Links

Library

Public Libraries Victoria Network http://www.publiclibrariesvictoria.net.au/

State Library of Victoria http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/

General

Australian Disability Clearing House on Education and Training (ADCET) www.adcet.edu.au

Better Health Channel www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

Disability Online www.disability.vic.gov.au

Broaden Your Horizons www.imvc.com.au/broadenhorizons/

Microsoft Accessibility www.microsoft.com/enable/ (Accessible Technology: A Guide for Educators)

A community for and by people with a disability http://www.divine.vic.gov.au/

 

Learning disability

Microsoft – Learning Guides www.microsoft.com/enable/guides/learning.aspx

Broaden Your Horizons www.imvc.com.au/broadenhorizons/ or http://tinyurl.com/broadenld (learning disability)

Job Access www.jobaccess.gov.au or http://tinyurl.com/jobaccld (learning disability)

Australian Disability Clearing House on Education and Training (ADCET) www.adcet.edu.au or http://tinyurl.com/adcetat (assistive technology)

 

Blindness or low vision

Australian Disability Clearing House on Education and Training (ADCET) www.adcet.edu.au or http://tinyurl.com/adcet-dis (teaching students with a disability)

Vision Australia www.visionaustralia.org.au or http://tinyurl.com/visaus (reading Internet pages)

Job Access www.jobaccess.gov.au or http://tinyurl.com/jobaccvis or http://tinyurl.com/jobaccvisloss (Accessing the Internet, vision loss)

Microsoft Accessibility www.microsoft.com/enable/guides/vision.aspx

Broaden Your Horizons www.imvc.com.au/broadenhorizons/ or http://tinyurl.com/bh-bvis (blindness and vision impaired)

Centre for Learning Innovation http://tinyurl.com/cli-visb-to (visual impairment and blindness technology options)

 

Physical Disability

Comtec - a division of Yooralla www.yooralla.com.au/comtec.php (for aids & equipment)

Centre for Learning Innovation www.cli.nsw.edu.au or http://tinyurl.com/cli-adap-tech (adaptive technologies)

Broaden Your Horizons www.imvc.com.au/broadenhorizons/disability_1.asp or http://tinyurl.com/bh-phydis (physical disability)

ADCET (Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and training) www.adcet.edu.au or http://tinyurl.com/adcet-phyimp (physical disability)

Microsoft Accessibility www.microsoft.com/enable/guides/dexterity.aspx

AbilityNet Fact Sheets www.abilitynet.org.uk/athome_factsheets

 

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

Australian Disability Clearing House on Education and Training (ADCET) www.adcet.edu.au or http://tinyurl.com/adccet-abi (direct to ABI information)

Broaden Your Horizons www.imvc.com.au/broadenhorizons/ or http://tinyurl.com/byh-abi (acquired brain injury)

Microsoft Accessibility www.microsoft.com/enable/ (Accessible Technology: A Guide for Educators)

 

Intellectual disability

Broaden Your Horizons www.imvc.com.au/broadenhorizons/ or http://tinyurl.com/byh-intdis (intellectual disability)

ADCET (Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and training) www.adcet.edu.au/View.aspx?id=4050

Microsoft Accessibility www.microsoft.com/enable/

Better Health Channel www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au (search for the Intellectual disability fact sheet)

 

Mental health

Broaden Your Horizons www.imvc.com.au/broadenhorizons/ or http://tinyurl.com/byh-mental-ill (mental illness)

ADCET (Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and training) www.adcet.edu.au/ or www.adcet.edu.au/Oao/Assistive_Technology.chpx (assistive technology)

Better Health Channel www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au (search for Mental illness fact sheet)

 

Deafness or hearing impairment

Broaden Your Horizons www.imvc.com.au/broadenhorizons/ or http://tinyurl.com/byh-deaf (deaf and hearing impairment)

AbilityNet www.abilitynet.org.uk or http://tinyurl.com/abilitynet-hearing (hearing impairment and computing)

Microsoft Accessibility www.microsoft.com/enable (Resource Guide for Individuals with Hearing Difficulties and Impairments)

Better health Channel www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au (search for the Deafness fact sheet)

 

Epilepsy

AbilityNet www.abilitynet.org.uk or http://tinyurl.com/abilitynet-epilepsy (Epilepsy fact sheet)

Epilepsy Action Australia www.epilepsy.org.au

Disability Online www.disability.vic.gov.au or http://tinyurl.com/disabilityonline-ep (explaining seizures)

Better Health Channel www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au or http://tinyurl.com/bhc-ep (epilepsy)

Job Access www.jobaccess.gov.au or http://tinyurl.com/jacc-ep epilepsy