Contact these organisations to establish networks with women with disabilities, to receive their newsletter and to invite women with disabilities to contribute to the development of Action Plans for women's domestic violence services.
Women With Disabilities Australia
PO Box 605
Rosny Park TAS 7018
Ph (03) 6244 8288
Fax (03) 6244 8255
email: wwda@wwda.org.au
Refuge Peak Body
Women's Emergency Sevices Network
GPO Box 1579
Canberra City ACT 2601
Ph: (02) 6247 1616
Worarra Women's Refuge
Worarra Inc.
PO Box 269
Vermont VIC 3133
Australian Psychiatric Disability Coalition
PO Box 710
Mawson ACT 2607
Ph: (02) 6286 2022
Carers Association of Australia
PO Box 3717
Weston ACT 2611
Ph: (02) 6288 4877
Head Injury Council of Australia
PO Box 82
Mawson ACT 2607
Ph: (02) 6290 2253
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
PO Box 683
Mawson ACT 2607
Ph: (02) 6290 2061
National Association of People with AIDS
PO Box 8774
Sydney NSW 2001
Ph: (02) 9281 1999
National Council on Intellectual Disability
PO Box 81
Fyshwick ACT 2609
Ph: (02) 6280 8858
Deafness Forum Limited
Suite 7B
17 Napier Close
Deakin ACT 2600
(02) 6281 3934
National Federation of Blind Citizens Australia
PO Box 229
Prahan VIC 3181
Ph: (03) 9521 3433
Physical Disabilities Council of Australia
PO Box 77
Northgate QLD 4013
Ph: (07) 3267 1057
Contact these organisations for information on the DDA, for DDA training and for advice on individuals or organisations who can undertake access audits and other components of Action Plans.
HREOC National Office
Level 8, Piccadilly Tower
133 Castlereagh St,
Sydney NSW 2000
Ph (02) 9284 9600
Fax (02) 9284 9611
TTY 1800 620 241
Villamanta Legal Service
6 Villamanta Street
Geelong VIC 3218
Ph (03) 5229 2925
(provides training and advocacy in the DDA for people with
disabilities)
Villamanta Publishing Service
2 Downes Place
Geelong VIC 3218
Ph (03) 5229 2029
Fax (03) 522 25399
(provides DDA staff training, access audits and DDA Action
Plan's.)
Disability Discrimination Legal Service
Havelock House
Gould St, Turner
ACT 2612
Ph (02) 6247 2018
TTY (02) 6207 0525
Disability Discrimination Legal Centre
Shop 99, 1-5 Meeks St
Kingsford NSW 2032
Ph (02) 9313 6000
Fax (02) 9662 1364
TTY (02) 9313 7190
Darwin Community Legal Service
17 Peel St,
Darwin NT 0800
Ph (089) 413 394
Fax (089) 413 773
Welfare Rights Centre Inc
Ann Street Tower, 11th floor
295 Ann St,
Brisbane QLD 4000
Ph (07) 3864 8511
Fax (07) 3864 8514
TTY (07) 3864 8514
Cairns Community Legal Service
128 Martyn St,
Cairns QLD 4870
Ph (070) 317 688
Fax (070) 412 134
TTY (070) 317 179
Norwood Community Legal Service
110 The Parade,
Norwood SA 5607
Ph (08) 8362 1199
Fax (08) 8362 0410
Launceston Community Legal Centre
4A George St,
Launceston TAS 7250
Ph (03) 6334 1577
Fax (03) 6331 5237
TTY (03) 6334 1949
Disability Discrimination Law Advocacy Service
11th floor 343 Collins St,
Melbourne
VIC 3000
Ph (03) 9602 4877
Fax (03) 9602 4979
TTY (03) 9602 4135
Sussex St Community Legal Service
29 Sussex St, East Victoria Park,
Perth WA 6101
Ph (08) 9470 2676
Fax (08) 9470 1805
TTY (08) 9470 2831
In Her Own Words - Women with disabilities talking about the DDA. A video vailable through Australian Film Insitiute.
Disability Awareness and Disability Discrimination Law - A Training Manual Villamanta Publishing Service (1996).
Right of Access Villamanta Publishing Service (1997), Geelong.
Acting Against Disability Discrimination: A practice manual for using the Disability Discrimination Act. Villamanta Publishing Service (1995). This may be hard to get, but the disability discrimination legal services above can tell you what public libraries hold it.
Users Guide for the DDA Villamanta Publishing Service (1995), Geelong.
Cattalini, H. (1993), Access to Services for Women with Disabilities who are subjected to Violence, a report prepared for the National Committee on Violence Against Women, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Connors, D. (1985) 'Disability and the Social Order', in S. Browne, D. Connors and N. Stern, With the Power of Each Breath, Stern Cleis Press, Pittsburgh.
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (reprint 1996), Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Grothaus, R. S. (1985), 'Abuse of Women with Disabilities' in Browne, Connors and Stern, With the Power of Each Breath, Stern Cleis Press, Pittsburgh.
HREOC (1996), Disability Discrimination Act Action Plans: A guide for Non-Government Organisations, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney.
Keith, L. (1996), What Happened to You? Writing by Disabled Women, The New Press.
Madusa, S. with Ridington, J. (1992), Meeting Our Needs: Access Manual for Transition Houses, DisAbled Women's Network, Canada.
Morris J. (1996), Encounters With Strangers: Feminism and Disability, The Women's Press, London.
Morris, J. (1994), 'Gender and Disability', in Swain, Finklestein, French and Oliver, Disabling Barriers – Enablling Environments, SAGE Publications, London.
Morris, J. (1994), 'Prejudice', in Swain, Finklestein, French and Oliver, Disabling Barriers – Enabling Environments, SAGE Publications, London.
Mulder L. (1996), Access to Existing Police, Legal and Support Services for Women with disabilities or who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired who are Subject to Violence, Department of Women, Sydney.
Strong M, and Freeman Cuppolo A. (1997), Caregiver Abuse and Domestic Violence in the Lives of Women with Disabilities, Berkeley Planning Associates, California.
This site was developed by Carolyn Frohmader for Women With Disabilities Australia.