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A
Index
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A
- Z Health Care Information Resource (Canada) -
thousands of links, recommended as a general resource
Australian
Addison's Disease Association
AIDS
Council of NSW (ACON)
Anxiety
Disorders
Arthritis
Foundation of NSW
Asperger's Syndrome
Asperger's
Syndrome
Asperger's
Syndrome - A guide for parents, professionals, people with
AS,
and their partners.
An Australian site developed by
author
Tony
Attwood - highly recommended
Asperger's
Syndrome - Online
Asperger's Syndrome Information and
Support
(OASIS) - recommended as a comprehensive & current resource
Asperger's
Syndrome - Educational Implications: Ideas For Classroom
Management
- go to 'Education' link on navigation bar. A USA resource
Asperger's
Disorder training
- 'Supporting
Adolescents with Asperger's'
is
offered by the NSW Autism Association. Phone
(02)
9452 5088,
Fax
(02) 9451 3447, email: training@autismas.com.au
Attention
Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
Attention
Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) -
links to many other websites
National
Attention Deficit Disorder Assocation (ADDA) - USA
Autism
Autism
ACT
Autism
Association of NSW - Freecall 1800 069 978
Autism
Association Queensland Inc.
Autism
Victoria
Autism
Association of Western Australia
Autism
Australia Forum
Autism
Society of America
Autism
UK
Inaugural
World Autism Congress 2002
B
Index
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Bell's Palsy
Bell's
Palsy Information Site
NINDS
Bell's Palsy Information Page
Bi-Polar
Disorder
Blind or Vision Impaired
Lighthouse
International - a worldwide resource on vision impairment
NCET
- Vision Impairment
Royal
Blind Society
Guide
Dog Association of NSW & ACT
Blind
Citizens Australia
Australian
DeafBlind Council
Brain
Injury (BI)
Brain Injury Association
NSW - no website, Freecall 1800 802 840
BI
Associations around the world - and links to useful resources
Brain
Foundation Victoria
Headway
Victoria - Helping People Live With Acquired BI
Headway
Queensland
Traumatic
Brain Injury Survival Guide
C
Index
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Cancer
Anti-Cancer
Council of Victoria
Health
Care Information Resources (Canada)
- lots of links
Celiac Disease
Celiac
Disease - lots of links to other websites
Celiac
Disease Foundation - a USA site
Coeliac
Society of United Kingdom
Celiac
Support Page
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral
Palsy Association of Western Australia - plus useful links
Cerebral
Palsy Support Network - Australia
Family
Village Library (USA) - Cerebral Palsy - lots of good links
How
Can I Help? Information for Friends and Relatives
The
Spastic Centre of NSW
United
Cerebral Palsy (USA)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
Alison
Hunter Memorial Foundation
Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome Clinical Practice Guidelines 2002 
Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome Guide - features
weekly articles, a chat
room,
and an evolving NET Links Library
to hundreds of other CFS sites
CFS
in Youth Homepage
CFS-NEWS
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Electronic Newsletter -
free
on-line
publication produced in USA
Journal
of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - a
quarterly publication
produced
in the
USA
ME/CFS
Society of Qld Inc
ME/CFS
Society of Victoria
NSW
ME/CFS Society
Nthn
Rivers ME/CFS/FM Support Assoc.
SupportME
- An Online Resource for People with ME/CFS/CFIDS
Wellness
Books.com - a
comprehensive up-to-date listing of books
available specific to ME/CFS
Cystic Fibrosis
About
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation
D
Index
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Deafness and Hearing Impairment
Australian
Association of the Deaf
Australian
Communication Exchange - lots of useful links
Better
Hearing Australia
Deaf
Education Network
Deaf
Society of NSW
Deafness
Council of Australia
Deafness
Forum of Australia
Deafness
Resources Australia
NCET
- Hearing
DeafBlind
Australian
DeafBlind Council
DeafBlind Ass'n
NSW, no website, email dbansw@gpo.com.au
Depression
Dealing
with Depression
Depression
Down's
Syndrome Association of NSW
E
Index
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Eating Disorders
Anorexia
Nervosa - Anna's Page - her story
Eating
Disorders Awareness and Prevention (EDAP) website
Eating
Disorders
Eating
Disorders - links to resources
G
Index
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Genetics
Education Program of NSW
H
Index
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Hodgkin's
Disease
Hearing Impairment -
See 'Deafness and Hearing Impairment' above
I
Index
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Intellectual
Family
Advocacy - NSW community-based organisation concerned
with the needs
and rights of people who have a developmental disability
Intellectual Disability
Rights Service, no website, Freecall 1800 666 611
Intellectual
Disability - some questions and answers
National
Council on Intellectual Disability
NCET
- Intellectual Disability
NSW
Council for Intellectual Disability
Irlen Syndrome
Irlen
Centre, North West UK
Irlen
Dyslexia Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Irlen
Institute, USA
Irlen,
UK
Special
Education Centre, University of Newcastle - a research resource
