Useful links
Harness Safety Project
Wheelchair and seating harnesses can be dangerous if they are not prescribed and used properly. The Victorian Harness Safety Working Group has developed guidelines and a brochure for harness users and those who support them.
These documents are available from the Scope website (external link) or contact Kelli Nicola-Richmond at Scope:
Telephone: 0438 093 010
Email: knicola@scope.vic.org.au.
Links for further information
There are various supports available to people who need assistance.
- Disability Equipment Information System (DEIS) (Yooralla website external site) is a comprehensive database of assistive technology available in Victoria. Maintained by the Independent Living Centre, the DEIS contains information on disability items, agencies and providers.
- Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria (external link) provides a range of disability aids and equipment to assist people with Motor Neurone Disease, to maintain their independence while remaining in the accommodation of their choice.
- Auslan Firealarm subsidy (external link) issues fire alarms to people who are profoundly deaf.
- Continence Support Service aims to promote, restore and maintain continence in children and young people with a disability by providing clinical assessment, intervention planning and management support in relation to continence issues.
- Continence Aids Assistance Scheme (external link) is an Australian Government program that assists eligible people who have permanent and severe incontinence, to meet some of the costs of continence products.
- Disability Online Service Directory (external link) will help you find community support, services and/or health practitioners.
- Vision Australia (external link) provides a range of disability aids and equipment to assist people with vision impairment to maintain their independence in the community.