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Core information

Resources:

PHYSICAL DISFIGUREMENT

The Weirdo - Theodore Taylor

PHYSICAL DISABILITY

Colt Nancy Springer

I Can Jump Puddles Alan Marshall

Hammers over the Anvil Alan Marshall

World wide web

A good starting point is the Victorian Government's Directory of Disability Services:

http://hnb.dhs.vic.gov.au/ds/disabilitysite.nsf/

One of the best directories of disability sites available on the Net is:

http://www.rsa.lib.il.us/~hitbc/disabled.htm#general

This will give you access to many international sites.

Organisations

The Victorian Government's Disability Services Division is in the Department of Human Services (03) 9616 7777. You will be directed to the relevant area of the government and/or disability services organisation.

Each of the major disabilities has a specialist organisation providing appropriate specialist services for people with the disability. Such organisations include:

P A R A P L E G I C  A N D Q U A D R I P L E G I C
A S S O C I A T I O N  O F  V I C TO R I A:

Tel: (03) 9415 1200

A U S T R A L I A N  Q U A D R I P L E G I C
A S S O C I A T I O N:

Tel: (03) 9489 0777

M U LT I P L E   S C L E R O S I S   S O C I E T Y
O F V I C TO R I A:

Tel: (03) 9828 7222

M O T O R  N E U R O N E   D I S E A S E
A S S O C I AT I O N:

Tel: (03) 9596 4761

M U S C U L A R  D Y S T R O P H Y 
A S S O C I A T I O N:

Tel: (03) 9370 0477

S P A S T I C   S O C I E T Y  OF  V I C T O R I A:

Tel: (03) 9537 2611

Y O O R A L LA  S O C I E T Y  O F V I C TO R I A:

Tel: (03) 9819 7332

A U S T R A L I A N  P O L I O  N E T W O R K:

Tel: (03) 9415 1200

S P I N A L  C O R D  S O C I E T Y:

Tel: (03) 9399 9310

Access:

 - A D &  I  C O N S U L T A N T S PTY LTD:

   Tel: (03) 9419 6569

 - S T A N D A R D S  A U S T R A L I A:

   Offices in capital cities

Legislation:

 - D I S A B I L I T Y D I S C R I M I N A T I O N
   A CT ( 1 9 9 2 )

 - D I S A B I L I T Y  S E R V I C E S
   A CT ( 1 9 8 6 )