helplines & support organisations - children with special needs
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Click on an organisation's name in the list below for more information about that organisation and regional/state contact details where available.
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- cancer
- physical, mental & learning disabilities
- medical conditions
- vision & hearing impaired
- general support
cancer
Childhood Cancer Association
covering: SA ph: (08) 8239 1444
Children's Cancer Institute Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1800 685 686
Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Society
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3252 4719
Leukaemia Foundation
covering: NSW ph: 1800 620 420
Mummy's Wish
ph: (07) 3102 2709
The Cancer Council Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 13 11 20
back to top physical, mental & learning disabilities Australian Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum Disorders
covering: Australia wide ph: (02) 8977 8300
Australian Dyspraxia Support Group & Resource Centre
covering: Australia wide ph: (02) 4577 6220
Be Centre Foundation
Unit 9, 11 Apollo St, Warriewood, 2102 ph: (02) 9986 0955
CP Australian (formerly Australian Cerebral Palsy Association)
covering: Australia wide ph: 1300 30 29 20
Crippled Children's Association of South Australia
covering: SA ph: (08) 8243 8243
Disability Information & Resource Centre (DIRC) South Australia
covering: SA ph: (08) 8223 7522
Disability Information Service
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3224 8444
Down Syndrome Association - ACT
covering: ACT ph: (02) 6290 0656
Down Syndrome Association - NT
covering: NT ph: (08) 8985 6222
Down Syndrome Association of Queensland
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3356 6655
Down Syndrome Association of Tasmania
covering: TAS ph: (03) 6224 0490
Down Syndrome Association of Victoria
covering: VIC ph: (03) 9486 9600
Down Syndrome Association of WA
covering: WA ph: 1800 623 544
Down Syndrome NSW
covering: NSW ph: (02) 9683 4333
Down Syndrome Society of South Australia Inc
covering: SA ph: (08) 8369 1122
Family Advocacy
Unit 305, 16-18 Cambridge St, Epping, 2121 ph: (02) 9869 0866
covering: NSW ph: (02) 9869 0866
Friends of Brain Injured Children of Qld
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3870 5111
Learning Links
12-14 Pindari Rd, Peakhurst, 2210 ph: (02) 9534 1710
covering: Australia wide ph: (02) 9534 1710
Montrose Access
covering: Australia wide ph: (07) 3379 9200
Multiple Handicapped Association (Multicap)
covering: Australia wide ph: (07) 3341 6644
Noah's Ark Resource Centre
20 Norman Street, East Brisbane, 4169 ph: (07) 3391 2166
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3391 2166
Noah's Ark Resource Centre
Bangalay Crescent, Rivett, 2611 ph: (02) 6287 1117
covering: ACT ph: (02) 6287 1117
Noah's Ark Toy Library & Resource Centre
73 Angove Street, North Perth, 6006 ph: (08) 9328 1598
covering: WA ph: (08) 9328 1598
Northcott Society (NSW Society for Crippled Children)
covering: NSW ph: (02) 9890 0100
Scope (Victoria)
covering: VIC ph: (03) 9537 2611
Southside Disability Support Group
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3200 2155
Speech Pathology Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: (03) 9642 4899
State Library of NSW - Disability Access Service
covering: NSW ph: (02) 9273 1583
Sydney Cognitive Development Centre
Level 2, 79-85 Oxford St, Bondi Junction, 2022
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Zoe's Place
Central Parklands Estate, 32 Greenway Circuit, Mount Ommaney, 4074
Asthma Foundations of Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1800 645 130
Australian Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association
covering: Australia wide
Bowel Group for Kids
covering: Australia wide ph: (02) 4659 6186
CleftPals QLD - The Cleft Palate & Lip Society
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3341 5627
Cystic Fibrosis in Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1800 232 823
Diabetes Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1300 136 588
Eczema Association of Australasia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1300 300 182
Epilepsy Action
covering: Australia wide ph: 1300 374 537
Heartkids Queensland Inc
covering: Australia wide ph: (07) 3350 8181
Muscular Dystrophy Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1800 656 632
back to top vision & hearing impaired Association for the Blind of WA
covering: WA ph: 1800 658 388
Aussie Deaf Kids
covering: Australia wide
Australian Hearing
covering: Australia wide ph: 13 17 97
Blind & Vision Impaired Childrens' Family Support Group
25 Salisbury St, Buranda, 4102 ph: (07) 3800 2221
Blind Citizens Australia
covering: Australia wide
Canberra Deaf Children's Association
covering: ACT ph: (02) 6287 4393
Deaf Children Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1800 645 916
Deaf Services Queensland
covering: QLD ph: 1800 630 745
Deaf Society of New South Wales
covering: NSW ph: 1800 893 855
Deafness Resource Centre of the ACT
covering: ACT ph: (02) 6287 4393
Hear and Say Centre (Brisbane)
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3870 2221
Parents of Hearing Impaired SA
covering: SA ph: (08) 8268 6883
Queensland Blind Association Inc
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3848 8888
Royal Blind Foundation of Queensland
covering: QLD ph: (07) 3397 1234
Royal Institute for Deaf & Blind Children
covering: Australia wide ph: 1300 043 411
Royal South Australian Deaf Society (DeafSA)
covering: SA ph: (08) 8223 3335
Tasmanian Deaf Society (TasDeaf)
covering: TAS ph: (03) 6249 5144
Telethon Speech & Hearing Centre for Children WA
(special needs)
ph: (08) 9387 9888
Victorian Deaf Society (VicDeaf)
covering: VIC ph: (03) 9473 1199
Vision Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1300 847 466
WA Deaf Society
covering: WA ph: (08) 9441 2677
back to top general support Be Centre Foundation
Unit 9, 11 Apollo St, Warriewood, 2102 ph: (02) 9986 0955
Carers Australia
covering: Australia wide ph: 1800 242 636
Endeavour Foundation
covering: Australia wide ph: (07) 3874 1000
Ronald McDonald Houses
covering: Australia wide
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