OTHER KEY ORGANISATIONS
Association for Children with a Disability
Advocacy and information service for families of children with any type of disability living in Victoria.
Phone: 1800 654 013
Disability Discrimination Legal Service
An independent Victorian community legal centre providing free legal advice about disability discrimination matters.
Phone: 03 9654 8644
Leadership Plus
Leadership Plus advocates for people with disability, with specialist skills in Acquired Brain Injury (ABI).
Phone: (03) 9489 2999
Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC)
The peak Victorian non-government organisation for people with mental health or emotional issues.
Phone: (03) 9380 3900
Autism Family Support Association (AFSA)
A community based volunteer group serving those in Victoria who have a family member/s on the Autism Spectrum.
http://www.afsaconnect.org.au/
Phone: 0421 642 364
Disability Resources Centre (DRC)
Advocacy for adults with disability in the Melbourne metropolitan region and the Mornington Peninsula.
Phone: 03 9671 3000
Rights Information & Advocacy Centre (RIAC)
Advocacy and support services for individuals, families, carers and communities.
Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service
A Victorian legal organisation for people with a disability, focusing on intellectual disability.
Phone: (03) 5227 3338
Cerebral Palsy Education Centre (CPEC)
Supports children (0-18 years) and their families with Cerebral Palsy and similar conditions.
Phone: 03 9560 0700
Education Rights
Provide parents of children with disabilities/disadvantage
factual information about Victorian schools, and Victorian disability education policy and practice.
Victoria Law Foundation
Helps Victorians to understand the law and equip people with the skills to deal with everyday legal issues and seek legal help for problems.
https://www.victorialawfoundation.org.au/
Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS)
Advocacy service for young people with disabilities in Victoria.
Phone: 0437 088 384
AUSTRALIA-WIDE ADVOCACY ORGANISATIONS
VICTORIAN SERVICES
- Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU)
- Disability Justice Advocacy Inc
- Action for More Independence & Dignity in Accommodation (AMIDA)
- ADEC – Action on Disability in Ethnic Communities
- Melbourne East Disability Advocacy (MEDA)
- Citizen Advocacy Sunbury & Districts Inc.
- Colac Otway Region Advocacy Service (CORAS) – DARU
- Grampians Disability Advocacy Association(DARU)
- Anne McDonald Centre
AUSTRALIA WIDE – FIND AN ADVOCATE
EQUIPMENT SERVICES
- State-wide equipment program SWEP
- Independent Living Centre – Yooralla
- CAPS – Continence Aids Payment Scheme
- Aids & equipment – Department of Human Services
- MND- Equipment Service
- Specialist Equipment Program for Early Childhood (part of the Inclusion Support Programme)
- TADVIC – Technology for Independent Living