Useful links

Lifestyle and equipment

• e.bility.com – An online resource for people with disability
• Ideas  –  Information on disability
• Independent Living Centre
• SportAid
• Technical Aid to the Disabled Queensland

Hand controls and vehicle modifications

Brisbane Southside
Disability Solutions (Mike Brady)
P: 3133 0963
M: 0412 083 428
Brisbane Northside
Surgical Engineering (Mike Nugent)

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

Centrelink

•  A Guide to Australian Government Payments
• Age Pension
• Carer Allowance and/or Carer Payments
• Disability Support Pension
• Financial Information Service
• Mobility Allowance
• Phone number

Chronic Disease Management Plan

Companion Card

Continence Aids Payment Scheme

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

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)

Housing (Queensland)

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

Office of the Health Ombudsman
Justices of the Peace
Legal Aid Queensland
Queensland Advocacy Inc. (QAI)

Continence products

• Intouch Direct
• Independence Australia
• Paralogic

Dental / oral health

• Public sector dental clinics

Fiona Stanley Hospital (WA)

• Spinal Outreach Service

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 Exercise

Research organisations

• Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland (CARRS-Q)
• International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries
• 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 Tasmania
• Spinal Cord Injuries 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

• Polio Australia
• Polio Health
• 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