People with disability

• Support for adults
  • Getting some help
    • Financial support
    • Specialist disability services
      • Accessing specialist disability services
      • Current clients
    • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
    • Aids, equipment and assistive technologies
      • Types of aids and equipment
      • Buying aids and equipment from overseas
      • Aids and equipment providers
      • Help with aids and equipment costs
        • Assistive technology in the NDIS
        • Non-government aids and equipment support
        • Continence Aids Payment Scheme
        • Veterans' Affairs Rehabilitation Appliances program
      • Aids and equipment resources
    • Home modifications
    • Vehicle modifications
    • Guide, hearing and assistance dogs
      • Businesses, organisations and transport providers
      • Handlers
      • Trainers
      • Resources
      • More...
  • Peak body supports
  • Education, training and employment
    • Finding the right job
      • Choosing work that suits you
      • Employment support
      • Experiences with work
        • Parks and cafe crew
        • Supermarket with a winning strategy
        • Community crew
        • Bolzy's Go4 Services
        • Monte Lupo
    • Mental illness and work
    • Your rights at work
    • Returning to the workforce
    • Apprenticeships and traineeships
    • For employers and colleagues
    • Study
      • Further education
        • Study at TAFE
        • Find a course
        • Pathways to further education
        • Course information
        • Career options
        • Costs and financial help
        • Study at university
        • More…
      • Support to help you study
  • Health and wellbeing
    • Mental health
      • Mental health and mental illness
      • Mental health support and counselling
      • Mental illness and work
      • Mental health and the law
      • Mental health after a disaster
    • Physical health
  • DFV information for women with a disability
    • What is a healthy relationship
    • What is domestic and family violence
    • Different types of domestic and family violence
    • Are you experiencing domestic and family violence?
    • The steps you can take to seek help
    • Resources for women with disability
  • Leaving home
    • Private rental options
      • Get help paying rent
      • Finding a place to rent
      • Your rights and responsibilities
    • Public and community housing
      • Eligibility and applying for housing
      • Community housing
      • Public housing tenants
      • Contact a Housing Service Centre
      • More…
    • Buying and owning a home
      • Advice on buying a home
      • Financial help and concessions
      • Insurance for your home
      • Maintenance and renovations
      • More…
    • Innovative living arrangements
      • Options for living
      • Sharing your home (homeshare)
      • Using technology at home
      • Personal experiences
        • Nina
        • Narissa
        • Will
        • Metallica
        • Peter
        • Morrie
    • Help with daily living
  • Parenting when you have a disability
    • Issues and tips for parents with disability
    • Parents' stories shared
    • Information about being a parent
  • Planning for the future
  • Medical and disability concessions
• Support for children and young people
  • Bullying
    • Bullying, disability and mental health
    • Bullying and staying safe
      • Bullying
      • Protecting yourself online
      • Safety
  • Early childhood
    • Early childhood education and care
      • Types of early childhood services
      • Finding and choosing an early childhood service
      • Quality assessments and ratings
      • Rebates and financial assistance
      • More...
    • Playgroups
    • Playgrounds
    • Communication tools for play
  • Going to school
    • Choosing a school and enrolling
    • Support at school
    • Tips for the school holidays
  • Leaving school
    • Apprenticeships and traineeships
    • Study
      • Further education
        • Study at TAFE
        • Find a course
        • Pathways to further education
        • Course information
        • Career options
        • Costs and financial help
        • Study at university
        • More…
      • Support to help you study
    • Volunteering
    • Finding the right job
      • Choosing work that suits you
      • Employment support
      • Experiences with work
        • Parks and cafe crew
        • Supermarket with a winning strategy
        • Community crew
        • Bolzy's Go4 Services
        • Monte Lupo
    • Employment support
    • Your rights at work
  • Getting some help
    • Specialist disability services
      • Accessing specialist disability services
        • Requesting specialist support
        • Specialist support eligibility
        • Assessing your support needs
      • Current disability services clients
    • Financial support
    • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
    • Aids, equipment and assistive technologies
      • Types of aids and equipment
      • Buying aids and equipment from overseas
      • Aids and equipment providers
      • Help with aids and equipment costs
        • Non-government aids and equipment support
        • Continence Aids Payment Scheme
        • Veterans' Affairs Rehabilitation Appliances program
      • More…
    • Home modifications
    • Vehicle modifications
    • Guide, hearing and assistance dogs
      • Businesses, organisations and transport providers
      • Handlers
      • Trainers
      • Resources
      • More...
