ENCORE SUPPORT
Handy Links & Resources
Here, you will find a handy list of links to Disability resources from the NDIS to Disability Advocacy peak body organisations, Disability Gateway to information and resources and Services Australia for Disability and Carers Payment.
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National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
The NDIS takes a lifetime approach, investing early in people with disability and children with developmental delay to improve their outcomes later in life.
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Disability Advocacy Services
New South Wales
- ACT Disability Aged and Carer Advocacy Service (ADACAS) ›
- Action for People with Disability ›
- Australian Centre for Disability Law (ACDL) ›
- Disability Advocacy (DA) NSW ›
- Down Syndrome NSW ›
- Family Advocacy ›
- Illawarra Advocacy ›
- Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS) ›
- Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW (MDAA)›
- Newell Advocacy›
- People with Disability Australia (PWDA) ›
- Regional Disability Advocacy Service (RDAS) ›
- Rights Information and Advocacy Centre Inc (RIAC)›
- Self Advocacy Sydney ›
- Side By Side Advocacy ›
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia Advocacy (SCIA) ›
- Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation (SRAC) Indigenous Disability › Advocacy Service (IDAS) ›
- Synapse (formerly Brain Injury Association of NSW) ›
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Disability Gateway
www.disabilitygateway.gov.au ›
The Disability Gateway has information and services to help people with disability, their family, friends and carers, to find the support they need in Australia.
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Disability Support Pension & Carer Payment
www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/disability-support-pension
www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/carer-payment
Information about financial help if you have a physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition that is likely to persist for more than two years and stop you from working or payments where eligible if caring for someone.