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Useful Disability-Related Links

Government
Professional Bodies
Consumer Organisations
Disability Support Service Providers
Informative Websites

 

Government

• Ministry of Health (Disability)
• Ministry of Social Development
• ACC
• Office for Disability Issues
• Human Rights Commission
• Mainstream Employment Programme for people who experience disability issues and who want to work in the State Services
• Enable NZ for disability related equipment
• accessable Environmental Health Management Services, for assistance with independent living
• Ministry of Education Special Education
• Like Minds, Like Mine 
• Mental Health Commission
• Citizens Advice Bureau

 

Professional Bodies

• Auckland Disability Providers Network
• Carers New Zealand
• Career Force
• Barrier Free Trust
• YES Ability Achievement Centre
• Auckland Disability Law
• Association for Supported Employment in New Zealand
• New Zealand Federation of Vocational and Support Services
• NZ Federation of Disability Information Centres
• NZ Disability Support Network
  
  

Consumer Organisations

• Deaf Aotearoa
• DPA New Zealand The National Assembly of People with Disabilities
• Cerebral Palsy Society of NZ
• People First
• Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand
• Blind Sport New Zealand
• Deafblind NZ Inc
• Ngati Kapo o Aotearoa Inc
• Parents of Vision Impaired New Zealand Inc
• Retina NZ Inc

Disclaimer: A link to the sites listed below does not imply endorsement of the material contained within the site.

Disability Support Service Providers

• IDEA Services
• Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind

Accessible Signage Guidelines (RNZFB)

• Spectrum Care
• Iris
• CCS - Disability Action
• NZCare Group Ltd
• New Zealand Relay
• Arthritis New Zealand
• Brain Injury Association of New Zealand
• SuperCare4u.com
  
  
  

Informative Websites

• http://www.seeflow.co.nz/ (Making written information accessible in New Zealand Sign Language)
• Walking-is-overrated
• Support Options
• WEKA
• International Centre for Disability Resources on the Internet
• Up2Date
• Disability Information and Equipment Centre Wellington

 

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