Organisations for people with disability
There are many groups and organisations that support people with disability in Australia. These organisations contain an extensive range of information and resource materials on a wide range of issues. Explore the following listings to find organisations that might best support you.
On this page
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Australian Capital Territory
- ACT Mental Health Consumer Network– a consumer-led peak organisation that represents the interests of mental health consumers in the ACT
- ADHD Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with ADHD
- Arthritis Australia– provides support and information for people with arthritis
- AUSPELD– supports and advocates for people with learning disability
- Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)– advocates in the interests of infant mental health, including research and professional and public awareness
- Australian Autism ADHD Foundation– works to improve all aspects of Australia’s response to autism and ADHD, from research to treatment to advocacy
- Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)– works to improve the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia
- Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group– raises funds to provide counselling, support and information to families
- Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)– an organisation that is focused on the development and promotion of autism spectrum disorder policies at the national level
- Autism Awareness Australia– provides information about therapy and support for children and adults with autism
- Autism Community Network (ACN)– advances the health and social wellbeing of people with autism, their families and communities
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)– helps autistic people engage in the planning of services to be used by themselves and their peers
- Beyond Blue– provides information and support for people with mental health issues
- Black Dog Institute– a portal to research and education about mental health issues
- Blind Citizens Australia– provides a united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired
- Blind Sports Australia (BSA)– promotes increased opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired to access sport and recreation (the website includes a useful list of member organisations)
- Blue Knot Foundation– advocates for and supports those who have experienced complex trauma, including childhood trauma
- Brain Injury Australia– the peak body representing people with an acquired brain injury
- Deaf Australia– an advocacy and information organisation for Deaf people who are bilingual – using both English and Auslan
- Deaf Children Australia (DCA)– works to remove barriers to the personal development and social inclusion faced by children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Services– works to enhance services and programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children
- Deaf Sports Australia– facilitates and supports the participation of deaf Australians in all levels of sport
- DeafBlind Australia- represent and advocate for deafblind people, and work to improve supports and services for deafblind people in Australia
- Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA)– the peak body representing interests of deaf and hearing-impaired people around Australia
- Disability Sports Australia– represents, supports and advocates for all Australians with a physical disability who want to be involved in sport
- Dissociative Initiative– works to raise awareness about dissociation, amnesia, and multiplicity
- dNet.org.au– empowers Australians with depression, and their families and friends, to make informed choices and find solutions
- Down Syndrome Australia– works with state- and territory-based associations to develop strong policy positions; helps people with Down syndrome achieve their full potential
- Embrace– multicultural, multilingual, mental health resources
- Epilepsy Foundation– provides services to people living with epilepsy and works to raise awareness of the condition
- Fragile X Association Australia – peak body and national support group for individuals who have Fragile X syndrome, and their families and carers.
- Guide Dogs Australia– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- Guide Dogs NSW/ACT– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- headspace - provides mental health support for people aged 12 to 25 years
- Inclusion Australia (NCID)– the national peak body for intellectual disability
- Limbs 4 Life– an organisation to provide up-to-date information and peer support to amputees
- Mental Health Australia (MHA)– the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing the Australian mental health sector
- Mind Australia– provides community mental health services
- MND Australia– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MS– supports people with multiple sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy Australia– provides a range of resources including information, programs and research information
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)– advocates for a nationally consistent, evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders in Australia
- National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF)– a national voice for mental health consumers and carers, including people with psychosocial disability
- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA)– works to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression and support women, men and their families to recover from it
- Phoenix Australia– works towards improved quality of life for individuals and communities who experience trauma
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)– works to remove barriers inhibiting people with disability through systematic advocacy to government
- Polio Australia– a not-for-profit organisation that supports polio survivors living in Australia
- SANE Australia– a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness
- Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA)– advocates for equality of opportunity for short-statured people in all spheres of life
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia– advocates for and supports people with spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Life Australia– advocates to all levels of government for people with physical disability
- Stroke Foundation– supports stroke research, awareness, treatment and advocacy
- Synapse– advocacy, research and services to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury
- The Spectrum– provides support and services for people with autism and their families
- Vision Australia– provides blindness and low-vision services
New South Wales
- ADHD Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with ADHD
- arbias– provides support services to people with an acquired brain injury
- Arthritis Australia– provides support and information for people with arthritis
- AUSPELD– supports and advocates for people with learning disability
- Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)– advocates in the interests of infant mental health, including research and professional and public awareness
- Australian Autism ADHD Foundation– works to improve all aspects of Australia’s response to autism and ADHD, from research to treatment to advocacy
- Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)– works to improve the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia
- Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group– raises funds to provide counselling, support and information to families
- Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)– an organisation that is focused on the development and promotion of autism spectrum disorder policies at the national level
- Autism Awareness Australia– provides information about therapy and support for children and adults with autism
- Autism Community Network (ACN)– advances the health and social wellbeing of people with autism, their families and communities
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)– helps autistic people engage in the planning of services to be used by themselves and their peers
- Beyond Blue– provides information and support for people with mental health issues
- Black Dog Institute– a portal to research and education about mental health issues
- Blind Citizens Australia– provides a united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired
- Blind Sports Australia (BSA)– promotes increased opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired to access sport and recreation (the website includes a useful list of member organisations)
- Blue Knot Foundation– advocates for and supports those who have experienced complex trauma, including childhood trauma
- Brain Injury Australia– the peak body representing people with an acquired brain injury
- Council for Intellectual Disability (CID)– an advocacy organisation for people with intellectual disability, run by and for people with intellectual disability
- Deaf Australia– an advocacy and information organisation for Deaf people who are bilingual – using both English and Auslan
- Deaf Children Australia (DCA)– works to remove barriers to the personal development and social inclusion faced by children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Services– works to enhance services and programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children
- Deaf Society– supports deaf, deafblind and hard-of-hearing people and their families to make choices and take actions to change their lives
- Deaf Sports Australia– facilitates and supports the participation of deaf Australians in all levels of sport
- DeafBlind Australia- represent and advocate for deafblind people, and work to improve supports and services for deafblind people in Australia
- Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA)– the peak body representing interests of deaf and hearing-impaired people around Australia
- Disability Sports Australia– represents, supports and advocates for all Australians with a physical disability who want to be involved in sport
- Dissociative Initiative– works to raise awareness about dissociation, amnesia, and multiplicity
- dNet.org.au– empowers Australians with depression, and their families and friends, to make informed choices and find solutions
- Down Syndrome Australia– works with state- and territory-based associations to develop strong policy positions; helps people with Down syndrome achieve their full potential
- Embrace– multicultural, multilingual, mental health resources
- Epilepsy Foundation– provides services to people living with epilepsy and works to raise awareness of the condition
- Fragile X Association Australia – peak body and national support group for individuals who have Fragile X syndrome, and their families and carers.
- Guide Dogs Australia– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- Guide Dogs NSW/ACT– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- headspace - provides mental health support for people aged 12 to 25 years
- Inclusion Australia (NCID)– the national peak body for intellectual disability
- Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS)– provides legal help and justice support for people with cognitive impairment
- Limbs 4 Life– an organisation to provide up-to-date information and peer support to amputees
- Mental Health Australia (MHA)– the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing the Australian mental health sector
- Mind Australia– provides community mental health services
- MND Australia– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MS– supports people with multiple sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy Australia– provides a range of resources including information, programs and research information
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)– advocates for a nationally consistent, evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders in Australia
- National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF)– a national voice for mental health consumers and carers, including people with psychosocial disability
- One Door– mental health support and advocacy
- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA)– works to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression and support women, men and their families to recover from it
- Phoenix Australia– works towards improved quality of life for individuals and communities who experience trauma
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)– works to remove barriers inhibiting people with disability through systematic advocacy to government
- Physical Disability Council of NSW– the peak organisation that represents and advocates for people with physical disability in New South Wales
- Polio Australia– a not-for-profit organisation that supports polio survivors living in Australia
- SANE Australia– a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness
- Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA)– advocates for equality of opportunity for short-statured people in all spheres of life
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia– advocates for and supports people with spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Life Australia– advocates to all levels of government for people with physical disability
- Stroke Foundation– supports stroke research, awareness, treatment and advocacy
- Synapse– advocacy, research and services to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury
- The Spectrum– provides support and services for people with autism and their families
- Vision Australia– provides blindness and low-vision services
Northern Territory
- ADHD Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with ADHD
- Arthritis Australia– provides support and information for people with arthritis
- AUSPELD– supports and advocates for people with learning disability
- Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)– advocates in the interests of infant mental health, including research and professional and public awareness
- Australian Autism ADHD Foundation– works to improve all aspects of Australia’s response to autism and ADHD, from research to treatment to advocacy
- Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)– works to improve the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia
- Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group– raises funds to provide counselling, support and information to families
- Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)– an organisation that is focused on the development and promotion of autism spectrum disorder policies at the national level
- Autism Awareness Australia– provides information about therapy and support for children and adults with autism
- Autism Community Network (ACN)– advances the health and social wellbeing of people with autism, their families and communities
