Useful links

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

• VIP Access

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

Community Aids Equipment for Community Access (CAEATI) Scheme

Centrelink

• 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

Companion Card

Continence Aids Payment Scheme

GrantsLINK

Home and Community Care

Home Modifications – Queensland

Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme

Medicare Allied Health Initiative

National Disability Insurance Scheme

Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme

Queensland Government Concessions and Rebated

Taxi Subsidy Scheme

Vehicle Options Subsidy Scheme

Australian Tax Office

• 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)

• Public and community housing
• Home and Community Care Home Modification and Home Assist Secure Services

Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland (ADCQ)

Australian Human Rights Commission

Office of the Health Ombudsman

Justices of the Peace

Legal Aid Queensland

Queensland Aged and Disability Advocacy

Queensland Advocacy Inc. (QAI)

Continence products

• Intouch Direct
• Independence Australia
• Paralogic

Dental / oral health

• Public sector dental clinics

General health

• 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84)

Mental health

• Lifeline
• Beyond Blue

Princess Alexandra Hospital Spinal Injuries Unit

• Outpatients Department
• Spinal Outreach Team
• Transitional Rehabilitation Program

Physiotherapy

• UQ Health and Rehabilitation Clinics
• Physiotherapy Exercises

Respite

• Backstop House
• BE Lifestyle Retreats

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

• ABC Ramp-up
• Australian Pain Management Association
• CareCure Community
• The Australian Network on Disability
• Disability Online Community
• eLearn SCI
• Spinal Cord Injury Information
• Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) Inc
• World Health Organisation: International perspectives on spinal cord injury

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

• John Hopkins Medical Centre
• Transverse Myelitis Association USA
• Transverse Myelitis Association UK
• Brain and Spine Foundation UK