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Accessibility Tools

Supported Decision Making: is a process of assisting a person with disability to make their own decisions, so they can develop and pursue their own goals, make choices about their life and exercise some control over the things that are important to them.

A guide for people with disabilities who think they may be eligible for a Disability Support Pension (DSP).

Staying at home factsheet

The Government has told us to stay at home because of Coronavirus.

Coronavirus is also called COVID-19.

A couple checking ruins after a fire disaster

The Office of Emergency Management can provide disaster relief grants to eligible individuals and families whose homes and essential household contents have been damaged or destroyed by a disaster.

Fact Sheet

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetically inherited condition that affects the motor neurons (nerves) that control the movement of muscles in the body. The back, hips and shoulders are normally affected the worst from this disability, however, it can affect muscles throughout the entire body.

Fact Sheet

Rett syndrome is a condition of the nervous system that affects all body movement and is primarily found (almost exclusively) amongst females. It is a genetic neurological disorder that is caused by a mutation of a gene (MECP2 gene) found on the X chromosome.

Fact Sheet

Permanent blindness is the permanent loss of sight, whether it be a full or partial loss. People that are fully blind are not able to see anything, including light. However, people that are partially blind can see some things to varying degrees depending on the severity of their blindness.

Fact Sheet

Permanent bilateral hearing loss is the permanent loss of hearing in both ears. The degree of hearing loss in each ear may be the same (symmetrical), or it may be different, where one ear is worse than the other (asymmetrical).

Fact Sheet

Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) refers to a group of inherited metabolic diseases which is caused by a specific missing or faulty enzyme. People with a form of this disease are permanently affected with progressive cellular damage, which affects their appearance, organ and system function, physical abilities and cognitive development (in most cases).