How do IDEAS help people with disability, their carers and supporters?
IDEAS stands for Information on Disability, Education and Awareness Services. Our purpose is to enable the frail, aged, people with disabilities, their families, carers, supporters, and service providers to become better informed when making decisions. We aim to improve awareness and understanding of disability and aging issues and resources, including community education, information provision, and training.
We do this by:
Providing Information
We collate high quality and accurate information and house it on our curated website. Information is also disseminated via our eNews and social media channels.
eBility
We connect buyers and sellers of all things disability, new and secondhand. From aids and equipment, and assistive technology (AT) to accessible vehicles and properties.
Read more: eBility
Ezy-Dun
Ezy-Dun is an easy to use, wheelchair-accessible portable bathroom with a hoist, wheelchair accessible toilet and adult-sized change table. It is available for event hire throughout NSW.
Read more: Meet Ezy-Dun
PossABLE Advocacy
IDEAS is funded through the NSW Department of Communities and Justice to deliver individual advocacy in South West and South East Sydney and the Southern Region of NSW.
Read more: PossABLE Advocacy
Projects
Together with partners we are, and have been involved in many projects in line with our mission:
- The 2019-2020 PLATFORM Project with partner Eastern Riverina Arts funded under NDIS Information, Linkages and Capacity Buiding (ILC) allowed IDEAS to develop Ezy-Dun.
- A current partnership with National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) sees IDEAS delivering the NDIS Community Connector program into Newcastle, NSW Central Coast, Campbelltown and Wollongong. This program assists people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Keep up to date with everything important to you...
The IDEAS eNews is a regular shout out from IDEAS delivered directly to your email Inbox.
We collect and curate high-quality information and resources as well as the latest disability sector news, share videos, podcasts and recipes with a focus on information that is useful and engaging for people with disability, their families, carers and supporters as well as professionals in the disability sector.
