HELPFUL 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

https://www.acd.org.au/

Disability Discrimination Legal Service

An independent Victorian community legal centre providing free legal advice about disability discrimination matters. 

http://www.ddls.org.au/

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

http://leadershipplus.com/

Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC)

The peak Victorian non-government organisation for people with mental health or emotional issues.

Phone: (03) 9380 3900

https://www.vmiac.org.au/

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

www.drc.org.au

Rights Information & Advocacy Centre (RIAC)

Advocacy and support services for individuals, families, carers and communities.

http://www.riac.org.au/

Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service

A Victorian legal organisation for people with a disability, focusing on intellectual disability.

Phone: (03) 5227 3338

http://www.villamanta.org.au/

• National Disability Abuse and Neglect Hotline 1800 000 052
• CRRS- Complaints Resolution and Referral Service
• National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID)
• People With Disability Australia
• Australian Centre For Disability Law
• Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA)

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

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