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- A Ripple Effect- Circles Of Support
Services include: A Ripple Effect - Circles of Support is a small business which is registered to provide support for National Disability Insurance participants. The services are individualised and are tailored to assist participants to achieve their goals and aspirations. The services offered are Support Coordination and Support Connection. Support Connection involves assistance to strengthen a participants ability to connect with informal, mainstream and funded supports and build on the individual's capacity to be independent and have choice and control of their lifestyle. Support Coordination assists in strengthening the participants abilities to connect and coordinate informal, mainstream and funded supports.
WATSON
- ACT All Abilities Occupational Therapy
Services include: Occupational therapy services for people of all ages. Specialising in choosing the right wheelchair, seating solutions for complex physical disabilities, help with non-standard ways of vehicle travel, help with access to technology, home modifications, therapy for hand writing.
RIVETT
- ACT Deafness Resource Centre
Services include: We offer information, referrals, resources and advocacy to the deaf and hearing-impaired communities in the ACT and surrounding regions of NSW. Our constituency is almost without end (based on the Access Economics, 2006, statistic that 1 in 6 people are hearing impaired to some extent and 1 in 4 of the over 65's).
HOLDER
- ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service
Services include: ADACAS is an independent advocacy organisation that provides information, education and representation to people with a disability or people who are ageing so that they may exercise their rights as citizens, and live valued and dignified lives within the community.
WATSON
- ACT Education and Training Directorate
Services include: The ACT Education Directorate has responsibility to ensure students in ACT public schools can access and participate in education on the same basis as other students. Disability Education programs such as Learning Support Units, Specialist Schools and Inclusion Support Program for children with disability within ACT Government schools have not changed as a result of the introduction of the NDIS. Schools are responsible for ensuring students with disability can access both the physical environment and the school curriculum.
STIRLING
- ACT Health Directorate Village Creek Centre
Services include: The Health Directorate Village Creek Centre brings together a number of Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Care Services to improve the coordination of services for clients.
KAMBAH
- Anglicare Disability Services ACT
SCULLIN
- Aspect - ACT
Services include: Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) is Australia’s leading service provider for autism and other disabilities. Our specialised, evidence informed schools program is the largest in the world, with additional services that include information and advice, diagnostic assessments, behaviour support, parent and family support, and adult programs. We share evidence-informed Aspect practice and applied research nationwide.
COOK
- Assistive Technology Centre
Services include: Speech Pathologist - We provide support for Augmentative and alternative communication (ACC).
HAWKER
- AudioClinic - Canberra
Services include: We believe in bringing the magic of clear hearing to those that need it. We believe the restoration of good hearing will change your life. Every person deserves to hear. Every person should have the ability to live life to the full. We see the joy when people re-connect.
CANBERRA
- Australian Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation Pty Ltd
Services include: Occupational therapy services for adults and children in Canberra and the surrounding region. Services available include activities of daily living assessments, assessment for equipment prescription, wheelchairs or scooters, and home modifications.
KALEEN
- Australian Red Cross - ACT/SENSW
Services include: The Australian Red Cross has several community services such as Meals on Wheels, TeleCHAT, Telecross, Meditrak, Blood Service, Personal Alarm Service and various other visitor programs that are designed to improve the lives of vulnerable people in Canberra.
GARRAN
- Autism Asperger ACT
Services include: Autism, Asperger information and referral. We offer advice, family support, support groups, case management and community education.
CHIFLEY
- Bega Valley Community Transport Service
Services include: Non-Emergency Health related Transport
BEGA
- Brindabella Hearing and Speech Centre
Services include: Hearing/Audiology and Speech Pathology services for adults and children. We specialise in hearing aids, hearing assessments, tinnitus management and counselling, custom earplugs, hearing loss management, voice and language assessments, and speech therapy. We are a provider for the Office of Hearing, FAHCSIA and Better Start Early Intervention program. Some Medicare rebated services are available as well as some private health insurance claimed services.
DEAKIN
- Buzz Speech Pathology
Services include: Buzz Speech Pathology provides assessment and intervention for all children with communication difficulties, including problems with using and understanding language, speech, fluency, reading and spelling. Buzz is a 'mobile' service and will visit your home or your child's school to deliver speech pathology services.
FRANKLIN
- Canberra Speech and Language
Services include: Mobile paediatric speech and language pathology for children and their families. Areas of special interest include: speech sound disorders, cleft palate, hearing impairment and bilingualism.
