Below are useful links to external organisations that may provide you with further information or advice on accessibility. We are not responsible for the accuracy, legality or content of the external sites.
Aids and equipment
Lifestyle and equipment
- e.bility.com – An online resource for people with disability
- Ideas – Information on disability
- Independent Living Centres
- LifeTec
- SportAid
- Technical Aid to the Disabled Queensland
Building and modifications
Hand controls and vehicle modifications
- Brisbane Southside
Disability Solutions (Mike Brady)
P: 3133 0963
M: 0412 083 428 - Brisbane Northside
Surgical Engineering (Mike Nugent)
KCF Disability Engineering (Keith Fackrell) - Gold Coast
Safe-T-Ride (Dave or Karen Queitzsch)
P: 5532 6316
K & M Kite Specialised Motor Vehicle Builder - Cairns
Whiteline Mobility & Van Conversions
P: 4031 6991
M: 0400 250 007
E: dswhite@qld.chariot.net.au
Concessions, pensions and subsidies
Community Aids Equipment for Community Access (CAEATI) Scheme
- A Guide to Australian Government Payments
- Age Pension
- Carer Allowance and/or Carer Payments
- Disability Support Pension
- Financial Information Service
- Mobility Allowance
- Phone numbers
Chronic Disease Management Plan
Continence Aids Payment Scheme
Home Modifications – Queensland
Medicare Allied Health Initiative
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Government organisations
- GST exemption on cars – a guide for people with disabilities
- GST and medical aids and appliances
- How to apply for a private ruling
Department Human Services (including Centrelink) (Commonwealth)
Department of Social Services (Commonwealth)
Disability Services (Queensland)
Housing (Queensland)
Legal and advocacy organisations
Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland (ADCQ)
Australian Human Rights Commission
Office of the Health Ombudsman
Medical and health services
Continence products
Dental / oral health
General health
- 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84)
Mental health
Princess Alexandra Hospital Spinal Injuries Unit
Physiotherapy
Respite
- Backstop House
- BE Lifestyle Retreats
Research and resources
Research organisations
- Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland (CARRS-Q)
- Recover Injury Research Centre
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries
- National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research (pdf)
- Research Centre for Injury Studies
- Spinal Cord Injury Network
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence
Other resources
Spinal organisations
Australia
- AQA (Victoria)
- Independence Australia
- ParaQuad NSW
- ParaQuad SA
- ParaQuad Tasmania
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
- Spine & Limb Foundation (Western Australia)
- Spinal Hub
International
- Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
- International Spinal Cord Society
- International Ventilator Users’ Network (IVUN)
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
- QuadPara Association of South Africa
- Rick Hansen Foundation
- Spinal Cord Injury Canada
- Spinal Injuries Association UK
Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome
- Lincolnshire Post Polio Library
- Polio Australia
- Polio Health
- Polio Network Victoria
- Post-Polio Health International
- The British Polio Fellowship
Transverse Myelitis