  • Keys to good mental health in children
  • Peak body supports
• Finding out your child has a disability
  • Early intervention
  • Support for parents
  • Early childhood education and care
    • Types of early childhood services
    • Playgroups
    • Finding and choosing an early childhood service
    • Quality assessments and ratings
    • More...
  • Going to school
    • Choosing a school and enrolling
    • Support at school
    • School Transport Assistance Scheme
    • Tips for the school holidays
  • Getting some help
    • Financial support
    • Specialist disability services
      • Accessing specialist disability services
        • Requesting specialist support
        • Specialist support eligibility
        • Assessing your support needs
      • Current disability services clients
    • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
    • Aids, equipment and assistive technologies
      • Types of aids and equipment
      • Buying aids and equipment from overseas
      • Aids and equipment providers
      • Help with aids and equipment costs
        • Non-government aids and equipment support
        • Continence Aids Payment Scheme
        • Veterans' Affairs Rehabilitation Appliances program
      • More…
    • More...
  • Peak body supports
• Support for families, carers and friends
  • Finding out your child has a disability
    • Early intervention
    • Support for parents
    • Early childhood education and care
      • Types of early childhood services
      • Playgroups
      • Finding and choosing an early childhood service
      • Quality assessments and ratings
      • More...
    • Going to school
      • Choosing a school and enrolling
      • Support at school
      • School Transport Assistance Scheme
      • Tips for the school holidays
    • Getting some help
      • Financial support
      • Specialist disability services
        • Accessing specialist disability services
          • Requesting specialist support
          • Specialist support eligibility
          • Assessing your support needs
        • Current disability services clients
      • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
      • Aids, equipment and assistive technologies
        • Types of aids and equipment
        • Buying aids and equipment from overseas
        • Aids and equipment providers
        • Help with aids and equipment costs
          • Non-government aids and equipment support
          • Continence Aids Payment Scheme
          • Veterans' Affairs Rehabilitation Appliances program
        • More…
      • More...
    • Peak body supports
  • Getting some help
    • Specialist disability services
      • Accessing specialist disability services
        • Requesting specialist support
        • Specialist support eligibility
        • Assessing your support needs
      • Current disability services clients
    • Financial support
    • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
    • Aids, equipment and assistive technologies
      • Types of aids and equipment
      • Buying aids and equipment from overseas
      • Aids and equipment providers
      • Help with aids and equipment costs
        • Non-government aids and equipment support
        • Continence Aids Payment Scheme
        • Veterans' Affairs Rehabilitation Appliances program
      • More…
    • Home modifications
    • Vehicle modifications
    • Guide, hearing and assistance dogs
      • Businesses, organisations and transport providers
      • Handlers
      • Trainers
      • Resources
      • More...
  • Planning for the future
  • Support for carers
    • Who is a carer?
    • Support groups for carers
    • Community and home care services
    • Financial help for carers
    • More...
  • Parenting when you have a disability
    • Issues and tips for parents with disability
    • Parents' stories shared
    • Information about being a parent
  • Better communication
  • Peak body supports
• Getting out and about
  • Subsidies, concessions and passes
    • Translink access pass
    • Vision Impairment Travel Pass
    • Companion Card
      • About companion card
      • Apply for a card
      • Using your card
        • Search for Companion Card Affiliates
      • Renew, update, replace or cancel your Companion Card
      • For businesses
        • Benefits for businesses
        • Register as an affiliate
        • Order promotional material
        • Managing your affiliation
        • More...