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)– helps autistic people engage in the planning of services to be used by themselves and their peers
- Beyond Blue– provides information and support for people with mental health issues
- Black Dog Institute– a portal to research and education about mental health issues
- Blind Citizens Australia– provides a united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired
- Blind Sports Australia (BSA)– promotes increased opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired to access sport and recreation (the website includes a useful list of member organisations)
- Blue Knot Foundation– advocates for and supports those who have experienced complex trauma, including childhood trauma
- Brain Injury Australia– the peak body representing people with an acquired brain injury
- Deaf Australia– an advocacy and information organisation for Deaf people who are bilingual – using both English and Auslan
- Deaf Children Australia (DCA)– works to remove barriers to the personal development and social inclusion faced by children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Services– works to enhance services and programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children
- Deaf Sports Australia– facilitates and supports the participation of deaf Australians in all levels of sport
- DeafBlind Australia- represent and advocate for deafblind people, and work to improve supports and services for deafblind people in Australia
- Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA)– the peak body representing interests of deaf and hearing-impaired people around Australia
- Disability Sports Australia– represents, supports and advocates for all Australians with a physical disability who want to be involved in sport
- Dissociative Initiative– works to raise awareness about dissociation, amnesia, and multiplicity
- dNet.org.au– empowers Australians with depression, and their families and friends, to make informed choices and find solutions
- Down Syndrome Australia– works with state- and territory-based associations to develop strong policy positions; helps people with Down syndrome achieve their full potential
- Embrace– multicultural, multilingual, mental health resources
- Epilepsy Foundation– provides services to people living with epilepsy and works to raise awareness of the condition
- Fragile X Association Australia – peak body and national support group for individuals who have Fragile X syndrome, and their families and carers.
- Guide Dogs Australia– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- Guide Dogs SA/NT– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- headspace - provides mental health support for people aged 12 to 25 years
- Inclusion Australia (NCID)– the national peak body for intellectual disability
- Limbs 4 Life– an organisation to provide up-to-date information and peer support to amputees
- Mental Health Australia (MHA)– the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing the Australian mental health sector
- Mind Australia– provides community mental health services
- MND Australia– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MS - Supports people with Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy Australia– provides a range of resources including information, programs and research information
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)– advocates for a nationally consistent, evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders in Australia
- National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF)– a national voice for mental health consumers and carers, including people with psychosocial disability
- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA)– works to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression and support women, men and their families to recover from it
- Phoenix Australia– works towards improved quality of life for individuals and communities who experience trauma
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)– works to remove barriers inhibiting people with disability through systematic advocacy to government
- Polio Australia– a not-for-profit organisation that supports polio survivors living in Australia
- SANE Australia– a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness
- Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA)– advocates for equality of opportunity for short-statured people in all spheres of life
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia– advocates for and supports people with spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Life Australia– advocates to all levels of government for people with physical disability
- Stroke Foundation– supports stroke research, awareness, treatment and advocacy
- Synapse– advocacy, research and services to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury
- The Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition (NTMHC)- the peak body for community managed mental health services across the Northern Territory
- The Spectrum– provides support and services for people with autism and their families
- Vision Australia– provides blindness and low-vision services
Queensland
- ADHD Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with ADHD
- Arthritis Australia– provides support and information for people with arthritis
- AUSPELD– supports and advocates for people with learning disability
- Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)– advocates in the interests of infant mental health, including research and professional and public awareness
- Australian Autism ADHD Foundation– works to improve all aspects of Australia’s response to autism and ADHD, from research to treatment to advocacy
- Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)– works to improve the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia
- Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group– raises funds to provide counselling, support and information to families
- Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)– an organisation that is focused on the development and promotion of autism spectrum disorder policies at the national level
- Autism Awareness Australia– provides information about therapy and support for children and adults with autism
- Autism Community Network (ACN)– advances the health and social wellbeing of people with autism, their families and communities
- Autism Queensland– provides support for individuals on the autism spectrum
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)– helps autistic people engage in the planning of services to be used by themselves and their peers
- Beyond Blue– provides information and support for people with mental health issues
- Black Dog Institute– a portal to research and education about mental health issues
- Blind Citizens Australia– provides a united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired
- Blind Sports Australia (BSA)– promotes increased opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired to access sport and recreation (the website includes a useful list of member organisations)
- Blue Knot Foundation– advocates for and supports those who have experienced complex trauma, including childhood trauma
- Brain Injury Australia– the peak body representing people with an acquired brain injury
- Deaf Australia– an advocacy and information organisation for Deaf people who are bilingual – using both English and Auslan
