLink Services Limited
- Leadership Plus
- Melbourne Citymission
Advocacy, Rights & Information
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- National Ethnic Disability Alliance
- National Disability Services
- Infoxchange Australia
Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Asperger Syndrome Support Network Victoria
- Autism Behavioural Intervention Association
- Autism Victoria
- Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support
- Australian Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Blind, vision impaired links
Deaf, hearing impaired links
- Deaf Australia Inc
- National Association of Australian Teachers of the Deaf
- Deafness Forum of Australia
- Australian Communication Exchange
- NAATI
- Vicdeaf
Education and Training
Education Standards
Employment
Government
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Department of Human Services
Health
Intellectual disability links
- Intellectual Disabilities Rights Service
- National Council on Intellectual Disabilities
- Brain Foundation
- VALID
Learning disability/dyslexia links
- Australian Association of Special Education
- Learning Links
- National Centre for Learning Disabilities
- International Dyslexia Association
- Bright Solutionsf or Dyslexia Inc.
- Australian Dyspraxia Support Group
- SPELD
- Australian Learning Disability Association
Mental Health links
- Mental Illness Fellowship
- Beyond Blue
- Mental Health Council of Australia
- Multicultural Mental Health Australia
- SANE Australia
- headspace
Neurological links
- Motor Neuron Disease Association of Australia
- MS Australia
- Cerebral Palsy Support Network
- Families of Spinal Muscular Dystrophy
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Paralinks
- Independence Australia
- The Spina Bifida Foundation of Victoria
Other
Parents
Physical disability links
- Physical Disability Council of Australia
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
- Independence Australia
- Scope Victoria
- Yooralla
Recreation
Respite
- Commonwealth Carelink Centres
- Barwon-Southwest Respite
- Interchange
- Respite Barwon
- Respite North
- Respite East
- SCOPE
Self Help and Support Groups
Tourettes Syndrome
- Tourettes Syndrome Association of Australia
- Tourettes Syndrome Association of Victoria
- Tourettes Syndrome Plus
Women
This project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations under the National Disability Coordination Officer Program. The views expressed in these materials are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.