    • Taxi Subsidy Scheme and Lift Payment
    • Carer Business Discount Card
      • Applying for a card
      • Search for discounts
      • Renew, update, replace or cancel a card
      • Using your card
      • More…
    • Travel Trainer Card
    • TPI Veteran Travel Pass
  • Guide, hearing and assistance dogs
    • Businesses, organisations and transport providers
    • Handlers
      • Eligibility and your role as a handler
      • Choosing a guide, hearing or assistance dog
      • Approved trainers and training institutions
      • Getting certified
      • Identification for handlers
      • Your rights
      • Travelling with a guide, hearing or assistance dog
    • Trainers
    • Resources and contacts
  • Sport and recreation
    • Recreation
    • Choosing a sport
    • Playing social sport
    • Elite sport
      • Competing in elite sport
      • Disability sport classification
    • For coaches and clubs
  • Travel and transport
    • Long distance rail travel
    • Airline travel
    • Wheelchair accessible taxis
    • Transport assistance
    • Public transport
      • Buses
      • CityCat and ferries
      • Short distance trains
    • Driving
      • Medical fitness to drive
      • Vehicle modifications
      • Parking permits
        • Disability parking permits
        • Apply for an individual disability parking permit
        • Apply for an organisation disability parking permit
        • Replace, reapply and update your disability parking permit details
        • Information for doctors and health professionals
  • Arts and culture
    • Audio description and captioning
    • Art galleries, museums, theatres and libraries
    • Getting involved in the arts
    • Arts grants
  • Volunteering
• Legal information and your rights
  • Advocacy supports
  • Legal information and advice
  • Discrimination and your rights
  • Mental health and legal rights
  • Power of attorney and decision making
    • Power of attorney
    • Making decisions for others
    • Advance health directive
  • Court
    • Courts
    • Going to court
    • Supporting someone through court
    • More...
  • Deaths, wills and probate
    • Wills
    • Registering a death
    • Burials assistance
    • Estates
    • More...
• For the community
  • Awards and events
    • Disability Action Week
      • Accessible communication
        • A note on the language of disability
        • What is accessible communication?
        • Tips to start the conversation
        • Communicating with people with complex communication disability
        • Benefits of accessible communication
        • Universal Design
        • How communication builds inclusion
        • Accessibility symbols
      • Find out what is possible
        • Things to consider when communicating
          • Audience
          • Plain language
        • Talking to someone
          • Face-to-face communication
          • Phone calls
        • Communicating online
          • Websites
          • Email
          • Social media
          • Accessible marketing
          • Images
          • Video
          • Online meetings and engagement
          • Accessible formats
      • Tips for venues, events and performances
        • Making the arts accessible for everyone
        • Tips for event organisers and venues
          • Tips for event organisers
          • Tips for signage
          • Social stories
          • Quiet rooms
          • Lighting
      • Tips for everyone
        • Tips to ask for the information you need
        • Tips for businesses
        • Tips for sporting organisations
        • Tips for community groups
        • Tips for health and care professionals
      • Championing accessibility
      • Training and toolkit
    • Carers Week
  • Domestic and family violence is real for people with disability
    • Recognise the signs
    • How you can help
    • Support and resources
  • Disability statistics
  • Accessible home renovations
  • Volunteering
  • Disaster preparedness
    • Household preparedness for people with a disability, their families and carers
    • What to do in a disaster
    • Recovery after a disaster
      • Cleaning up
      • How can I help?
      • Insurance
      • Replacing documents
      • More...
  • Coaches and sporting clubs
  • Better communication
• For business
  • Building accessible places
  • For employers and colleagues
  • Register with the Carer Business Discount Card Scheme
    • Benefits for businesses
    • Register your business
    • Manage your account
    • Order promotional material
    • More...
  • Companion Card affiliation
    • Benefits for businesses
    • Register as an affiliate
    • Order promotional material
    • Managing your affiliation
    • For people with a disability and carers