CAMPBELL
- Capital Therapy Services Pty Ltd
Services include: Capital Therapy Services provides Speech Pathology services to children with speech and/or language difficulties in Canberra and the surrounding regions.
PHILLIP
- Carers ACT
Services include: Carers provide unpaid care and support to family members and friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness or who are frail-aged.
HOLT
- Carolyn Maree Holloway
Services include: Providing services for children with Autism Spectrum Disortder and or Developmental Dealy in Canberra; home, school or childcare.
CHARNWOOD
- CatholicCare Canberra & Goulburn - Watson
Services include: CatholCare is committed to providing excellence in care & assistance to families, children and individuals in the region.
WATSON
- Cathy Hurman Consulting
Services include: Cathy Hurman Consulting provides speech pathology and assistive technology services to people of all ages with Complex Communication Needs (CCN) in Canberra and the surrounding regions.
OXLEY
- Cerebral Palsy Alliance - Scullin
Services include: When you come to Cerebral Palsy Alliance in Canberra you will be working with an experienced team of therapists who truly understand your disability.
SCULLIN
- Communicate Speech Pathology - Mobile Service
Services include: The Speech Therapists at Communicate Speech Pathology have been providing speech and language pathology interventions to children and adults across Sydney, Wollongong and Canberra since 2004. We have developed a reputation for providing comprehensive Speech and language therapy for a variety of communication disorders.
HACKETT
- Communities@Work
Services include: Communities@Work provides a broad suite of quality community programs of social value and practical benefit. Our vision is for a resilient and socially inclusive community that care for the well-being of all.
GREENWAY
- Community Options
Services include: A number of in-home and community based programs providing personal care, social support, community access, domestic assistance, case management and coordination to older people and people with disabilities.
PHILLIP
- Community Services #1
Services include: Community Service #1 (CS#1) is a community based not-for-profit, incorporated as an association in 1987. The organisation manages and delivers a range of community services including community development, family support services, training services, children’s services and aged care.
NARRABUNDAH
- Connect Hearing - Deakin
Services include: Connect Hearing helps improve the quality of life for people who suffer from hearing loss.
DEAKIN
- Cystic Fibrosis Association ACT Inc
Services include: At Cystic Fibrosis ACT we have a vision of people living lives unaffected by Cystic Fibrosis, A mission to improve the quality of life of people with Cystic Fibrosis and their carers, and a goal to provide support services, education & research that help people with Cystic Fibrosis.
CIVIC SQUARE
- Dementia Australia ACT
Formerly Alzheimer's Australia ACT
Dementia Australia ACT provides a range of services to people living with dementia, their families and carers. We provide information, advice, support, counselling, education, and a telephone information line. Our multidisciplinary team supports people to maintain quality of life throughout their journey with dementia.
KALEEN
- Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service - ACT
Services include: The Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Service - ACT is provided by Alzheimer's Australia ACT Inc.
KALEEN
- Disability ACT
Services include: The role and responsibility of Disability ACT is to plan, develop strategic policy, allocate funding and provide and monitor services for people with disability in the ACT.
CANBERRA
- Dr Eliza Ahmed - Child Development
Services include: Psychological & Educational assessment and therapy services for children and families.
GUNGAHLIN
- DUO Services Australia Ltd
Services include: DUO is a leading provider of personal, home and community support services in and around Canberra. We’re here to support people to live how and where they choose through flexible and innovative opportunities for independent living.
GRIFFITH
- DUO Services Australia Ltd - Veterans' Home Care (VHC) Program
Service include: Quality in-home support, domestic assistance, home and gardening maintenance, respite for our Veterans and War Widows/Widowers and their carers in the ACT under the the Commonwealth Government Veterans’ Home Care (VHC) Program.
GRIFFITH
- Empower Living
Empower Living Disability Services. NDIS approved provider in the ACT. Support Coordination, Respite, Supported Independent Living house(vacancy), Personal Care, Community Access, and Participation. Domestic Cleaning. Our holistic approach is simple, we listen and deliver our promise to our customer's satisfaction to address every possible need within our scope.
DICKSON
- Gail Bennell Speech Pathology - Canberra
Services include: Gail Bennell is a Qualified Speech Pathologist, who is experienced in helping nonverbal children learn to communicate.
