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Web resources
First Peoples Disability Network (Australia)
Maroondah City Council has developed a guide to services for people with disabilities and carers. The guide includes a range of services that are available to people with disabilities and carers who live in Maroondah.
Maroondah City Council has also produced a range of publications to support people with disabilities and their carers
In addition to the Guide to Services for People with a Disability, the following is a range of resources that are available on the internet:
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Acquired Brain Injury / Neurological Conditions |
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(AOL) = information Available in Other Languages
Access
- Accessible Events A Guide For Meeting and Event Organisers - Meeting & Events Australia (PDF, 242KB)
- Accessible Toilets in Maroondah
- All Aboard: Accessible journeys everywhere” - Facebook campaign for accessible transport
- City Bars - an Access Guide – City of Melbourne (PDF, 295KB)
- LiveAccess - information about accessibility at music venues and festivals
- Parks Victoria (Accessibility Information)
- Scoot Wheel ’n’ Move are a group of people who work together to improve access and safety, to create change for an inclusive and welcoming community.
- Travelling Chair - Provides mobility, visual and hearing access ratings for public venues
Acquired Brain Injury / Neurological Conditions
- ABI Information Kit
- Acquired Brain Injury Counselling Information Sheets
- Brain Foundation - A to Z of Brain Disorders (info)
- BrainLink (Service Finder)
- Journey Beyond Road Trauma (online social network for all those affected by road trauma
- MND Aware - Online training sessions are for front line staff, working with people living with motor neurone disease
- MS Resources for Health Professionals
- OzMS - Online Multiple Sclerosis Peer Support
- Peers Inspiring Peers - Peer support to those affected by acquired neurological conditions; for example, stroke, head injury or multiple sclerosis
- Working With People with Traumatic Brain Injury – Staff Self Study Modules
Auslan
- National Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment Service
- Signbank - Interactive Dictionary of Auslan
- Video Relay Service
Autism
- Asperger Syndrome Support Network – Professional Directory
- Australian Council for Educational Research - Resources on Autism Spectrum Disorder available to purchase
- Autism Help - Practical Strategies and Resources on Early Childhood, Education and Recreation for Teachers, Health Professionals, Childcare Workers and more
- Autism Noticeboard – Information for organisations and professionals specialising in ASD
- Books available on Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Directory for Autism Spectrum Assessments and Services (Eastern Region) (PDF, 291KB)
- Facts Sheets on Autism (Autism Consultation & Training)
- Footprint Books - Books available on Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Mullum Road Clinic Psychologists - Provide counselling and support for individuals, children and adolescents, families and groups. Psychologists specialise in a range of areas including Asperger's Syndrome"
- Pelican Talk - Speech Therapy Resources
- Sensory Friendly Films - Village Cinemas
- Spectrum Connections - Autism Spectrum Disorder family support group
- What are you doing? - a short film, which aims to teach school aged children about acceptance and understanding of their peers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Carers
- AgedCarer - Information, Services and Support for Carers of Ageing People
- ARAFEMI Victoria Carer Helpline (1300 550 265) – Mental Health
- Bipolar Caregivers
- Care Aware (National Carer Awareness Initiative)
- Carers Victoria - Information and Resources for Carers
- Depression in Adults with an Intellectual Disability - Checklist for Carers
- Facts Sheets - Caring for someone with Dementia
- Federal Government Online Resource for Out-of-home Carers
- Find A Carer
- Headspace - Mental Health Information for Parents and Carers
- Information and Resources for Young Carers
- RIDE - Respite Resource Guide for the Eastern Region (PDF, 445KB)
- Securing their Future - Planning for the future when you care for a person with a disability (PDF 2.50MB)
- Trauma and Grief Network - supporting families
- Victorian Mental Health Carers Network Inc.
