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Disability Services and Information

• The Cora Barclay Centre for deaf and hearing impaired children was established in 1945 by a group of pioneering women whose babies were born deaf due to the 1940's rubella epidemic. Originally called the South Australian Oral School these mothers wanted their hearing impaired children to have the choice /option of learning speech and language
   
• accessibility.com.au  - The disability information resource.
   
• National Industry Association for Disability Services (ACROD) is the National Industry Association for Disability Services. ACROD's membership includes over 550 non-government, non-profit organisations, which collectively operate several thousand services for Australians with all types of disabilities, including intellectual, physical, psychiatric and sensory. ACROD's members are located in every State and Territory in Australia and range in size from very small support groups to very large service providers.
   
• Disability Information & Communication Exchange - The official web site of the National Council on Intellectual Disability
   
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (HREOC)  
   
• Physical Disability Council of Australia Ltd (PDCA) PDCA is run entirely by people with physical disabilities, for people with physical disabilities. It does not discriminate on the basis of disability, nor does PDCA determine what a physical disability is. PDCA operates under an inclusion policy and offers membership and/or services to any person with a disability who seeks our support.
   
• Disability Information and Resource Centre  - The home of disability information on the net in South Australia - includes EnableNet which is being developed as a one stop site for information on disability and a meeting place for people interested in disability issues.
   
• Equal Opportunity Commission can help if you've been discriminated against in employment, education and many other areas.
   
• Independent Living Centre provides equipment, home modifications and adult therapy services for people with disabilities who are eligible under the Options Coordination Program, as well as information for the general community.
   
• Meals on Wheels South Australia
   
• Physical Disability Council of Australia  - PDCA is run entirely by people with physical disabilities, for people with physical disabilities. It does not discriminate on the basis of disability, nor does PDCA determine what a physical disability is. PDCA operates under an inclusion policy and offers membership and/or services to any person with a disability who seeks its support.
   
• RPH 1197am  - a not-for-profit, disability service provider delivering a reading and information service to the print handicapped via radio 5RPH 1197am. It is estimated that more than 17% of South Australians have a print disability (264,000 people), 5RPH 1197am plays a vital role in meeting their information needs. Among this group are people with severe vision loss, those who understand spoken English but cannot read it easily, people with learning difficulties, and those with physical disabilities such as arthritis.
   
• Royal Society for the Blind of South Australia

Products to assist people with disabilities

• Book "A Penny for your Thoughts"  The book is an uplifting autobiography by Penny Harland, coauthored by Sarah Patterson. Penny Harland is now in her mid fifties but has been both deaf and blind since very early childhood. She now suffers with balance problems and a muscle wasting disease as well. As a young girl her education faltered when she was forced from school to take up work in a sheltered workshop making toilet brushes! What this lady has done since is truly inspirational! She has soldiered on to get a University education! She has earned a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Education! Her elderly father is a war veteran who can barely walk from his bedroom. Her mother has suffered a stroke. Yet Penny still helps keep the family going! Now Penny has written an inspirational book to share her struggle and success with others - titled "A Penny for your Thoughts". 
   
• NEW! Achievable Concepts - Adapted recreation and sporting equipment for people with disabilities and the aged. Includes Beach wheelchairs, Cycling & trikes, Exercise equipment, Electric scooters & bikes, Fishing, Golf, Lawn bowls, Mt buggy/stroller, Motor cycling, Pool wheelchair, Seating, Snow skiing and Ten pin bowling products
     
• BadBacks has articles, discussion forums and a range of traditional & alternative back care products to help relieve injury or chronic pain conditions and help healing. They also have preventative products and relief for people (like me) who spend a lot of time sitting at computers.
  
• Mite-Y-Fresh - Sydney-based store featuring products for asthma and allergy sufferers that assist in controlling and protecting against airborne allergens. Includes Dust Mite Allergy Bedding, Dehumidifiers, and Air Purifiers.