for Irlen Syndrome
The Children's
Centre, University of Sydney, Learning Disability
Consultancy: The
Irlen Clinic
The
Tinted Sky - A Resource for Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome
L
Index
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Learning Disabilities (LD)
Australian
Learning Disabilities Association (ALDA)
Irlen Syndrome
- see 'Irlen Syndrome' above
LD
Online (International learning disabilities website)
LD
Assistive Software Co-operative Project
NCET
- Learning and Neurological Impairments
'Opening
All Options II' -
a resource to assist students with a Learning
Disability - highly
recommended
Scotopic
Sensitivity - see 'Irlen Syndrome' above
SPELD
- Specific Learning Disabilities Association of NSW
The
Needs and Experiences of Tertiary Students with a Learning
Disability - a University of Western Sydney resource
M
Index
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Marfan
Syndrome
Medical
Conditions
Mental Health
Mental
Illness - 'The Facts'
Mental
Health Advocacy Service (MHAS) -
Sydney
NSW
Association for Mental Health
Transcultural
Mental Health Centre - Sydney
Schizophrenia
Fellowship of NSW
Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis International
Federation
Multiple
Sclerosis Australia
Multiple
Sclerosis Society of NSW
Health
Care Information Resources (Canada) - Multiple Sclerosis
Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy Association of NSW, no website,
freecall
1800 635 109, email
mdansw@gunnsoft.net.au
Muscular
Dystrophy Australia - homepage
Muscular
Dystrophy - links to international sites
P
Index
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Parkinson's
Disease
Parkinson's
NSW
Physical Disabilities
Australian
Quadriplegic Association (AQA)
NCET
- Physical Impairments
Paraplegic
and Quadraplegic Association of South Australia
PARAQUAD
NSW
Physical
Disability Council of NSW
The
Northcott Society - Sydney
Polio
Post-Polio
Network of NSW
Prader-Willi
Syndrome
Prader-Willi
Syndrome Association (USA)
Prader-Willi
Syndrome Association of NSW (Aust) Inc
Psychological
Disorders
NCET
- Psychological Disorders
R
Index
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Restless
Leg Syndrome
S
Index
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Fellowship of NSW
Schizophrenia
Scoliosis
Health
Care Information Resources - Scoliosis
Scoliosis Treatment -
a USA website
Keep
Kids Healthy - Scoliosis page
Scotopic Sensitivity - see 'Irlen
Syndrome' above
Sleep
Apnea
Speech/Communication
Disorders
Spina Bifida
Spina
Bifida - General Facts
Spina
Bifida Group of NSW
Stroke
Stroke
Recovery Association
National
Stroke Association
T
Index
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Tinnitus
Tuberous
Sclerosis
Thalassaemia
Tourette
Syndrome
V
Index
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Vision Impairment
- See 'Blindness and Vision Impairment'
Access
- Improving Access to Higher Education Estates & Buildings
Assistive
Technology
Resource
Index | Top
- AbilityHub
- Assistive Technology Solutions
for people with a disability who find operating a computer difficult,
maybe even impossible. This web site will direct you to adaptive
equipment and alternative methods available for accessing computers
- Adaptive
Technology Centre Indiana University - for software evaluations
and ongoing research
- 'Assistive
Technology for Children with Learning Difficulties'
- downloadable
book from the Schwab Foundation for Learning, 2000
- Assistive
Technology Project site
- includes 'accessibility on a budget' and links to other
sites
- Australian
Rehabilitation & Assistive Technology Association
- CAST
- website for a non-profit organisation that uses technology to
expand opportunities for people with disabilities, includes curriculum
development. Click on 'eText Spider' to access on-line books
- Computer
Technologies for Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities
- what to use when - an informative on-line booklet
- Co:Writer
4000 and Draft:Builder
- assistive
technology programs to assist secondary and post-secondary students
who have learning difficulties
- C-Printis
a new computer-aided speech-to-print transcription system developed
as a support service option for some students who are deaf or
hearing impaired in mainstream educational environments (it is
hoped that trials of this system will commence in Australia sometime
in 2002)
- 'Electronic
Text Boost for Students with Learning Disabilities, Low Vision
or Blindness - Scan/Read/Achieve', Conference
Paper and tutorial information on the use of the
Kurzweil 3000 software
- Electronic
Library - software program for secondary students with severe
reading difficulties - with links to current school users
to assess value
- Journal
of Special Education Technology
- an
online publication of the Technology and Media Division of the
Council for Exceptional Children
- Kurzweil
3000 Product Information Site
- Kurzweil
Educational Systems - includes teaching resources for users
of K3000 software
- Liberated
Learning Project - The University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia,
is participating in an international project trialling the use
of voice recognition software in lectures to produce notes for
students with a disability
- LD
Assistive Software Co-operative Project
- Quantum
Technology - developing and manufacturing technology