- Victorian Carer Card Program
- Young Carers
Children / parenting
- A Practical Guide for Families Living with a Child with Chronic Illness, Disability, Mental Illness or a Life-Threatening Condition
- Association for Children with a Disability (AOL)
- Children With Disability Australia
- Healthy Start - An Australian Initiative to Support Parents with Learning Difficulties
- Listen and Learn Centre
- Online book store for books for Children with Special Needs
- Online Community for children and young people living with a serious illness or disability
- Parenting and Child Health - Information on Disabilities
- Parenting Program & Challenging Behaviour Modification and Management Program for Children - Listen and Learn Centre
- Raising Children Network - A to Z Disability Reference
- Royal Children's Hospital - Kids Health Information
- Royal Children's Hospital - Seminars on Children with a Disability for Parents / Carers
- Royal Children's Hospital - Support Groups Directory
- Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (Resources - Books, CDs & videos)
- Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (Resources – Fact Sheets)
Cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD)
- ADEC - Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities (AOL)
- Chinese Parents' Special Net (CPSN)
- Directory of Bilingual Mental Health Professionals
- Health Translations Online Directory (AOL)
- Help Tips for Families and Carers of Mental Health (AOL)
- Home And Community Care (HACC) (AOL)
- Mental Health Brochures (AOL)
- Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA)
- Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne) – Aged Care and Disability Services (AOL)
- My Language - Disability Services Available (AOL)
- Multicultural Information for Depression (AOL)
- Transcultural Mental Health Centre (AOL)
- Victorian Multicultural Commission Community Directory (includes Disability)
- Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (AOL)
Dementia
- BrainyApp
- Dementia - Information for people with dementia, their families and carers
- Worried About Your Memory - Here's what you can do (booklet from Alzheimer's Australia (PDF 1,107KB)
Education
- Accessible Education Database - Captioned Educational DVDs
- Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples' Education Fund
- Information and Resources - Education and Training (Disability)
- Students with Disabilities - Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- Teaching Strategies to Help Students With a Disability
- Victorian Adult Community Education (ACE) DisAbility Network
Employment
- Assistive Technology in the Workplace (PDF 3.79MB)
- Disclosing Your Disability to Employers
- Education to Employment Toolkit - designed for graduates with disability
- Fair Work Ombudsman
- Fairwork You Tube - Online videos to assist deaf and hearing-impaired employees to understand their workplace rights
- Job Access - Help and workplace solutions for the employment of people with a disability
- Superannuation and Insurance - Chronic Illness Alliance
General information
- ABC Ramp Up (Disability, Discussion and Debate)
- A Guide For Choosing and Using Motorised Mobility Devices (PDF, 981KB)
- Access & facilities for visitors with a disability (includes Assistive Technology Room) - State Library of Victoria
- Australian Disability Specific Bookstore
- Australian Human Rights Commission (AOL)
- Australian Policy Online - Disability
- Brousealoud - reads web pages aloud
- Collective of Self Help Groups
- Companion Card (AOL)
- Continence Aids Payment Scheme
- Consumer Medicine Information - National Prescribing Service
- Disability Action Group Eastern Region (DAGER)
- Disability News - Infoxchange Australia
- Disability Services - DHS (AOL)
- DiVine - A Community For and By People With a Disability
- First Peoples Disability Network (Australia) - national peak disability organisation representing Aboriginal people with disabilities and their families
- Get Me About
- Getting Free From Abuse - A Guide for Women with Disabilities (AOL)
- GLBT Disability Support Services
- Help Cut Scooter Accidents – Safety Tips from ACCC (PDF 507KB)
- Include Me - how to include Self Advocates in conferences
- Licensing and driving for people with a disability - Vic Roads
- National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline
- National Disability Organisations' Clearinghouse
- Office of the Public Advocate (AOL)
- Reporting It Right - guidelines for portraying people with a disability
- Social Needs Directory (Key reports and submissions on Disability)
- State Trustees - What is a Special Disability Trust? (PDF, 96KB)
- Stop the Silence, Stop the Violence - Improving Service Delivery for Women and Girls with Disabilities
- Travellers Aid (Flinders Street & Southern Cross Station) (AOL)
Health
Hearing
- A teacher’s guide to working with Deaf parents and their children (PDF, 476KB)
- Aussie Deaf Kids - Online Support and Resources for Parents of Hard of Hearing and Deaf Children Living in Australia
- Australian Hearing website for Young Adults
- Deaf Sports Australia
- Fairwork You Tube - Online videos to assist deaf and hearing-impaired employees to understand their workplace rights
Intellectual Disability
- Intellectual Disability Mental Health First Aid Manual 2nd Edition (PDF, 2.73MB)
- Sexuality-Disability (Services available)
- Tell Someone - Educating People With a Mild Intellectual Disability About Family Violence
Legal
- AED Legal Centre - legal advocacy to people with a disability in the areas of employment, education and training
