People with disability
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Finding out your child has a disability
Whether your child was born with a disability or acquired it, the news that your child has a disability is life changing. We have put together information to help you.
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Support for children and young people
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Support for adults
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Support for families, carers and friends
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Getting out and about
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Legal information and your rights
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For the community
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For business
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For service providers
Contact
- General enquiries 13 QGOV (13 74 68)
Queensland signs up to DisabilityCare Australia
Premier Campbell Newman and Prime Minister Julia Gillard signed a historic agreement on 8 May 2013 to start Queensland’s transition to DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme.
Your Life Your Choice - Peer Support Initiative tender
The Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services is inviting applications from individuals and organisations to facilitate conversations and increase the confidence of people with disability, their families and carers considering self-directing their supports. Applications close 17 May 2013.
Aquatic Fun Days
Aquatic Participation Fun Days offer people with a disability the opportunity to enjoy free, safe and fun water activities. There are also information sessions to help school teachers, learn-to swim-instructors and others in the disability sector learn to support swimmers with disability.
New Autism Spectrum Disorder resource
A new online resource has been launched to support families, early childhood teachers and early intervention service providers to transition children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) into Queensland schools.
4RPH—a radio reading service for people with a print disability
People with a print disability can tune into RPH—a radio reading service that offers a spoken word alternative to print and online media, such as daily local, state and national newspapers and magazines.
Audio described theatre, ballet and opera
Queenslanders who are blind or have low vision can enjoy the highlights of the theatre, ballet and opera season, with an audio description service offered for upcoming performances.
Upcoming events
May
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26 May – 1 Jun
Kidney Health Week
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26 May – 1 Jun
Macular Degeneration Awareness Week
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29 May
World MS Day 2013
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31 May
65 Roses Day (Cystic Fibrosis Queensland)
Aids, equipment and assistive technology
Aids, equipment and assistive technology are helping more people with disability lead better lives, with multi-use devices such as tablet PCs and smartphones providing a platform for web developers to create content that is accessible, engaging and educational. Disability Online finds out how assistive technologies are changing the lives of Queenslanders with disability.
What’s new
Type 2 diabetes strongly correlates with disability, including blindness and lower limb amputation, as well as poor mental health and wellbeing. Find out more about Type 2 diabetes, including symptoms, assessing your risk, and support that's available.
