Illness, Injury or Disability - Useful Website Links:
Listed below are other websites you may find useful.
General Links:
- Alzheimers Australia - provides support and advice for people living with dementia as well as their families and carers.
- Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) - campaigns to create a better and fairer Australia by improving the lives of people on low incomes.
- Australian Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Association (ARATA) - an association who acts as a forum for information sharing and liaison between people who are involved with assistive technology.
- Australian Sports Commission - information on sport for people with a disability.
- Better Health Channel - provides reliable, up-to-date information on health related issues.
- Commonwealth Carelink Centres - a way for all Australians to access information about community and other aged care services.
- Employer of the Year Awards - these awards recognise employers who provide work opportunities for people with disabilities.
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Disability Rights (HREOC) - deals with matters relating to discrimination on the grounds of race, colour or ethnic origin , racial vilification , sex, sexual harassment, marital status, pregnancy, or disability.
- Information on Disability, Equipment, Access & Services (IDEAS) - provides information to people with disabilities.
- JobAccess - provides an advice and information service for disability related employment.
- Medicare - Australia's universal health insurance scheme, which makes health care more affordable for all Australians.
- National Council on Intellectual Disability - aims to improve the quality of life of people with intellectual disability.
- National Ethnic Disability Alliance - promotes the rights of people from non-English speaking backgrounds with disabilities throughout Australia.
- National Industry Association for Disability Services (ACROD) - a national organisation that is responsible for operating several thousand services to people with disabilities and their families.
- Women With Disabilities Australia - addresses the particular needs of women with disabilities in Australia.
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Hearing Impairment:
- Australian Association of the Deaf - a national, voluntary consumer organisation that represents the views of Deaf people who use Australian Sign Language (AUSLAN).
- Australian Communication Exchange (ACE) - an organisation that helps to empower Deaf, hearing impaired and speech impaired Australians by providing equal access to telecommunication technology through services such as the National Relay Service (NRS).
- Australian Deaf Sports Federation - encourages and aims to increase the level and standard of sports participation and performance for all Deaf Australians.
- Australian Hearing Services - aims to provide the best hearing care, the latest in hearing aid technology and to lead the world in hearing research to people up to the age of 21 as well as most aged pensioners, most veterans and war widows.
- Better Hearing Australia Inc - a non-profit, self-help organisation that gives an Australia-wide community support service of rehabilitation and help for Australia's hearing impaired.
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Mental Health:
- Auseinet - informs, educates and promotes good practice in a range of sectors and the community about mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention and suicide prevention across the lifespan.
- Mental Health Council of Australia - promoting the mental health of all Australians.
- Mental Health and Wellbeing - covers the National Mental Health Strategy (NMHS), National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) and the Special Access Programs (SAP).
- Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia - ensures mental illness, in particular schizophrenia, gets adequate and appropriate attention in both policy and legislation.
- Mind Matters - a mental health promotion programs for secondary schools.
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Physical Impairment:
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Visual Impairment:
- Blind Citizens Australia - the united voice of blind and vision impaired Australians.
- Vision Australia - works in partnership with people who are blind or vision impaired and their families,
to expand the choices available to them.
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