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place - A new workers manual to the legal system
- Law Handbook Online
- Victims of Crime - Information From The Department of Justice
- WorkWelfareWills is a plain English web guide to legal issues around health and life changes
Mental Health
- Adults Surviving Child Abuse (information for survivors)
- Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health - (Resources from beyondblue)
- Australian Indigenous Mental Health
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - Mental Health Resources for Workers
- beyondblue Directory of e-mental health - services and therapies
- Coping Kit - Lifeline
- COPMI (Children of Parents with a Mental Illness)
- Consumer Medicine Information on myDr
- Department of Health A to Z of mental health
- Depression & Anxiety Information & Help for Men (beyondblue)
- Depression - Medicine Wise (NPS)
- Directory of Bilingual Professionals (VTPU)
- Directory of Medical and Allied Health Practitioners in Mental Health
- Fact Sheets from SANE
- Facts sheets on Mental Health - Mental Illness Fellowship
- Family Focus DVD (Talking together about parental depression and anxiety) - COPMI
- Hearing Voices - Info from Prahran Mission
- Information and support pack for those bereaved by suicide or other sudden death
- It’s Alright – website deigned to support teenagers affected by mental illness in their family
- Lifeline Mental Health Resource Centre - fact sheets and information
- Lifeline Service Finder - directory of free or low cost community services including accommodation, mental health, financial assistance, domestic violence...etc
- Living Is For Everyone - Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Website
- Medicines and Other Treatments - Mental Health Council of Australia
- Mental Health Advice Line 24/7 (1300 280 737)
- Mental Health Consumer Organisation
- Mental Health First Aid
- Mental Health & Insurance
- Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (AOL)
- Mental Health Navigation Tool - Navigating the Eastern Metropolitan Region Private and Public Mental Health Services
- Mental Health Professionals Network
- Mental Health Professional Online Development (MHPOD)
- Mental Health Promotion
- Mental Health Services in Australia - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
- Mental Health Wiki - A Guide to Mental Health Problems
- Mindframe - A Resource on the portrayal of suicide and mental illness
- Mindhealthconnect - information and resources on stress, anxiety and depression
- Mindful Employer Better Workplace Mental Health
- Mountain Climbing: A resource for tertiary graduates with lived experience of mental illness making the transition to employment
- Moving Minds: paths to recovery travelled by people living with mental illness
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration
- Open Leaves - Bookseller (Mental Health) 79 Cardigan Street Carlton
- Our Consumer Place - Resource Centre for Mental Health Consumers
- Psychiatric Illness and Intellectual Disabilities Donations Trust Fund
- Psychosocial Support in Disasters (a resource for health professionals)
- Reconnexion – Treating Panic, Anxiety, Depression & Tranquilliser Dependency
- Recovery Record - App For Managing an Eating Disorder
- Return To Work - Helping Australian employees successfully return to work following depression, anxiety or a related mental health problem
- Smiling For The First Time Bankruptcy for people with a mental illness (PDF, 3.21MB)
- Social Needs Directory (Key reports and submissions on Mental Health)
- Suicide Call Back Service (24/7 free telephone counselling - 1300 659 467)
- Suicide Prevention Professional Development Training (Online - Australian Psychological Society)
- Superfriend - Provides information for workers on how to stay mentally healthy
- Taking Care of Yourself: After retrenchment or financial loss (Booklet from beyondblue)
- Taking Care of Yourself & Your Family – A Resource Book for Good Mental Health
- Transcultural Mental Health Centre (AOL)
- VicServ Training Calendar
- Victorian Mental Health Carers Network Inc. (includes guidelines & application form for the Mental Health Carer Support Fund)
- Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (VTPU)
- Workplace Mental Health Awareness e-learning Program
- Your Guide to Mental Health and ABI
Mental Health – Online Support
- Anxiety Online
- Beacon - a portal to online health applications for mental and physical disorders
- Beat Baby Blues
- BlueBoard - an online community for people suffering from depression or anxiety, their friends and carers
- Beat Baby Blues
- eCentreClinic - free Internet-based education and treatment programs for people with anxiety and depression, OCD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- E Couch - Free online program for preventing and coping with depression, generalised anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder
- eheadspace - online support and counselling for young people aged 12 - 25 (email or chat online)
- Lifeline Crisis Support Chat
- mindhealthconnect provides a list of tested mental health tools for mobiles, tablets and computers
- MindSpot - Online and telephone treatment for anxiety and depression
- Mood Assessment Program - computerised assessment and diagnostic tool for mood disorders (Black Dog Institute)
- MoodGym - Online interactive web program designed to prevent depression
- Mood Memos - emails with information and advice to help improve your mood
- myCompass - an online tool that assesses user symptoms, then provides a personalised support program.
