Disability

A range of links to do with disability services, disability access and social inclusion.

Web Services
Help Lines
Fact Sheet
Local Services

Web Services

Enablenet www.enable.net.au
Enable net is being developed as a one stop site for information on disability and a meeting place for people interested in disability issues.

Australian human rights and equal opportunity commission www.hreoc.gov.au
Has information about disability rights.

Specific Learning Difficulties Association (SPELD) of SA www.speld-sa.org.au
SPELD is a non profit organisation that provides advice and services to children and adults with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. SPELD has a register of tutors who provide individual tutoring for children and adults in a face-to-face tutoring mode.

Crippled Children's Association of South Australia www.cca.org.au
CCA is the main provider of therapy and family support services to children with physical and multiple disabilities living in SA.

Arthritis SA http://www.arthritissa.org.au/asp/home.asp
Has information about arthritis and services available, upcoming functions and events, latest news, and links to other websites.

The 3VI website www.3vi.com.au
This site has been created as a part of the 3VI Club by the Royal Society for the Blind in South Australia. The 3VI club is for anyone under the age of 18 who has a vision impairment.

Center for the Study of Autism www.autism.org
This is a good introductory site on the topic of autism. Also offers their information in languages other than English.

National Autistic Society ( UK ) www.nas.org.uk
This site offers a range of fact sheets, publications and links.

Autism www.isn.net/~jypsy/
This site offers a range of links to many autism related websites.

Online Asperger's Syndrome Information and Support (OASIS) www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger
This site offers online asperger's syndrome information and support (OASIS)

Asperger Syndrome - Australian Information Centre members.ozemail.com.au/~rbmitch/Asperger.htm
The site of the Australian information centre on Asperger Syndrome.

Human rights and equal opportunity commission http://www.Humanrights.gov.au
Our goal is to foster greater understanding and protection of human rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range of individuals and groups.

Accessibility.com.au http://www.accessibility.com.au/index.html
The disability information resource.

Association of Children with a Disability http://www.acd.org.au/home/index.htm
Offering information, support and advocacy organisation for children with a disability and their families, in Victoria, Australia.

Help Lines

Youth Healthline: 1300 13 17 19 (local call cost from anywhere in South Australia)
Mobile phone users should call (08) 8303 1691 (normal mobile phone rates apply).
The Youth Healthline was launched by Child and Youth Health in July 2002, and is a 24-hour, 7-day telephone service for young people aged 12 to 25 years in South Australia.

Fact Sheet

Living with a disability, How to cope, discrimination and how to get help http://www.reachout.com.au/default.asp?ti=1748

Local Services

City of Playford
Click on the link below to view City of Playford services and programs for people with a disability.

http://www.playford.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=421

Please contact Maria on 8256 0183 for further information.