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Hello. My name is John.

Today I'll be taking you through the area of life that relates to aids and equipment.

An assistance animal (being a dog or other animal) may be able to help you if you have a disability such as vision or hearing loss, other physical disabilities, or psychosocial disability. Assistance animals are specially trained to alleviate the effects of a person’s disability, are recognised under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and must be given full access to public facilities. The regulatory schemes governing assistance animals is the responsibility of the state and territory governments.

There are different technologies available to help you communicate whether you have problems seeing, hearing, understanding or speaking.

There are initiatives focused on providing equipment-related assistance that help make mobility easier. This can be in the form of financial support, services and products. Examples include wheelchairs to move around, vehicle adjustments to enable driving and hoists to lift you.