- OnTrack - Online Program for Alcohol and Depression
- The Shed online - is an online social community for men
- Using technologies safely and effectively to promote young people’s wellbeing - A Better Practice Guide for Services
- Virtual Clinic - free Internet-based education and treatment programs for people with anxiety and depression
- WorkOut is an online training program that tests your mental fitness.
Mental Health - Youth
- A Guide To What Works For Depression In Young People - beyondblue
- Australian Child & Adolescent, Trauma, Loss & Grief Network (Australian National University)
- Beacon - portal to health online applications for mental and physical disorders
- beyondblue - Youth
- Bite back - mental health website for 12 to 18 year olds
- CRUfADschools - An Internet-based learning system that provides health & wellbeing courses for school students.
- eheadspace provides online and telephone support and counselling to young people aged 12 to 25 - 1800 650 890
- theDesk - support Australian tertiary students to achieve mental and physical health and wellbeing
- Fact Sheets from Headspace (AOL)
- Helpful Clinical Handouts - Mobiletype
- Kids Helpline - 1800 55 1800
- Reach Out Australia
- Reach Out Pro - Online resources to assist the provision of psychosocial support and mental health care to young people
- SKIPS (Supporting Kids in Primary Schools) - educates about mental illness in families and how schools support children in those families.
- Trauma and Grief Network - supporting families
- Tune In, Not Out - brings video and factsheet content from a range of leading Australian Youth Agencies and young people into one central point for young people to explore (includes mental health)
- What Works 4U - Helping To Improve Mental Health Treatment In Young People
- WorkOut is an online program for young men to develop skills for life
- Young and Well Co-operative Research Centre
- Youth Mental Health First Aid - A Manual For Adults Assisting Youth (PDF, 3.94MB)
Not For Profit Organisations
- Connecting Up Australia is a nonprofit organisation that works to strengthen the nonprofit and community sector in Australia by providing a variety of information, products, resources and programs.
- Governance for good - the ACNC's guide for charity board members
- Office for the Not-for-Profit Sector
- Pro Bono Australia
Physical
- ‘Back on Track’ an app that provides a comprehensive guide to life after a spinal cord injury developed by Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (SCIA).
- Parafin - snorkeling for people with a range of physical and sensory abilities
- SpinalHub is a community website for people with spinal cord injury
- Victorian Electric Wheelchair Sports Association
Recreation
- Accessible and Inclusive Sport and Recreation Opportunities in your Community
- Disabled Surfers Association of Australia - Surfers helping surfers
- Leisure Link Up
- Parafin - snorkeling for people with a range of physical and sensory abilities
- Victorian Electric Wheelchair Sports Association
- Wheelies with wings - Learn how to fly with a scholarship
Siblings
- Association with Children with a Disability - Siblings
- Directory of Services (Victoria) – Siblings Australia
- Down Syndrome Victoria - Siblings
- Support for Primary Aged Siblings
Stroke survivors
Vision
- Accessible Information Database
- Booklet – Working With People With Vision Loss (Vision Australia)
- Centre for Vision Independence
- Postal Concessions for the Blind Program
- Statewide Vision Resource Centre
Welfare
- National Welfare Rights Network
- Victoria State Concessions
- Welfare & Financial Assistance Resources
- Welfare Rights Fact Sheets including DSP and Carer (AOL)