- Deaf Children Australia (DCA)– works to remove barriers to the personal development and social inclusion faced by children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Services– works to enhance services and programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children
- Deaf Sports Australia– facilitates and supports the participation of deaf Australians in all levels of sport
- DeafBlind Australia- represent and advocate for deafblind people, and work to improve supports and services for deafblind people in Australia
- Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA)– the peak body representing interests of deaf and hearing-impaired people around Australia
- Disability Sports Australia– represents, supports and advocates for all Australians with a physical disability who want to be involved in sport
- Dissociative Initiative– works to raise awareness about dissociation, amnesia, and multiplicity
- dNet.org.au– empowers Australians with depression, and their families and friends, to make informed choices and find solutions
- Down Syndrome Australia– works with state- and territory-based associations to develop strong policy positions; helps people with Down syndrome achieve their full potential
- Embrace– multicultural, multilingual, mental health resources
- Epilepsy Foundation– provides services to people living with epilepsy and works to raise awareness of the condition
- Fragile X Association Australia – peak body and national support group for individuals who have Fragile X syndrome, and their families and carers.
- Guide Dogs Australia– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- Guide Dogs QLD– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- headspace - provides mental health support for people aged 12 to 25 years
- Inclusion Australia (NCID)– the national peak body for intellectual disability
- Limbs 4 Life– an organisation to provide up-to-date information and peer support to amputees
- Mental Health Australia (MHA)– the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing the Australian mental health sector
- Mind Australia– provides community mental health services
- MND Australia– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MS - Supports people with Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy Australia– provides a range of resources including information, programs and research information
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)– advocates for a nationally consistent, evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders in Australia
- National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF)– a national voice for mental health consumers and carers, including people with psychosocial disability
- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA)– works to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression and support women, men and their families to recover from it
- Phoenix Australia– works towards improved quality of life for individuals and communities who experience trauma
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)– works to remove barriers inhibiting people with disability through systematic advocacy to government
- Polio Australia– a not-for-profit organisation that supports polio survivors living in Australia
- Queensland Blind Association (QBA)– supports people who are blind or have impaired vision
- SANE Australia– a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness
- Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA)– advocates for equality of opportunity for short-statured people in all spheres of life
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia– advocates for and supports people with spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Life Australia– advocates to all levels of government for people with physical disability
- Stroke Foundation– supports stroke research, awareness, treatment and advocacy
- Synapse– advocacy, research and services to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury
- The Spectrum– provides support and services for people with autism and their families
- Vision Australia– provides blindness and low-vision services
South Australia
- ADHD Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with ADHD
- Arthritis Australia– provides support and information for people with arthritis
- AUSPELD– supports and advocates for people with learning disability
- Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)– advocates in the interests of infant mental health, including research and professional and public awareness
- Australian Autism ADHD Foundation– works to improve all aspects of Australia’s response to autism and ADHD, from research to treatment to advocacy
- Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)– works to improve the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia
- Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group– raises funds to provide counselling, support and information to families
- Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)– an organisation that is focused on the development and promotion of autism spectrum disorder policies at the national level
- Autism Awareness Australia– provides information about therapy and support for children and adults with autism
- Autism Community Network (ACN)– advances the health and social wellbeing of people with autism, their families and communities
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)– helps autistic people engage in the planning of services to be used by themselves and their peers
- Beyond Blue– provides information and support for people with mental health issues
- Black Dog Institute– a portal to research and education about mental health issues
- Blind Citizens Australia– provides a united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired
- Blind Sports Australia (BSA)– promotes increased opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired to access sport and recreation (the website includes a useful list of member organisations)
- Blue Knot Foundation– advocates for and supports those who have experienced complex trauma, including childhood trauma
- Brain Injury Australia– the peak body representing people with an acquired brain injury
- Brain Injury SA– provides advocacy and support for people with an acquired brain injury and their families and carers
- Citizen Advocacy– advocates for vulnerable people believed to have an intellectual disability
- Deaf Australia– an advocacy and information organisation for Deaf people who are bilingual – using both English and Auslan
- Deaf Can:Do– provides community support options for people who are deaf or hard of hearing (also known as The Royal South Australian Deaf Society)
- Deaf Children Australia (DCA)– works to remove barriers to the personal development and social inclusion faced by children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Services– works to enhance services and programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children
- Deaf Sports Australia– facilitates and supports the participation of deaf Australians in all levels of sport
- DeafBlind Australia- represent and advocate for deafblind people, and work to improve supports and services for deafblind people in Australia
- Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA)– the peak body representing interests of deaf and hearing-impaired people around Australia
- Disability Sports Australia– represents, supports and advocates for all Australians with a physical disability who want to be involved in sport
