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Useful links

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 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

Concessions, pensions and subsidies

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

Government organisations

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

Legal and advocacy organisations

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

 

Medical and health services

 

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 and Resources

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

Spinal organisations

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

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