Accommodation & Care Solutions (ACARES) is a specialist disability care provider supporting individuals with complex care needs who have sustained spinal cord injuries and require support in home or in accommodation setting. 

Access for All Abilities is a Victorian Government initiative coordinated by Sport and Recreation Victoria. Access for All Abilities providers are professionals working at a community level to develop inclusive sport and recreation opportunities for people of all abilities.

Caravans designed for people in wheelchairs by people in wheelchairs.

Provides quality support to people with a disability in their own homes and local communities across Victoria.

Spire was launched in 2015 as a brand of peer-facilitated supports and resources for people with Spinal Cord Injury to help them tackle issues of life. Spire is about supporting people to connect; network, contribute, participate and build community around life with SCI.

Spire brings the perspective of those with lived experience of SCI to the community; everything we do and say is informed, resourced and facilitated by people with real lived experience of SCI and what is important to them.

• Peer Support
• Mentoring
• WOT Days (latest info & equipment expo at Talbot)
• Country Community Networks

CAPS is an Australian Government scheme that provides a payment to assist eligible people who have permanent and severe incontinence to meet some of the costs of their incontinence products. The payment is made by Medicare directly into clients bank account.

Provides a range of specialty services in the areas of community services, rehabilitation, aged care, residential care and aged mental health. In addition, the hospital has a statewide role in the provision of rehabilitiation services to people throughout Victoria.

CRS Australia is a Disability Employment Service. Their role is to assist someone with a disability to get and keep a job.

The Department of Health & Human Services is committed to achieving the best health and well being for all Victorians.

Financial assistance, accommodation options, community involvement and other supports and services for people with a disability, their families and carers.

Public housing, social housing, disability supported accommodation services and other accommodation related support for victorians most in need.

Here at DiveUnlimited our aim is to provide quality scuba diving instruction to anyone in Perth, Western Australia, willing to have a go, we specialise in teaching people with disabilities and keep our group sizes small with no more than 2 divers per course.

Holistic provider of quality products & services to the healthcare industry in Australia.

Design & manufacture quality home care beds, hospital beds and associated equipment.

Fisher Lane offers professional, reliable and caring service to the mobility and rehabilitation industry by supplying a wide range of products and equipment, either for sale, hire or through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Provides support to people with disabilities and older people to remain independent at home. Independence Australia has support workers throughout Victoria who are qualified, have police reference checks and hold current first aid qualifications.

Supplier of continence pads, wound care products and health & well being products that supoprt people\'s level of independence within the community.

Leading providers of information and advice on an extensive range of assistive technology that can help individuals improve their quality of life and remain independent.

Our services support people with disability to live their lives with greater choice, in ways to maximise their participation and contribution. Our specialist suite of disabilty services support people to:

• Communicate and interact;
• Manage and understand behaviour; and
• Access the community for work, education, sport & leisure.

Lifeline connects people with care by providing services in Suicide Prevention, Crisis Support anf Mental Health Support.

Quality producer of a wide range of wheelchairs.

MI Fellowship is a not-for-profit, member-based organisation providing support to almost 5000 people a year and reaching many more through advocacy and community education work.

Specialises in providing the very best in wheelchair technology for children & adults.

Parallel Sports Club is a self help association that connects people with physical disabilities to sporting clubs.
Parallel Sports Club offers a variety of sporting programs and services that target the specific needs of physically disabled people.

Riding for the Disabled Association of Victoria (RDAV) is a voluntary, nonprofit organisation which provides opportunities for anyone with a disability to enjoy safe, healthy, stimulating, therapeutic, horse-related activities in Australia.

The aim of Sailability is to introduce people of all ages and abilities to the joys of sailing in a straightforward, fun, inexpensive way in a supportive environment.

The Victorian Spinal Cord Service is proud to support and undertake important clinical research that will help to further improve outcomes for people with Spinal Cord Injury.
For information about current research activities, please contact the research liaison officers.