- Dissociative Initiative– works to raise awareness about dissociation, amnesia, and multiplicity
- dNet.org.au– empowers Australians with depression, and their families and friends, to make informed choices and find solutions
- Down Syndrome Australia– works with state- and territory-based associations to develop strong policy positions; helps people with Down syndrome achieve their full potential
- Embrace– multicultural, multilingual, mental health resources
- Epilepsy Foundation– provides services to people living with epilepsy and works to raise awareness of the condition
- Fragile X Association Australia – peak body and national support group for individuals who have Fragile X syndrome, and their families and carers.
- Guide Dogs Australia– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- Guide Dogs SA/NT– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- headspace - provides mental health support for people aged 12 to 25 years
- Inclusion Australia (NCID)– the national peak body for intellectual disability
- Independent Advocacy SA– promotes valued lives for people with an intellectual disability
- Limbs 4 Life– an organisation to provide up-to-date information and peer support to amputees
- Mental Health Australia (MHA)– the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing the Australian mental health sector
- Mental Health Coalition of South Australia (MHCSA)– supports and advocates for people with mental health concerns
- Mind Australia– provides community mental health services
- MND Australia– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MS - Supports people with Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy Australia– provides a range of resources including information, programs and research information
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)– advocates for a nationally consistent, evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders in Australia
- National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF)– a national voice for mental health consumers and carers, including people with psychosocial disability
- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA)– works to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression and support women, men and their families to recover from it
- Phoenix Australia– works towards improved quality of life for individuals and communities who experience trauma
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)– works to remove barriers inhibiting people with disability through systematic advocacy to government
- Polio Australia– a not-for-profit organisation that supports polio survivors living in Australia
- Royal Society for the Blind– now known as RSB, provides advice, assistance and advocacy for people with vision impairment
- SANE Australia– a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness
- Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA)– advocates for equality of opportunity for short-statured people in all spheres of life
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia– advocates for and supports people with spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Life Australia– advocates to all levels of government for people with physical disability
- Stroke Foundation– supports stroke research, awareness, treatment and advocacy
- Synapse– advocacy, research and services to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury
- The Spectrum– provides support and services for people with autism and their families
- Vision Australia– provides blindness and low-vision services
Tasmania
- ADHD Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with ADHD
- Arthritis Australia– provides support and information for people with arthritis
- AUSPELD– supports and advocates for people with learning disability
- Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)– advocates in the interests of infant mental health, including research and professional and public awareness
- Australian Autism ADHD Foundation– works to improve all aspects of Australia’s response to autism and ADHD, from research to treatment to advocacy
- Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)– works to improve the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia
- Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group– raises funds to provide counselling, support and information to families
- Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)– an organisation that is focused on the development and promotion of autism spectrum disorder policies at the national level
- Autism Awareness Australia– provides information about therapy and support for children and adults with autism
- Autism Community Network (ACN)– advances the health and social wellbeing of people with autism, their families and communities
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)– helps autistic people engage in the planning of services to be used by themselves and their peers
- Beyond Blue– provides information and support for people with mental health issues
- Black Dog Institute– a portal to research and education about mental health issues
- Blind Citizens Australia– provides a united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired
- Blind Sports Australia (BSA)– promotes increased opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired to access sport and recreation (the website includes a useful list of member organisations)
- Blue Knot Foundation– advocates for and supports those who have experienced complex trauma, including childhood trauma
- Brain Injury Australia– the peak body representing people with an acquired brain injury
- Deaf Australia– an advocacy and information organisation for Deaf people who are bilingual – using both English and Auslan
- Deaf Children Australia (DCA)– works to remove barriers to the personal development and social inclusion faced by children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Services– works to enhance services and programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children
- Deaf Sports Australia– facilitates and supports the participation of deaf Australians in all levels of sport
- DeafBlind Australia- represent and advocate for deafblind people, and work to improve supports and services for deafblind people in Australia
- Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA)– the peak body representing interests of deaf and hearing-impaired people around Australia
- Disability Sports Australia– represents, supports and advocates for all Australians with a physical disability who want to be involved in sport
- Dissociative Initiative– works to raise awareness about dissociation, amnesia, and multiplicity
- dNet.org.au– empowers Australians with depression, and their families and friends, to make informed choices and find solutions
- Down Syndrome Australia– works with state- and territory-based associations to develop strong policy positions; helps people with Down syndrome achieve their full potential
- Embrace– multicultural, multilingual, mental health resources
- Epilepsy Foundation– provides services to people living with epilepsy and works to raise awareness of the condition
- Expression Australia– provides advocacy, interpreting services, Auslan classes and other services (formerly the Tasmanian Deaf Society)
- Fragile X Association Australia – peak body and national support group for individuals who have Fragile X syndrome, and their families and carers.
