Sponsors

Vital Interpreting Personnel

The staff at Vital Interpreting Personnel have a common goal to provide professional, accessible communication modalities to all our clients to enrich all aspects of their lives. We offer support, guidance, reinforcement, compassion, and reassurance daily. We recognise the value of all people and community, and it is the team at Vital Interpreting Personnel that makes our services unique. Our staff members are proud of their genuine understanding of Deaf/Deafblind culture, and it is through this understanding that the Vital Interpreting Personnel team can deliver a genuine service that enhances the lives of our clients.

https://vipauslan.com.au/

Able Australia

Able Australia is a leading provider of disability services for adults and community supports for seniors. We are a diverse not-for-profit organisation offering a broad range of high quality services to help those we support, live the life they choose.

Established over 50 years ago Able Australia formerly the Deafblind Association has grown from providing support to the deafblind community, into an innovative and diverse organisation with a varied service offering.

Committed to our values of trust, respect, excellence and kindness, we strive to provide the best quality care in long term partnership with our clients and their loved ones.

https://ableaustralia.org.au/

NextSense

NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision across Australia. We work with both children, adults and their families to educate and create an individual program of care that meets their unique needs. NextSense is a world leader for research, technology and professional education in our field.  We’re a registered NDIS provider, and we work with you to achieve your goals and potential. NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision across Australia. We work with both children, adults and their families to educate and create an individual program of care that meets their unique needs. NextSense is a world leader for research, technology and professional education in our field.  We’re a registered NDIS provider, and we work with you to achieve your goals and potential. 

https://www.nextsense.org.au/

Deaf Australia

https://deafaustralia.org.au/

Deafblind West Ausralians

Deafblind West Australians.

Deafblind West Australians (DBWA) provides support and network opportunities for people living with deafblindness in Western Australia.

Deafblind West Australians (DBWA)  represents people who are deafblind living in Western Australia. This group is currently run by Members and Peers.

People who are deafblind can and do achieve their goals, with the right supports and services.

DBWA Connect.

The DBWA Connect Drop In Hub is open on Wednesday (fortnightly. DBWA Connect is focused on assistive and adaptive technology literacy in the Deafblind Community.  We are deafblind peers helping our peers.

https://dbwa.org.au/

NDIS

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is an independent statutory agency and Australia’s first national scheme for people with a disability. It’s 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.

There are around 4.3 million Australians who have a disability.Within the next five years the NDIS will provide an estimated 500,000 Australians who have permanent and significant disability with funding for supports and services.

www.ndis.gov.au

NDSP

Why NDSP Plan Managers is right for you.

As a registered NDIS provider, we exist to guide you through your

NDIS journey helping you understand the funding in your

plan and our highly skilled staff are here to help you. We are:

• NDIS experts.
• Trustworthy.
• Transparent, with our real time online portal.
• Reliable, we pay your invoices on time.

Most importantly, we are here for our clients and to share our NDIS knowledge.

All of this comes at no extra cost to you! It’s paid on top of your other supports, you just have to ask your LAC, ECA Coordinator or planner to include ‘Improved Life Choices’ in your plan.

https://ndsp.com.au/

Quantum RLV

Quantum Reading Learning Vision is a long-established supplier of assistive technology for people with vision and print disabilities, including people with communication difficulties.

Our Vision Technology Specialists are proficient with powerful new accessibility tools and devices, but our focus is always on each individual’s goals and capabilities – and how people will practically use assistive technology - at home, at work, for study, in the community, and online.

Visiting people in their homes, schools and workplaces, face-to-face or via Zoom, we are constantly trying to offer the best tools that empower people to get on with life.

quantumrlv.com.au

Vision Australia

Vision Australia is a leading national provider of blindness and low vision services in Australia. We work in partnership with Australians who are blind or have low vision to help them achieve the possibilities they choose in life.

We support more than 25,500 people of all ages and life stages, and circumstances. We do this through 35 Vision Australia centres in Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia; and through outreach programs in the Northern Territory and Tasmania.

We are a not-for-profit organisation and a major participant and partner in the international blindness community.

https://www.visionaustralia.org/

Your Story Disability Legal Support

Your Story Disability Legal Support is a free national service that gives information and legal advice about taking part in the Disability Royal Commission. We are independent and separate from the Royal Commission.

Our priority is to support people with disability, as well as their family, friends, carers and advocates, to safely share their story and connect with support services.

We are funded by the Australian Government and deliver our service through Legal Aid Commissions and community-controlled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services in each state and territory.

Our staff work in partnership with communities to provide a person centred, trauma-informed and culturally safe legal service.

Follow on: LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter: @YourStoryAU

yourstorydisabilitylegal.org.au

Able Australia

Able Australia is a leading provider of disability services and community supports. Established over 50 years ago to provide support to the deafblind community, we are now a diverse not-for-profit organisation offering a broad range of high quality services. We currently provide support in Melbourne, Tasmania, ACT and SE Queensland.

https://ableaustralia.org.au/