Peak body supports

Queensland Executive Disability Peak Body

Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN) provides an overarching leadership and coordination role across funded peak bodies. QDN also provides information, advice and support to people with disability about their rights, available services and opportunities for economic and social participation.

• Queenslanders with Disability Network
  Phone: 1300 363 783

Disability Peak and Representative Bodies—Inclusion Program

The peak and representative bodies listed below provide state-wide peak body services to people with disability within the identified disability category. If you need help with disability specific information, support and referral services, you can contact the organisations listed below.

People with Autism

Autism is a complex lifelong developmental disability that can cause differences in communication, interacting with others and experiences in everyday situations.

• Autism Queensland
  Phone: (07) 3273  0000

People who are Deaf or hard of hearing

Includes people in the Deaf community, the Deaf community’s language and culture, and people with hearing impairment and hearing loss.

• Better Hearing Australia Brisbane
  Phone: (07) 3844 5065
• Deaf Connect
  Phone: 1800 893 855

People with intellectual disability

People with intellectual disability have lifelong conditions that affect how they learn, understand information and manage everyday activities. Examples include Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, Prader Willi syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, Cri du chat syndrome.

• Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability QLD
  Phone: (07) 3356 6655

People with vision impairment

Visual impairment includes blindness and vision impairment.

• Guide Dogs Queensland
  Phone: (07) 3500 9001

People with physical disability

Physical disability includes conditions that affect movement, mobility, strength, or physical function.

• Spinal Life Australia
  Phone: 1300 774 625

People with neurological/acquired brain injury

Neurological disability and acquired brain injury are conditions affecting the brain or nervous system, including those acquired after birth, that impact daily functioning and independence.

• Synapse
  Phone: 1800 673 074

Children and young people with developmental delay

Developmental delay (including global developmental delay) are terms used for children aged 0–5 who show delays in their development, but do not yet have a specific diagnosis or identified disability.

• Xavier Children's Support Network
  Phone: 1800 928 437

People with psychosocial disability

A psychosocial disability can arise when a mental health condition has significant and ongoing impact on a person’s ability to participate in everyday life.  Psychosocial disability can be associated with conditions such as schizophrenia, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, depression, personality disorders, psychosis and other long-term mental health conditions.

• Rise: Queensland's Mental Health Lived Experience Peak
  Phone: (07) 3507 1328

Carers of people with disability

Carers provide ongoing, unpaid care or support for family members or friends who need help with everyday tasks because of disability.

• Carers Queensland
  Phone: 1300 747 636

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people with disability

This service can assist all people with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, their family members and carers.

• AMPARO Advocacy
  Phone: (07) 3354 4900

Central West Queensland area people with disability

This service can assist people with disability, their family members and carers, in the areas of Barcaldine, Barcoo, Blackall-Tambo, Boulia, Diamantina, Longreach, and Winton.

• Outback Independent Living
  Phone: 0477 645 577

Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples with disability

This service can be accessed by all Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples with disability including both adults and children with disability living in urban, regional, rural and remote areas of Queensland.

• Mob 4 Mob
  Phone: (07) 3059 5353

Sector capacity and capability building program

For disability service providers

National Disability Services and CheckUP are the peak bodies for disability service providers.

• National Disability Services (for disability service providers medium to large in size with 20 or more employees)
  Phone: (07) 3828 9400
• CheckUP (for disability service providers who are sole traders or small businesses with 19 or less employees)
  Phone: (07) 3105 8300

Supported Accommodation Sector Support

Supported Accommodation Providers Association is the peak body for improving the quality and safety of supported accommodation services.

• Supported Accommodation Providers Association
  Phone: 1800 961 000