Disability and carer resources
- Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into a national disability long-term care and support scheme
- As part of the National Disability Strategy, the Australian Government has commissioned an Inquiry into a long-term care and support scheme for people with disability in Australia.
- Australian Disability Enterprises
- Online directory of products and services produced by businesses providing sustainable employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
- Australian Human Rights Commission
- The Australian Human Rights Commission leads the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. This Act makes disability discrimination unlawful and aims to promote equal opportunity and access for people with disabilities.
- Australian National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline
- Australia-wide telephone hotline for reporting abuse and neglect of people with disabilities using government funded services.
- Better Start for Children with Disability
- Eligible children have to access a range of early intervention service providers including speech pathologists, audiologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, orthoptists and psychologists.
- Commonwealth Carelink Centres
- Information centres for older people, people with disabilities and those who provide care and services. Centres provide free and confidential information on community aged care, disability and other support services available.
- CRS Australia
- Leading provider of vocational rehabilitation and assessment services to people with a disability, injury or health condition.
- Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Information on programs and services that target the barriers that people with a disability face in gaining access to, and successfully completing, post-school education and training.
- Department of Human Services
- Living with illness or disability.
- Department of Human Services
- Caring for someone.
- Department of Health and Ageing
- For carers and family.
- Every Australian Counts
- Every Australian Counts is the campaign for the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme.
- Family Mental Health Support Services
- Family Mental Health Support Service activities target prevention and early intervention, with a particular focus on Indigenous families and those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background.
- Helping children with Autism
- Support to help eligible children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to access early intervention therapies and services.
- JobAccess
- It is a free information and advice service about the employment of people with disability. JobAccess helps people with disability, employers, service providers and the community to access information about services, financial assistance and workplace solutions.
- Mental Health Respite: Carer Support
- The Mental Health Respite initiative (MHR) provides a range of flexible respite and family support options for carers of people with severe mental illness/psychiatric disability and carers of people with an intellectual disability.
- MyTime, supporting parents of children with disabilities
- Provides local support groups for mums, dads, grandparents and anyone caring for a young child under school age with a disability or chronic medical condition.
- National Carer Strategy
- The National Carer Strategy is the Australian Government’s recognition of the invaluable contribution of carers to the Australian community.
- National Disability Strategy
- The National Disability Strategy outlines a 10-year national policy framework to guide government activity across six key outcome areas and to drive future reforms in mainstream and specialist disability service systems to improve outcomes for people with disability, their families and carers.
- National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy
- The Strategy aims to address the barriers that are faced by people with a disability and/or mental illness that make it harder for them to gain and keep work.
- Targeted Community Care (Mental Health) Program
- The Targeted Community Care (Mental Health) Program (TCC) aims to assist people with mental illness and their families and carers.
