LINKS

Here are a few links that might help you to find more information about acquired brain injury. These links will open in a new window. To return to this page simply close or minimise the new window.

ABI Factsheets
http://www.biaq.com.au/factsheets.htm

ABI/TBI recovery guide
http://www.tbiguide.com/

Action For Community Living
http://afcl.org.au/Pages/default.aspx

Advocating Change Together
Advocating Change Together (ACT) is a grassroots disability rights organization run by and for people with developmental and other disabilities. ACT's mission is to help people across disabilities to see themselves as part of a larger disability rights movement and make connections to other civil and human rights struggles.
http://www.selfadvocacy.org/

Aphasia Association Inc
http://www.aphasia.org.au/

ARBIAS
Support for drug and alcohol related Brain Injury
http://www.arbias.org.au/

Be Real
a how-do guide to self-advocacy and complaints:
http://www.biaq.com.au/Be-Real/content/home-page.htm

BIA
Brain Injury Australia
http://www.braininjuryaustralia.org.au

Brain Injury Association of New South Wales
Understanding and living with a brain injury
http://www.biansw.org.au/

Brain injury chat
internet chat room
http://www.braininjurychat.org/

BrainLink
main contact for ABI information
http://www.brainlink.org.au

Disability Online
http://www.disability.vic.gov.au/

Melbourne City Mission
http://www.melbournecitymission.org.au/
Melbourne City Mission has worked across Melbourne and Victoria for over 155 years and is now an organisation of over 70 different programs and services, supporting thousands of people from all walks of life each week. Available services and resources include Homelessness Support, Youth Services, Education Support, Children's Services, Disability Support, Employment Services, and Acquired Brain Injury Support."

Multiple Sclerosis Australia
http://www.mssociety.com.au/nswvic/

Nothing About Us Without Us
disability consultants with a disability
http://www.disabilityconsultants.org.au/

Partners in Policymaking
http://www.partnersinpolicymaking.com/online
Online courses from Partners in Policymaking. The courses are designed for
people with disabilities, their friends and families and other advocates,
and are open to anyone who would like to increase their knowledge and skills
in these areas: Partners in Living (self-advocacy, independent living),
Partners in Time (the history of society's treatment of people with
disabilities), Partners in Education (for parents with children in the [US]
special education system), Making Your Case (legislative advocacy ie
lobbying government), and Partners in Employment (finding a job and planning
a career).

SARU
The Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU) is a resource centre for self advocacy groups based in Melbourne. It provides resources and support for self-advocacy groups. Their website is under development but you can phone them on 9639 6856 or email them at saru@rosshouse.org.au

Self-Help
Self-help, also known as peer support or mutual aid, is when a group of people who share a common problem, challenge or issue, meet to share emotional support, information and practical ideas.
http://www.selfhelp.on.ca/

SportAid
Sport and everyday wheelchairs and accessories
http://www.sportaid.com/

Stroke Association of Victoria Inc
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~stroke/StrokeGroups.htm

Summer Foundation
http://www.summerfoundation.org.au/

VCASP
http://www.vcasp.org.au/

What is a self-advocacy group
http://www.bcpf.bc.ca/self-advocacy.htm

 

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