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Disability Services and Information Sydney NSW

• 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.
   
• Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW  - Part of the NSW Attorney Generals Department, the board can help if you've been discriminated against in employment, education and many other areas.
   
• Aboriginal Disability Network
   
• Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
   
• Disability Discrimination Legal Centre
   
• Disability Information and Communication Exchange  - The official web site of the National Council on Intellectual Disability
   
• Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW  - services for for people from a non-English speaking background with disability and their families and carers.
   
• NSW Meals on Wheels
   
• 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.
   
• Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) Deafness and blindness are serious disabilities. RIDBC assists more than 600 children, and their families, each year and relies heavily on community support to be able to continue to make a difference in children's lives.
    

Products to assist people with disabilities

• 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.  
   
• Australian Baby Hands book covering the use of sign language with pre-verbal infants using Auslan, Australian Sign Language, as a communication tool. Clear and simple instructions show you how to introduce baby signing as part of your routine. Also DVDs, charts, flashcards and a special pack for Childcare centres.
   
• 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". 
   
• 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
     
  
• 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.