solutions for students who are blind, vision impaired or have
a learning disability
- Quicktionary
Reading Pens - have a look
at the product supplier's website and read about the new Quicktionary
II, it reads whole lines as well as word by word. Have a look
at the 'Quicktionary
Reading Pen Evaluation' from the 'Assistive
Technology in Universities' website
- Speaking
to Write - Realising the Potential of Speech Recognition for Secondary
Students
- textHELP
Systems (developers of
technological solutions for literacy needs - you can download
a cheap screenreader to trial for LD students), and the Australian
distributor SPECTRONICS
Complaints and Discrimination
Resource
Index | Top
Disability Conference Websites
Resource
Index | Top
- Council
for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Kansas April 2001 Conference
- NCET Issues
and Events webpage - site still live but NCET funding
has ceased
- International
Special Education Congress 2000 - Index to ISEC 2000 Presentations
(Papers/Abstracts)
- Pathways
5 Conference Papers - December 2000 (international tertiary
disability conference - highly recommended to gain a global understanding
of disability issues in the area of education)
- Pathways
6 Conference - Sydney,
December 2002 (international tertiary disability conference)
- Prader-Willi
Syndrome Associations of Australia and New Zealand invite
you to join them in Sydney for their 8th Conference - "PWS
- Possibilities Not Disabilities", at the Carlton Crest
Hotel. April 27 to 28, 2002. For more information go to http://www.pws.org.au/conf.
- Setting
Directions Forum 2002 - NSW
forum to provide information about tertiary education options
for people with a disability
- Sixth National Australian Deafblindness
Conference will be held in Sydney, NSW, from 12 to 15 July
2002. For details contact John
Lee
- Sixteenth
Annual 2001 'Technology and Persons with a Disabilities' Conference.
The Conference website is very interesting - each session listed
in the daily program has links to the papers being presented,
so there is a range of comprehensive information available
- 13th
World Congress of Inclusion International - Melbourne Convention
Centre, Melbourne, Australia, September 22 - 26, 2002
- 13th
International Conference for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 28-29 September 2001
Disability Education Codes of Practice
and Guidelines
Top
Disability Networks
Resource Index
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Disclaimer:
Various known Networks have been listed here for your information.
The inclusion of organisations on this website should not be taken
as an endorsement of that group by the Hunter/Central Coast RDLO,
but in the context of a provision of information. We apologise if
some groups have not been included. Please email the RDLO
with your Network's information if you wish to be listed.
- Association
on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD).
AHEAD is an international, multicultural organization of professionals
committed to full participation in higher education for persons
with disabilities
- Australian
Association of Special Education (AASE)
(Hunter Branch), Contact Barbara Hinchey on 4929 7432
- Australian
Learning Disability Association (ALDA)
- Australasian
Network of Students with Disabilities
(ANSWD)
for tertiary students - includes instructions on how to subscribe
to their mailing list
- Central
Coast Disability Network
- Council
for Exceptional Children - a USA site
- Disability
Education Network (DEN) - Hunter/Central Coast Region - this
website
- Disability
Network - Hunter
- EdNA
Online - Education Network Australia
- LD
Online (International Learning Disabilities network)
- National
Clearinghouse on Education and Training for People with Disabilities
(NCET) - site still live but
NCET funding has ceased
- Oz-TeacherNet
- Teachers Helping Teachers - National Australian site, with
access to topical special education listservers
- Practitioner
Support Organisations - national list on the NCET Online
site
- TAFE
Teacher Consultants -
Contact Jan Wortley - Coordinator, Post Compulsory Secondary School
Education (or Brain Smyth King - Manager), Disabilities and Learning
Difficulties, Department of Education and Training (DET), 1 Oxford
Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010. Phone (02) 9244 5101 or email
jan.wortley@det.nsw.edu.au
- Tertiary
Education Disability Council of Australia (TEDCA) Ltd
represents State and Regional TAFE and university practitioner
groups. President - Jeremy Muir, phone (08) 8946 6288 or email
Jeremy.Muir@ntu.edu.au.
Vice President - Judy Hartley, phone (07) 3875 7280 or email J.Hartley@mailbox.gu.edu.au
- Universities Disability
Access Network (UDAN) - UDAN
is a network of disability services staff involved in the provision
of support services to students with a disability in the NSW tertiary
education system. Professional staff in NSW can contact Sondra
Wibberley, the Disability Liaison Officer at Macquarie University
and Chair of UDAN, for additional information
- VICNET
Disability Page - Victoria's Network
Email Listservers
You Can Join
Resource Index
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- Austed-list:
A
national professional tertiary list, austed-list is maintained
by The Tertiary Education Disability Council of Australia (TEDCA).