CANBERRA
- Guardian Mobility
Services include: Canberra's first complete 'mobile' mobility equipment provider. We come to you for sales, hire, repairs, servicing and repair. While we supply most mobility products, we specialise in mobility scooters and powerchairs. Free home product demonstrations - We come to you at home, work, hospital...anywhere in the Canberra area
WESTON CREEK
- Guide Dogs NSW/ACT
Services include: Free assessment and training to people of all ages who have lost some or all of their vision. Aids supplied to enhance independent access to community, vocational and education services include canes, electronic aids, guide dogs, adapted GPS. Services also include public education, access advice, and scanning programs for those who have lost vision due to stroke or Acquired Brain Injury. Training and equipment provided to individuals and agencies is all free if not covered by NDIS.
DEAKIN
- Gunning District Community & Health Service
Services include: The Gunning District Community and Health Service is a non-government organisation which provides clinical and home support services to the community of the former Gunning Shire.
GUNNING
- Haptic Design
Services include: Haptic Design is a registered service provider to the NDIS Australia wide. Haptic Design offers an architectural and design service for new and existing homes/gardens which takes into consideration client-specific needs and requirements. Haptic Design are specialists in Design/retrofitting homes and gardens for clients with disabilities, A-Z home and garden design for clients with severe behavioural issues, ASD-supportive sensory homes and gardens and Sensory Rooms and Spaces.
MACGREGOR
- Helen McCaffray - Occupational Therapist
Services include: Helen McCaffray provides a mobile Occupational Therapy Service within the ACT and surrounding NSW areas. Visits can be arranged at home, child care centre, preschool or school.
MITCHELL
- Horizon Therapy Services
Services include: Horizon Occupational Therapy Services specialise in enabling clients to increase physical, psychological and social independence at home and at work, through engagement in meaningful activities.
WATSON
- House with No Steps - Belconnen
Services include: As one of Australia's leading providers of disability services, we are dedicated to ensuring people with a disability have greater choice, control and freedom - we work hard to make sure everyone we support gets a fair go.
BELCONNEN
- Jenni Embleton Speech Pathology
Services include: Jenni Embleton is a Canberra based speech pathologist, specialising in helping young children with communication and feeding difficulties.
KAMBAH
- Karen Ip Speech Pathology Clinic
Services include: Karen Ip Speech and Language Clinic has been providing speech therapy services in Canberra and surrounding regions since March 2010.
HAWKER
- Koomarri Disability Services
Services include: Koomarri is the leading service provider for people with a disability in Canberra and surrounding regions.
PHILLIP
- Lightning Mobility
Services include: At Lighting Mobility we specialise in rehabilitation and healthcare equipment solutions such as: electric beds, mattresses, wheelchairs, scooters, bathroom and toilet aids, power wheelchairs and lots more. Visit our showroom, where our friendly staff are able to help you. There is ample free parking and wheelchair access available.
QUEANBEYAN EAST
- Little Hands Occupational Therapy
Services include: We are a newly established private practice that will provide therapeutic support for children in Canberra/ACT and surrounds. Little Hands Occupational Therapy specialises in supporting children with developmental delays aged 0-6 years as well as children with high and complex needs up until the age of 18 to discover their potential and participate in everyday life.
WARAMANGA
- Michelle Elmitt Developmental Physiotherapy
Services include: Michelle Elmitt provides quality physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, assessment and intervention for children, those with disabilities, the elderly, and those with sporting injuries. She specialises in the facilitation of the neurological, musculoskeletal and sensory motor systems. The Developmental Physiotherapy space is a safe and comfortable environment which enables the dynamic development of these systems and encourages children to become active in their environment.
TURNER
- Mobility Matters - Batemans Bay
Services include: Sales, hire and service of mobility and rehabilitation equipment.
BATEMANS BAY
- Mobility Matters - Bega
Services include: Sales, hire and service of mobility and rehabilitation equipment.
BEGA
- Momentum Sports And Rehabilitation Services
Services include: Momentum Sports and Rehabilitation specialise in innovative prosthetic technology and custom bracing and supports for a range of conditions. We offer professional care and rehabilitation solutions for adults and children including bracing, supports, footwear, prosthetics and orthotics.
BRUCE
- Motor Neurone Disease Association of NSW - Pearce
Services include: Motor Neurone Disease MND NSW provides information and support to people with MND, their carers and family in NSW and the ACT. MND Advisors provide face to face and telephone support and help connect people to the appropriate services. Equipment is provided through FlexEquip to people living with MND. MND NSW also provides information to health and community professionals and advocates on behalf of people with MND. Support groups meetings held bi-monthly in the ACT.
PEARCE
- MyOT Therapy Services
Services include: MyOT Therapy Services provide caring, client led occupational therapy services for Children and their families, people who need specialised equipment like wheelchairs, electric beds, bath seats. We are highly skilled at helping people as we have over 25 years of experience providing clinical services to the ACT community.
