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Links to sites to
visit for information related to your
child's disability.
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- Exceptional Parent Magazine
- A paper magazine and E-mag
for parents of people with special
needs. A great resource!
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- Association For Children
With a Disability
- is an information, support and
advocacy organisation for families
of children with a disability in
Victoria, Australia. The
organization is run by parents.
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Victorian Clinical Genetic Services
- Genetic services for Victoria and
Tasmania
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- Disability Information
Network Australia (VIC)
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- New
South Wales Genetic Education Unit Fact
Sheets - Downloadable information
sheets in Adobe Acrobat format.
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Chromosome Deletion Outreach - this
group has parent contacts and lists of
support organisations for those
searching for information on rare
chromosome disorders
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- Down
Syndrome Association of Victoria -
Support organisation for those who care
for someone with Down Syndrome or who
have Down Syndrome themselves.
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- Autism
Victoria - Support and information
for families and carers of those who
have Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Autism Help - Launched by Gateway
Services Geelong to support community inclusion of people with Autism
Spectrum Disorders
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- Cri Du
Chat Support Group of Australia Inc.
- Support organisation for families and
carers of those with cri du chat
syndrome.
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- Sturge
Weber Foundation (USA) - US support
organisation website. Contact in
Australia :
Jo Stanford (03) 9762 4630
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Medline - access through PubMed.
Look up published medical articles and
medical information.
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- Sibling Support Project (Canada
+ USA) - Great information,
articles and books on issues
encountered by siblings of children
with disabilities.
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- Yooralla - Offer
pre-school, school -aged and adult
therapy services, residential
accommodation, respite in and out of
home, equipment, advocacy, employment
and recreation services to people with
a variety of disabilities.
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- Achievable Concepts -
Adapted
Recreation and Sporting Equipment for
People with Disabilities and the Aged.
Located in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne.
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- Epilepsy Victoria - Work to
support people living with epilepsy in
our own Victorian communities. With
colleagues in the national coalition,
work to resolve an increasing number of
issues at the national level.
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- Anglicare Parentzone - Parentzone offers a wide variety of
parenting services and resources across
the Southern Metropolitan area. These
services include - information, support
and referral to all parents and
caregivers of children from birth to 18
years. Parentzone also provides a
service to parent educators and others
working with children and families.
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Serious stuff with a twist. This British site
aims not to be a resource but more to reflect
on experiences and give alternate slants on things that are important to
people with a disabiltiy.
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An information package
produced for families, carers, people with disabilties and health
providers regarding health issues for girls and women with a disability.
Specific topics include sterilisation, sexuality and relationships.
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Don't be put off by
the name as this is an interesting and sometimes funny website on travelling
with a disability. It offers a comprehensive range of travel reviews and,
although they are mostly American tourist spots, there are also reviews for
Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Africa. The reviews offer contact
numbers, accommodation advice, helpful traveling hints and a list of
wheelchair accessible beaches with beach wheelchairs.
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This is the Civil
Aviation Safety Authority website section on "What travellers need and can
expect". Travelling with a disability requires careful planning, good
negotiating skills and occasionally, assertiveness. This website provides
you with information needed to ensure you have a smoother and more
comfortable trip. Remember, people with disabilities have rights and that
airlines and airports are bound by legislation to provide services for
people with a disability.
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Reading and
listening to text is a great way to boost literacy skills. Standard audio
books are narrated at a speed that is often too fast for many people with an
intellectual disability,learning difficulties or low vision. This
organisation offers print books with cassettes narrated at a range of slow
speeds which enables the user to develop their listening and reading skills.
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