For enquiries please contact answd@deakin.edu.au.
To subscribe send a message to Majordomo@mail-g.deakin.edu.au,
leave the subject line blank (turn off any automatic signature
files), and in the body of the message type the command: subscribe
austed-list
- Australian
Learning Disability Association - how to join the list
- Australasian
Network of Students with Disabilities
(ANSWD)
for tertiary students - to subscribe to the mailing list send
an e-mail to majordomo@mail-g.deakin.edu.au
with 'subscribe anzswd-list' in the message (without quotes)
- Disability
Advocacy Service Hunter (DASH) - send an email to this
address to subscribe to their e-News for the latest information
relevant to the Hunter disability sector
- Disability
Education Network (Hunter/Central Coast): The listserver supporting
the site you are currently accessing - go to DEN
Listserver
- Kurzweil
Education Systems Group (Scanning issues): Whether you're
having difficulty scanning the latest bestseller, have a technical
support question that needs answering, or just want to share a
positive scanning or reading experience, the Kurzweil listserver
may be for you. To subscribe, go to http://www.kurzweiledu.com/usergroup.html
- Learning
Disabilities Online: A very informative USA monthly digest.
To subscribe or unsubscribe to the LD OnLine Report, visit http://www.ldonline.org/subscribe.shtml
- NSW-Disability
List: A professional list open only to tertiary disability
practioners in NSW. Contact Kerri Heavens at k.heavens@uws.edu.au
for subscription.
- OzAdvocacy Listserver: Information
dissemination and discussion list for people interested in disability
rights in Australia. To join send a subscribe message to
mailto:ozadvocacy@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
- Oz-TeacherNet
- Teachers Helping Teachers: National Australian site,
go to http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/index.html
and follow the 'subscribe to oz-teacher' links to join their listserve.
- Speech
Recognition Discussion List: Join an email discussion forum
of the educational issues associated with using speech recognition
technology to support students with a disability at home and in
school settings.Go to http://www.edc.org/spk2wrt/spk2wrt.html
to subscribe. To access the spk2wrt archive containing a full
list of all discussion threads to date, go to http://www.edc.org/spk2wrt/hypermail.
For more information about the Speaking to Write project, visit
the website at http://www.edc.org/spk2wrt.
- USA Professional
Disability List: Very active and informative - a good barometer
for issues that may arise in Australia as well. Strongly advise
that a folder be created for this list in your email, modifying
your settings to move these messages directly to that folder so
that your 'In' box doesn't become too busy. To join, send a message
to listserv@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu
with the message subscribe dsshe-l. To search the archives,
go to http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/dsshe-l.html
Questions? Contact Listowner Dan Ryan at dryan@buffalo.edu.
Employment
Resource
Index | Top
Coming soon.......a
more comprehensive list of regional specialist employment agencies
who assist people with a disability, along with information on opportunities
for supported employment.
- Australian
JobSearch Site - a Government website where you can access
every job advertised throughout Australia region by region, state
by state, or in the whole of Australia at once. The site is updated
daily, and has useful information about resume preparation and
much more.
- Castle
Personnel Services Incorporated,
Suite 7, Cooks Hill Commercial Centre, 235 Darby Street, Cooks
Hill, 2300, phone: (02) 4929 7711, fax (02) 4929 7713, Email:
castle@castlepersonnel.com.au
- Centrelink
Financial Information
- Centrelink
page 'Services
and Programs for Injured, Ill or Disabled People' which links
to a range of important information
- Commonwealth
Department of Family and Community Services webpage - Support
for People with a Disability - is worth a look, along
with their Disability
Program page
- CRS
Australia (formerly Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service) -
for assistance in obtaining employment - location
of offices
- Disability
Employment Services in NSW - A list of community-based Disability
Employment Services in NSW
- Disability
Services Australia - Employment Services
- 'Education
to Employment'
- provides information for
university students with a disability who have finished their
studies and who are looking for work
- Employment
National -
133 444
Offices at Cessnock, Charlestown, Hamilton, Nelson Bay and Maitland
- Group
Training Companies
- Hunter
LabourForce Solutions,
115A South Street, Telarah, 2320
Phone: (02) 4932 8599, Fax: (02) 4932 4286
- 'Job
Guide'
- circulated yearly to Year 10 students
- Job
Network - Government referral service to local providers -
136268
- Links
to Assist People with a Disability find Employment
- 'Making
It Happen' - a resource
book and planner for students who have a disability and who are
considering post-school options
- Mission
Employment
Newcastle:
(02) 4925 3433
Charlestown:
(02) 4942 2133
Cardiff:
(02) 4953 6000
Toronto:
(02) 4959 9488
Maitland:
(02) 4933 9600
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