NICHOLLS
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Services include: The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency whose role is to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers.
The NDIS will mean peace of mind for every Australian, for anyone who has, or might acquire, a disability.
CANBERRA
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Belconnen Office
Services include: The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency whose role is to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers.
The NDIS will mean peace of mind for every Australian, for anyone who has, or might acquire, a disability.
BELCONNEN
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Braddon Office
Services include: The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency whose role is to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers.
The NDIS will mean peace of mind for every Australian, for anyone who has, or might acquire, a disability.
BRADDON
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Woden Office
Services include: The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency whose role is to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which will support a better life for hundreds of thousands of Australians with a significant and permanent disability and their families and carers.
The NDIS will mean peace of mind for every Australian, for anyone who has, or might acquire, a disability.
WODEN
- National Hearing Care - Belconnen
Services include: Hearing loss can happen gradually and the earlier you seek treatment the better. The good news is that there are so many ways you can improve your hearing health. Contact National Hearing Care to find out how.
BELCONNEN
- National Hearing Care - Canberra
Services include: Hearing loss can happen gradually and the earlier you seek treatment the better. The good news is that there are so many ways you can improve your hearing health. Contact National Hearing Care to find out how.
CANBERRA
- National Hearing Care - Tuggeranong
Services include: Hearing loss can happen gradually and the earlier you seek treatment the better. The good news is that there are so many ways you can improve your hearing health. Contact National Hearing Care to find out how.
GREENWAY
- National Hearing Care - Weston
Services include: Hearing loss can happen gradually and the earlier you seek treatment the better. The good news is that there are so many ways you can improve your hearing health. Contact National Hearing Care to find out how.
WESTON
- Noah's Ark - ACT
Services include: At Noah's Ark, we are committed to working with families and the community to build better futures for children with disabilities and additional needs.
LYONS
- Northcott - ACT
Services include: Our local staff are already providing NDIS supports for people with disability in the ACT. We offer a wide range of person centred services for both children and adults, all tailored to meet your individual needs and the supports funded in your NDIS Plan.
BELCONNEN
- Northcott Therapy
Services include: The principal object for which Northcott Therapy is established is to provide benevolent relief of poverty, sickness, suffering, distress, misfortune, disability, destitution or helplessness.
PHILLIP
- Northside Community Service
Services include: Northside Community Service's programs provide assistance and support to the community, frail older people, people with a disability and their carers to live independently. Our staff will visit people in their own home and develop an individual support plan that reflects the services they need to support them at home. All services provided have eligibility criteria and may have a waiting period. Our programs include: domestic assistance, personal care, transport, case management, social support, and social groups.
DICKSON
- Office of Hearing Services - Department of Health
Services include: If you are a participant in the NDIS and your plan identifies the need for certain hearing services, your National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Planner may refer you to the Hearing Services Program.
CANBERRA
- People with Disabilities ACT Inc.
Services include: People with Disabilities ACT Inc. is a not for profit consumer systemic advocacy organisation who work to represent the interests of people with disabilities in the ACT. PWD ACT works within a social model of disability to improve access to all amenities and to all forms of information and activities in the community. PWD ACT also works to inform the community about disability issues.
PEARCE
- Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children - Canberra
Services include: RIDBC provides education, therapy, audiology and cochlear implant services for adults and children with hearing or vision loss, and their families.
CANBERRA
- Seymour Psychology
Services include: Seymour Psychology is particularly focused on working with families and children with special needs.
O'CONNOR
- Sharing Places Inc - Corin
Services include: Sharing Places Inc. is an ACT non-government, not for profit organisation and the leading specialist disability service in Canberra, which is committed to supporting people with disabilities and high and complex needs.
PEARCE
- Sharing Places Inc - Higgins
Services include: Sharing Places Inc. is an ACT non-government, not for profit organisation and the leading specialist disability service in Canberra, which is committed to supporting people with disabilities and high and complex needs.
HIGGINS
- Sharing Places Inc - Holt
Services include: Sharing Places Inc. is an ACT non-government, not for profit organisation and the leading specialist disability service in Canberra, which is committed to supporting people with disabilities and high and complex needs.
HOLT
- Sharing Places Inc - Melba
Services include: Sharing Places Inc. is an ACT non-government, not for profit organisation and the leading specialist disability service in Canberra, which is committed to supporting people with disabilities and high and complex needs.