- Guide Dogs Australia– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- Guide Dogs TAS– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- headspace - provides mental health support for people aged 12 to 25 years
- Inclusion Australia (NCID)– the national peak body for intellectual disability
- Limbs 4 Life– an organisation to provide up-to-date information and peer support to amputees
- Mental Health Australia (MHA)– the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing the Australian mental health sector
- Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT)– the peak body for community-managed mental health services in Tasmania
- Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania (MHFFT)– supports and advocates for families and friends of people affected by mental ill health
- Mind Australia– provides community mental health services
- MND Australia– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MS– supports people with multiple sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy Australia– provides a range of resources including information, programs and research information
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)– advocates for a nationally consistent, evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders in Australia
- National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF)– a national voice for mental health consumers and carers, including people with psychosocial disability
- ParaQuad Tasmania– aims to be the leading voice in Tasmania, advocating for people living with spinal cord injuries and other physical disability
- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA)– works to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression and support women, men and their families to recover from it
- Phoenix Australia– works towards improved quality of life for individuals and communities who experience trauma
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)– works to remove barriers inhibiting people with disability through systematic advocacy to government
- Polio Australia– a not-for-profit organisation that supports polio survivors living in Australia
- SANE Australia– a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness
- Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA)– advocates for equality of opportunity for short-statured people in all spheres of life
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia– advocates for and supports people with spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Life Australia– advocates to all levels of government for people with physical disability
- Stroke Foundation– supports stroke research, awareness, treatment and advocacy
- Synapse– advocacy, research and services to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury
- The Spectrum– provides support and services for people with autism and their families
- Vision Australia– provides blindness and low-vision services
Victoria
- ADHD Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with ADHD
- Amaze (formerly Autism Victoria)– the peak body for people on the autism spectrum and their supporters in Victoria
- Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria (ADAVIC)– provides help and support for anxiety and depression, including information, and resources
- AQA– provides support for people with a spinal cord injury
- arbias– provides support services to people with an acquired brain injury
- Arthritis Australia– provides support and information for people with arthritis
- Aspergers Victoria– provides information and support to those living with Asperger Syndrome
- AUSPELD– supports and advocates for people with learning disability
- Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)– advocates in the interests of infant mental health, including research and professional and public awareness
- Australian Autism ADHD Foundation– works to improve all aspects of Australia’s response to autism and ADHD, from research to treatment to advocacy
- Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)– works to improve the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia
- Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group– raises funds to provide counselling, support and information to families
- Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)– an organisation that is focused on the development and promotion of autism spectrum disorder policies at the national level
- Autism Awareness Australia– provides information about therapy and support for children and adults with autism
- Autism Community Network (ACN)– advances the health and social wellbeing of people with autism, their families and communities
- Autistic Family Support Association (AFSA)– assists and supports individuals with ASD by providing emotional and practical support for parents, carers and families
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)– helps autistic people engage in the planning of services to be used by themselves and their peers
- Better Hearing Australia– Soundfair (formally Better Hearing Australia) – an independent non-profit service assisting people experiencing hearing conditions
- Beyond Blue– provides information and support for people with mental health issues
- Black Dog Institute– a portal to research and education about mental health issues
- Blind Citizens Australia– provides a united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired
- Blind Sports Australia (BSA)– promotes increased opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired to access sport and recreation (the website includes a useful list of member organisations)
- Blue Knot Foundation– advocates for and supports those who have experienced complex trauma, including childhood trauma
- Brain Injury Australia– the peak body representing people with an acquired brain injury
- Brain Injury Matters– a self-advocacy group for people with an acquired brain injury
- BrainLink– provides support and services for people with an acquired brain injury and their families and carers
- Cerebral Palsy Support Network (CPSN)– provides information and support services
