Information, planning and advocacy
Information on this page:
Your local community has a number of places that offer different types of supports and services. The following may help to identify supports available to you:
Supports in the community
- Local Councils and Shires (External link) offer basic services, such as transport, domestic cleaning, gardening, home delivered meals, personal care, library services such as talking books, large print books, videos, DVDs and CDs.
- Community health centres (External link) can put you in touch with all kinds of services, such as physiotherapy, podiatry, counselling, speech pathology and support groups.
- Neighbourhood Houses (External link) are a good place to find out what your community has to offer, such as entertainment, festivals, volunteering, work experience, short courses, and social and hobby groups.
- Advocacy - ensures that the rights and interests of people with a disability are respected and realised
- Search the Disability Online Service Directory (External link) for information about recreation and leisure services in local areas and or for disability support agencies offering specialist services
Disability Services supports
Disability Services can assist you, your family and carers with information about planning and support to help create your preferred living situation.For information on supports funded by Disability Services, select the following:
- Intake and response service - providing information, planning and support
- Case management - providing assistance to a person to support them to identify, link with and organise supports they need to deal with a problem or achieve a goal.
Types of supports
For information on the types of supports available, select one of the following support areas:
- Living in my home - providing information on supports in the community to assist you to live in your home
- Families and carers - providing information to assist families and carers of people with a disability
- Being part of my community - providing information on how to get involved in local community life
- Specialist disability supports - providing information on specialist supports if you come in contact with the criminal justice system
- Accommodation - providing information on available supported accommodation to assist with your housing needs.