The SOS consists of a Nurse, Occupational Therapist and a Physiotherapist.

Its objectives are to:

• reduce the risks of developing complications associated with SCI
• prevent an admission to Austin Health as a result of complications
• prevent emergency presentations to Austin Health as a result of complications
• increase planned admissions
• increase use of DTC reviews
• increase referrals to HITH & other treatment option
• better understand complication risk factors associated with SCI
• build a better understanding in the community of SCI and ongoing management

Spire was launched in 2015 as a brand of peer-facilitated supports and resources for people with Spinal Cord Injury to help them tackle issues of life. Spire is about supporting people to connect; network, contribute, participate and build community around life with SCI.

Spire brings the perspective of those with lived experience of SCI to the community; everything we do and say is informed, resourced and facilitated by people with real lived experience of SCI and what is important to them.

• Peer Support
• Mentoring
• WOT Days (latest info & equipment expo at Talbot)
• Country Community Networks

Free professional anonymous support twenty four hours a day seven days a week across Victoria.

The TAC is a Victorian Government-owned organisation set up in 1986. Its role is to pay for treatment and benefits for people injured in transport accidents. It is also involved in promoting road safety in Victoria and in improving Victoria's trauma system.

The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service caters for children and adolescents who require specialist interdisciplinary rehabilitation. This rehabilitation may be as an inpatient at The Royal Children’s Hospital or Monash Medical Centre or within the community at all sites. More information is available on the website.

The Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service caters for children and adolescents who require specialist interdisciplinary rehabilitation. This rehabilitation may be as an inpatient at The Royal Children’s Hospital or Monash Medical Centre or within the community at all sites. More information is available on the website.

The Victorian Spinal Cord Service at Austin Health is one of six such specialist services in Australia. It provides acute management, inpatient rehabilitation and long term consultation and support for people who sustain traumatic and some non-traumatic spinal cord injuries from Victoria, Tasmania and the Riverina of NSW. It forms part of Victoria’s State Trauma System.

- Clinical enquiries:

Acute spinal ward (Austin Hospital): 9496 5213

Rehab spinal ward (Royal Talbot): 9490 7261
Spinal Outpatients (Austin Campus): 9496 5169

- Administration enquiries:

Medical Director (PA): 9496 5220

General Manager: 9496 4986

The Victorian Spinal Cord Service at Austin Health is one of six such specialist services in Australia. It provides acute management & rehabilitation for people who sustain traumatic and some non-traumatic spinal cord injuries from Victoria, Tasmania and the Riverina of NSW. It forms part of Victoria’s State Trauma System.

It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Austin Hospital and Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre in addition to a range of clinic and community based services. It works in close partnership with specialist units within Austin Health and with community service providers.

Accommodation & Care Solutions (ACARES) is a specialist disability care provider supporting individuals with complex care needs who have sustained spinal cord injuries and require support in home post hospital/rehab.

Assistance Dogs Australia trains Labradors and Golden Retrievers to help people with physical disabilities.

The Black Dog Institute is a not-for-profit, educational, research, clinical and community oriented facility offering specialist expertise in depression and bipolar disorder.

D-ability is an online arts, leisure, health and sports guide, providing a place to discover life\'s possibilities beyond disability.

Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is all about promoting independence, and continues today with a proud history of providing consumer based support to people with physical disabilities. Our journey began nearly 50 years ago when we were formed as the Australian Quadriplegic Association.

Therapy - Seating Personal/Clinical Care to reduce pressure injuries

The Spinal Cord Injury Network was established in 2008 to provide leadership for spinal cord injury research and treatment strategies, facilitate more effective clinical trials in spinal cord injury and improve translation of basic and clinical research into evidence-based practice.

Wheelchair accessible vehicle rentals.

Nican is information on recreation, tourism, sport and the arts for people with disAbilities and supports an Australian society where any recreational opportunity values diversity, supports freedom and choice and strengthens inclusive communities.