MELBA
- Sharing Places Inc - Pearce Community Centre
Services include: Sharing Places Inc. is an ACT non-government, not for profit organisation and the leading specialist disability service in Canberra, which is committed to supporting people with disabilities and high and complex needs.
PEARCE
- Sheila Norman Children's Occupational Therapist
Services include: Sheila Norman provides Occupational Therapy assessments with reports and recommendations for home and pre/school use as well as ongoing therapy as required. Sheila see's children with a wide range of difficulties including low muscle tone, developmental delay, difficulty with fine motor skills and self-help skills, pencil and writing skills, learning difficulties, ADHD, Autism spectrum disorders, Down Syndrome and some aspects of Cerebral Palsy.
QUEANBEYAN
- Stepping Stones for Life
HACKETT
- TADACT
Services include: Specialist in creating or modifying and repair equipment for people with a disability or the elderly living in the ACT and Southern NSW. TADACT can assist people of any age to improve their independence with innovative equipment which is otherwise unavailable. Examples of our solutions vary from custom bicycles, one handed walkers to breath operated medication dispensers.
HOLDER
- The ORS Group - Fyshwick
Services include: ORS has been in the business of making a difference to people with disability and injuries for more than 25 years! ORS provides a range of allied health, workplace rehabilitation and employment services across key industries such as the NDIS, Workers Compensation, Health, Injury Prevention and Aged Care.
FYSHWICK
- The Royal Society for the Blind - ACT
Services include: The Royal Society for the Blind ACT provides a wide range of rehabilitation and support services that assist people in the ACT who are blind or have low vision, to manage the effects of blindness in their daily lives.
CANBERRA
- The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children - Rivett
Services include: The Shepherd Centre is a registered charity, founded by Dr Bruce Shepherd AM and his late wife Annette to provide a family-centred early intervention program to teach children born deaf or hearing impaired how to develop spoken language.
RIVETT
- Therapy 4 Kids
Services include: Therapy 4 Kids is for children from birth to adolescence. We assess and treat children with orthopaedic, developmental or neurological conditions. We are registered with Better Start and the NDIA. Our treatments include exercise prescription, casting, equipment or orthotic prescription, sport skills coaching, gym programs and early intervention. We are predominantly a mobile service to home, school or childcare. We recommend children under 6 years of age are seen in an environment that is meaningful to them. We also offer clinic by appointments for older children, those out of town or those seeking gym prescription. Home visits are available to Canberra, Jerrabomberra and Queanbeyan. An additional $50 fee is charged for home visits outside these areas bounded by Yass and Bungendore.
DEAKIN
- Therapy ACT
Services include: Therapy ACT is a program area of the Community Services Directorate. It provides a range of multidisciplinary therapy and support services for people with delays in development and developmental disabilities.
CANBERRA
- Total Mobility ACT
Services include: Total Mobility is an Australian owned company specialising in mobility and access products that are designed to enhance your quality of life and independence. We supply, rent and sell high quality, reliable mobility products as well as providing onsite demonstrations, repairs and consultations.
HUME
- Vision Australia Canberra
Services include: Vision Australia supports people who are blind or have low vision to live the life they choose. Services are tailored to individual needs and can include: Low Vision Clinics; Reading, writing and information access; Moving about safely; Techniques for daily living; Emotional wellbeing programs; Recommendation, supply and use of assistive equipment and technology; Support to access recreation and leisure activities; Support to access further education and training courses; Support to obtain and maintain employment; Family-centred Children's Services.
CANBERRA
- Wellways Australia - ACT
services include: Wellways Australia Limited is a leading not-for-profit mental health and disability support organisation with services in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania. Our services span mental health, disability and community care, and reach thousands of people each year.
PHILLIP
- Women With Disabilities ACT
Services include: Women With Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) is a systemic advocacy and peer support organisation run by women with disabilities for women with disabilities in ACT & surrounding regions.
CANBERRA
- Yass Valley Home Living Support Service
Services include: Yass Valley Home Living Support Service (YVHLSS) provides a number of services to eligible residents of the Yass Valley, these include local transport, non local transport, a shopping bus (once a fortnight), home modification and home maintenance, respite care, case management and social support. We also can provide information can on a range of topics relating to ageing, disability and caring. Referrals can also be made to other services such as Meals on Wheels, Home Care, Community Nursing and the Aged Care Assessment Team. Please note that we do not provide emergency services. Please contact us on 02 6226 4555 or see our website through the link provided to find out more information. Office is closed for lunch between 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. Not open weekends and public holidays.
YASS
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