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Aboriginal
Disability Network
http://www.pwd.org.au/adnnsw/
Brings
together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people with disability.
Telephone
(02)
9370-3100
Action for
People with Disabilities
Offers
information, support and individual advocacy to
people with disabilities, their families and
carers, in which aims to promote the needs, rights
and lifestyle.
Telephone
(02)
9449-5355
Ability
Incorporated Advocacy Service - Far North Coast
Alstonville Toll free
1800 657 961 or 66288188
Clarence Valley 0409463169
Tweed 0407483 948
Association
Of Blind Citizens NSW
Focuses on the
concerns of blind and vision-impaired people.
Telephone
(02) 9744-1516
http://www.bca.org.au/
Australian
Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)
The Federation has
recently been established as: the primary national
voice to government that fully represents the
interests of all people with disability across
Australia.
http://www.afdo.org.au/
Better
Hearing Australia (BHA)
Australian wide
non-profit organisation in which provides support
and services of rehabilitation for the hearing
impaired.
Telephone
(02) 9744-0167
http://www.betterhearing.org.au/
Brain
Injury Association
A peak non-government
organisation in NSW for people with an acquired
brain injury. The Association works to ensure
service providers, governments and communities are
aware and commonly informed of the needs and issues
affecting people who have a brain injury.
Telephone
(02) 9749-5366
http://www.biansw.org.au/
Central
Coast Disability Network
Offers personal
support, education and training to carers and
families of people with a disability.
Telephone
(02) 4324-2355
29 Webb Street
EAST GOSFORD NSW 2250
Citizen
Advocacy Eastside
A volunteer program
for people in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney which
involves linking a volunteer member (an advocate)
from the community with a person with an
intellectual disability, acquired brain injury or
autism spectrum disorder (a partner) so that a
freely given relationship can be formed in support
of the partner’s unmet needs.
Telephone
(02) 9386-1277
http://www.citadv.asn.au/
Citizen
Advocacy Western Sydney (CAWS)
An independent
community organisation offering individual and
citizen advocacy support for people with an
intellectual disability. Service Areas: Parramatta,
Blacktown and Baulkham Hills council areas.
Telephone
(02) 9893-8210
http://www.caws.com.au/
Disability
Advocacy and Information Service (DAIS) –
Albury
An independent
organisation that promotes positive changes in the
lives of people with a disability and their
carers.
Telephone
(02) 6056-2420
http://www.disability-advocacy.com.au/
Disability
Advocacy Service (DAS) – Hunter
Offers information
and services aiming to ensure that people with
disabilities obtain the same rights and qualities
as other people within their local community.
Telephone
(02) 4927-0111
http://www.dash.org.au/
Disability
Discrimination Legal Centre (Inc.)
An NSW informational
resource designed to assist people with
disabilities, their friends, family, carers and
associates, in understanding disability
discrimination legislation.
Telephone
(02) 9310 7722 or FreeCall
1800 800 708
http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/
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Disability
Trust
Provides an
information and referral service, as well as some
individual advocacy for people with disabilities,
their friends and carers in the Illawarra
region.
Telephone
(02) 4255-8000
http://www.disabilitytrust.org.au/
Down
Syndrome Association of NSW (DSANSW)
An independent
registered charity organisation, established and
administered by parents of children whom have Down
Syndrome.
Telephone
(02) 9683-4333
http://www.dsansw.org.au/
Epilepsy
Association NSW
Non-profit
organisation that is committed to enhancing the
quality of life of people having seizures and to
improving community attitudes toward seizure
disorders.
Telephone
(02) 9856-7087
http://www.epilepsy.com.au/
Ethnic
Disability Advocacy Centre
Established in 1995
to advocate for and empower people with a
disability from non-English speaking backgrounds.
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Telephone
1800 659 921
http://www.edac.org.au/
Family
Advocacy, NSW
An independent,
community based social advocacy organisation which
works across New South Wales, Australia. Our work
is directed towards enabling and supporting
families to speak up for opportunities for people
with a disability to enjoy the same environment,
lifestyle and living conditions that are available
to the majority of Australians.
Telephone
(02) 9869-0866 —
FreeCall
1800 620 588
http://www.family-advocacy.com/
Intellectual
Disability Rights Service, (IDRS) NSW
A NSW state and
community legal support and guidance centre for the
intellectually disabled. Including a Criminal
Justice Support Program for people with an
intellectual disability.
Telephone
(02) 9318-0144
http://www.idrs.org.au/
Multicultural
Disability Advocacy Association (MDAA)
A peak body for
organisations that offer support and services for
people from a non-English speaking background
(NESB) with disability in NSW.
Telephone
(02) 9891-6400
http://www.mdaa.org.au/
National
Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA)
The National Ethnic
Disability Alliance (NEDA) is the national peak
organisation representing the rights and interests
of people from non-English speaking background
(NESB) with disability, their families and carers
throughout Australia.
Telephone
(02) 9687-8933
http://www.neda.org.au/
Nepean
Area Disabilities Organisation (NADO)
A non-profit
community-based charitable organisation in Penrith
serving the western areas of Sydney by providing
and promoting projects for people with
disabilities.
Telephone
(02) 4731-3330
http://www.nado.org.au/
NSW
Disability Discrimination Legal Centre (DDLC)
The NSW DDLC was set
up in 1994 to help people with disability to use
disability discrimination laws. Our role is to
provide accurate and easy to comprehend advice to
people with disability in NSW who want to make a
complaint of disability discrimination.
Telephone
(02) 9310-7722 —
FreeCall1800-800-708
www.ddlcnsw.org.au
NSW
Network of Women with
Disability
A network for woman
with disability in NSW.
Telephone
(02) 9891-6400
http://www.pdcnsw.org.au/women/
Penrith
Disabilities Resource Centre Inc. (PDRC)
A non-profit
government organisation, based in Penrith, NSW.
PDRC provides an advocacy, information and referral
service for people with disabilities, their family,
carers, friends and service providers who live,
work or visit the greater Nepean area.
Telephone
(02) 4732-2363
http://www.pdrc.org.au/
People
with Disabilities (PWD), Australia
A national peak
disability rights and advocacy organisation.
Membership is made up of people with disability and
organisations primarily constituted by people with
disability.
Telephone
(02) 9319-6622
http://www.pwd.org.au/
Spinal
Cord Injuries Australia (SCIA)
SCI offers advocacy
services to assist people with quadriplegia and
similar physical disabilities in solving individual
problematic issues within their local areas.
Telephone
(02) 9661-8855
http://www.scia.org.au/
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