- Cystic Fibrosis Victoria– promotes research and awareness of cystic fibrosis as well as education, support, and advocacy
- Deaf Australia– an advocacy and information organisation for Deaf people who are bilingual – using both English and Auslan
- Deaf Children Australia (DCA)– works to remove barriers to the personal development and social inclusion faced by children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Services– works to enhance services and programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children
- Deaf Sports Australia– facilitates and supports the participation of deaf Australians in all levels of sport
- Deaf Victoria– a non-profit organisation that provides information and referrals about deaf and deafness issues
- DeafBlind Australia- represent and advocate for deafblind people, and work to improve supports and services for deafblind people in Australia
- Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA)– the peak body representing interests of deaf and hearing-impaired people around Australia
- Dementia Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with all types of dementia and provides support services, education and information
- Disability Sports Australia– represents, supports and advocates for all Australians with a physical disability who want to be involved in sport
- Dissociative Initiative– works to raise awareness about dissociation, amnesia, and multiplicity
- dNet.org.au– empowers Australians with depression, and their families and friends, to make informed choices and find solutions
- Down Syndrome Australia– works with state- and territory-based associations to develop strong policy positions; helps people with Down syndrome achieve their full potential
- Dyslexia Victoria Support (DVS)– provides awareness and teaching solutions
- Embrace– multicultural, multilingual, mental health resources
- Epilepsy Foundation– provides services to people living with epilepsy and works to raise awareness of the condition
- Fragile X Association Australia – peak body and national support group for individuals who have Fragile X syndrome, and their families and carers.
- Guide Dogs Australia– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- Guide Dogs VIC– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- headspace - provides mental health support for people aged 12 to 25 years
- Inclusion Australia (NCID)– the national peak body for intellectual disability
- Limbs 4 Life– an organisation to provide up-to-date information and peer support to amputees
- Mental Health Australia (MHA)– the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing the Australian mental health sector
- Mental Health Victoria– aims to promote improved attitudes to mental health issues and to encourage mental health research
- Mind Australia– provides community mental health services
- MND Australia– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MND Victoria– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MS– supports people with multiple sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy Australia– provides a range of resources including information, programs and research information
- Musculoskeletal Australia (MSK)– represents Victorians living with arthritis and many other musculoskeletal conditions
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)– advocates for a nationally consistent, evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders in Australia
- National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF)– a national voice for mental health consumers and carers, including people with psychosocial disability
- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA)– works to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression and support women, men and their families to recover from it
- Phoenix Australia– works towards improved quality of life for individuals and communities who experience trauma
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)– works to remove barriers inhibiting people with disability through systematic advocacy to government
- Polio Australia– a not-for-profit organisation that supports polio survivors living in Australia
- Reinforce– a self-advocacy group for people with an intellectual disability
- SANE Australia– a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness
- Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA)– advocates for equality of opportunity for short-statured people in all spheres of life
- SPELD Victoria– provides support for people with dyslexia or other learning disability
- Spina Bifida Foundation Victoria (SBFV)– provides a wide range of resources for people living with spina bifida
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia– advocates for and supports people with spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Life Australia– advocates to all levels of government for people with physical disability
- Stroke Association of Victoria (SAV)– a support service for people re-entering their lives after having a stroke
- Stroke Foundation– supports stroke research, awareness, treatment and advocacy
- Synapse– advocacy, research and services to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury
- The Spectrum– provides support and services for people with autism and their families
- Victoria: Centre for Developmental Disability Health (CDDH)– helps mainstream health services increase their capacity to assist adults with intellectual and associated developmental disability
- Vision Australia– provides blindness and low-vision services
Western Australia
- ADHD Australia– advocates for the needs of people living with ADHD
- Arthritis Australia– provides support and information for people with arthritis
- AUSPELD– supports and advocates for people with learning disability
- Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (AAIMH)– advocates in the interests of infant mental health, including research and professional and public awareness
- Australian Autism ADHD Foundation– works to improve all aspects of Australia’s response to autism and ADHD, from research to treatment to advocacy
- Australian Dyslexia Association (ADA)– works to improve the wellbeing, identification and treatment of those with dyslexia
- Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group– raises funds to provide counselling, support and information to families
- Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)– an organisation that is focused on the development and promotion of autism spectrum disorder policies at the national level
- Autism Awareness Australia– provides information about therapy and support for children and adults with autism
- Autism Community Network (ACN)– advances the health and social wellbeing of people with autism, their families and communities
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ)– helps autistic people engage in the planning of services to be used by themselves and their peers
- Beyond Blue– provides information and support for people with mental health issues
- Black Dog Institute– a portal to research and education about mental health issues
- Blind Citizens Australia– provides a united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired
- Blind Sports Australia (BSA)– promotes increased opportunities for people who are blind and vision impaired to access sport and recreation (the website includes a useful list of member organisations)
- Blue Knot Foundation– advocates for and supports those who have experienced complex trauma, including childhood trauma
- Brain Injury Australia– the peak body representing people with an acquired brain injury
- Deaf Australia– an advocacy and information organisation for Deaf people who are bilingual – using both English and Auslan
- Deaf Children Australia (DCA)– works to remove barriers to the personal development and social inclusion faced by children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Deaf Services– works to enhance services and programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children
- Deaf Sports Australia– facilitates and supports the participation of deaf Australians in all levels of sport
- DeafBlind Australia- represent and advocate for deafblind people, and work to improve supports and services for deafblind people in Australia
- Deafness Forum of Australia (DFA)– the peak body representing interests of deaf and hearing-impaired people around Australia
- Developmental Disability WA– advocates for people with developmental disability
- Disability Sports Australia– represents, supports and advocates for all Australians with a physical disability who want to be involved in sport
- Dissociative Initiative– works to raise awareness about dissociation, amnesia, and multiplicity
- dNet.org.au– empowers Australians with depression, and their families and friends, to make informed choices and find solutions
- Down Syndrome Australia– works with state- and territory-based associations to develop strong policy positions; helps people with Down syndrome achieve their full potential
- Embrace– multicultural, multilingual, mental health resources
- Epilepsy Foundation– provides services to people living with epilepsy and works to raise awareness of the condition
- Fragile X Association Australia – peak body and national support group for individuals who have Fragile X syndrome, and their families and carers.
- Guide Dogs Australia– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- Guide Dogs WA– provides assistance to anyone with vision loss
- headspace - provides mental health support for people aged 12 to 25 years
- Inclusion Australia (NCID)– the national peak body for intellectual disability
- Limbs 4 Life– an organisation to provide up-to-date information and peer support to amputees
- Mental Health Australia (MHA)– the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing the Australian mental health sector
- Mind Australia– provides community mental health services
- MND Australia– supports people with motor neurone disease
- MS - Supports people with Multiple Sclerosis
- Muscular Dystrophy Australia– provides a range of resources including information, programs and research information
- National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC)– advocates for a nationally consistent, evidence-based approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders in Australia
- National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF)– a national voice for mental health consumers and carers, including people with psychosocial disability
- Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA)– works to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression and support women, men and their families to recover from it
- Phoenix Australia– works towards improved quality of life for individuals and communities who experience trauma
- Physical Disability Australia (PDA)– works to remove barriers inhibiting people with disability through systematic advocacy to government
- Polio Australia– a not-for-profit organisation that supports polio survivors living in Australia
- SANE Australia– a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness
- Short Statured People of Australia (SSPA)– advocates for equality of opportunity for short-statured people in all spheres of life
- Spinal Cord Injuries Australia– advocates for and supports people with spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Life Australia– advocates to all levels of government for people with physical disability
- Stroke Foundation– supports stroke research, awareness, treatment and advocacy
- Synapse– advocacy, research and services to improve the lives of people affected by brain injury
- The Spectrum– provides support and services for people with autism and their families
- Vision Australia– provides blindness and low-vision services
- Western Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH)– provides advocacy and support for people with developmental disability and related issues
- WA Disabled Sports Association (WADSA)– empowers people with disability to participate in sport and recreation
- WA Foundation for Deaf Children– helps deaf children and their families receive the education, support and information they need
- WA Individualised Services (WAiS) - offers information and support to people and organisations who are committed to progressing individualised, self-directed supports and services.