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Victoria
Access for All Abilities is a Victorian Government initiative coordinated by Sport and Recreation Victoria. Access for All Abilities providers are professionals working at a community level to develop inclusive sport and recreation opportunities for people of all abilities.
PO Box 2392 Melbourne . T (03) 9935 8031. http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/sport/inclusive-sport/Access-For-All-Abilities
Caravans designed for people in wheelchairs by people in wheelchairs.
Archicentre is quality endorsed and wholly owned by the Australian Institute of Architects. A network of accredited building experts provide professional and independent building design, inspection and advice services nationally.
Collins St East Melbourne . T 1300 134 513. www.archicentre.com.au
CAPS is an Australian Government scheme that provides a payment to assist eligible people who have permanent and severe incontinence to meet some of the costs of their incontinence products. The payment is made by Medicare directly into clients bank account.
CRS Australia is a Disability Employment Service. Their role is to assist someone with a disability to get and keep a job.
Dep't of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations is the lead government agency providing national leadership in education and workplace training, transition to work and conditions and values in the workplace.
The Department of Health is committed to achieving the best health and weel being for all Victorians.
Financial assistance, accommodation options, community involvement and other supports and services for people with a disability, their families and carers.
Public housing, social housing, disability supported accommodation services and other accommodation related support for victorians most in need.
Parafin Australia promotes snorkeling as an activity to be enjoyed by people with a range of physical and sensory abilities. Parafin Australia aims to redefine the expectation of disability to include outstanding achievement and adventure.
247-251 Flinders Lane Melbourne . T 0406 367 899 . http://www.disabledwintersport.com.au/
Fisher Lane offers professional, reliable and caring service to the mobility and rehabilitation industry by supplying a wide range of products and equipment, either for sale, hire or through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Leading providers of information and advice on an extensive range of assistive technology that can help individuals improve their quality of life and remain independent.
Lifeline connects people with care by providing services in Suicide Prevention, Crisis Support anf Mental Health Support.
Quality producer of a wide range of wheelchairs.
MI Fellowship is a not-for-profit, member-based organisation providing support to almost 5000 people a year and reaching many more through advocacy and community education work.
276 Heidelberg Road Fairfield . T 03 8486 4200. http://www.mifellowship.org/ip-factsheet.shtml
Parallel Sports Club is a self help association that connects people with physical disabilities to sporting clubs.
Parallel Sports Club offers a variety of sporting programs and services that target the specific needs of physically disabled people.
The aim of Sailability is to introduce people of all ages and abilities to the joys of sailing in a straightforward, fun, inexpensive way in a supportive environment.
The Victorian Spinal Cord Service is proud to support and undertake important clinical research that will help to further improve outcomes for people with Spinal Cord Injury.
For information about current research activities, please contact the research liaison officers.
Austin Health Heidelberg . T 9496 5906.
PO Box 1993 Bakery Hill . T 1300 747 937 or 03 5333 8100. F 03 5333 8111. http://swep.bhs.org.au/
Free professional anonymous support twenty four hours a day seven days a week across Victoria.
1 Yarra Boulevard Kew . T 03 9853 8655 or 1300 663 243. http://www.tadvic.asn.au/
people with a disability.
The TAC is a Victorian Government-owned organisation set up in 1986. Its role is to pay for treatment and benefits for people injured in transport accidents. It is also involved in promoting road safety in Victoria and in improving Victoria's trauma system.
The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service caters for children and adolescents who require specialist interdisciplinary rehabilitation. This rehabilitation may be as an inpatient at The Royal Children’s Hospital or Monash Medical Centre or within the community at all sites. More information is available on the website.
50 Flemington Road Parkville . T 03 9345 5283. F 03 9345 5913. http://health.vic.gov.au/vprs/
The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service caters for children and adolescents who require specialist interdisciplinary rehabilitation. This rehabilitation may be as an inpatient at The Royal Children’s Hospital or Monash Medical Centre or within the community at all sites. More information is available on the website.
246 Clayton Road Clayton . T 03 9594 4001. F 03 9594 6136. http://health.vic.gov.au/vprs/index.htm
The Victorian Spinal Cord Service at Austin Health is one of six such specialist services in Australia. It provides acute management & rehabilitation for people who sustain traumatic and some non-traumatic spinal cord injuries from Victoria, Tasmania and the Riverina of NSW. It forms part of Victoria’s State Trauma System.
Inpatient rehabilitation and some outpatient services for the Victorian Spinal Cord Service operate out of the Spinal Rehabilitation Facility at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre.
New South Wales
Assistance Dogs Australia trains Labradors and Golden Retrievers to help people with physical disabilities.
The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit, educational, research, clinical and community oriented facility offering specialist expertise in depression and bipolar disorder.
Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick . T 02 9382 4530. www.blackdoginstitute.org.au
D-ability is an online arts, leisure, health and sports guide, providing a place to discover life's possibilities beyond disability.
PO Box 786 Tumut . T 1800 029 904. http://www.ideas.org.au/
The Spinal Cord Injury Network was established in 2008 to provide leadership for spinal cord injury research and treatment strategies, facilitate more effective clinical trials in spinal cord injury and improve translation of basic and clinical research into evidence-based practice.
Queensland
Wheelchair accessible vehicle rentals.
Tasmania
Australian Capital Territory
Nican is information on recreation, tourism, sport and the arts for people with disAbilities and supports an Australian society where any recreational opportunity values diversity, supports freedom and choice and strengthens inclusive communities.


