Links to Disability Related Websites

If you would like a link to your website or other contact details added to this page, please contact Krissy Wright.

New Zealand Institutions

Research

Human Rights Legislation

Information and Community Support

Age Concern New Zealand.
ADHD.org.nz, the New Zealand ADHD online support group.
Alzheimers New Zealand.
Altogether Autism.
Autism New Zealand Inc.
Barnardos New Zealand.
The Brain Injury Association of New Zealand.
Carers New Zealand.
CCS Disability Action (national website).
Otago CCS Disability Action.
Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand.
Child Cancer Foundation.
Cleft lip & Palate support group.
Cloud 9 Children's Foundation.
Community Living Trust.
Community Net Aotearoa.
Deaf Association of New Zealand.
Diabetes New Zealand.
Disability Information Service, Dunedin.
Disability Resource Centre.
DPA New Zealand.
Dunedin Friend-Link.
New Zealand Down Syndrome Association.
Dyspraxia Support Group of New Zealand.
Enable New Zealand.
Epilepsy New Zealand.
The Family Network.
Fetal Alcohol Network.
Foster Care Network.
Fragile X Trust.
Head Injury Society of New Zealand.
Hearing Association New Zealand.
Heart Children.
IHC.
Learning and Behaviour Charitable Trust New Zealand.
ME Information and Support Services Otago and Southland.
Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.
Miramare.
Muscular Dystrophy Association.
New Zealand Federation of Vocational and Support Services, Inc.
NZ Association for Gifted children.
NZ Williams Syndrome Association.
NZORD.
Parent and Family Resource Centre.
Parents of Vision Impaired.
Stroke Foundation of New Zealand.
TalkLink.
Te Roopu A Iwi Trust, Napier.
Parent to Parent New Zealand.
Parkinsons New Zealand.
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind.
Schizophrenia Fellowship New Zealand.
Skylight, supporting children, young people and their families through times of change, loss and grief.
Special Olympics New Zealand.
SPELD.
Teenadders.
WEKA.
The Personal Advocacy Trust
The Personal Advocacy Trust Inc was set up nearly 45 years ago to provide advocacy and friendship for people with an intellectual disability after their parents have died. We keep an eye on all aspects of our Members' lives - financial, health, accommodation, day activities and in fact all aspects of their lives to make sure they are as happy and well looked after as can be. Our Advocates speak up with and for our members and we have too many examples where our Member is being taken advantage of financially or not receiving excellent health care or has no say on where and with whom they want to live. The Trust runs on fees from the Parents who pay a once-off fee in exchange for having an Advocate for the rest of their son or daughter's life.
www.huttcity.com/patrust.

Education

Employment

Direct Enquiries. The Employers' Forum on Disability has launched a nationwide disabled access register called Direct Enquiries. You can search by business type and location.
Workbridge.

Government

Family and Community Services.
Maori Health Providers.
Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Health.
Ministry of Social Development.
www.govt.nz, New Zealand government online.
WINZ.

Funding

The funding Information Service - first port of call for funding info in NZ.
FundView - Funding database of Community Funding.
BreakOut - Database of Scholarships and Grants for individuals.

Search Engines and Online Directories

Dogpile, all the best search engines piled into one.
Google, the number one search engine.
NZPages, website directory and other useful New Zealand information.
finda NZ, search and directory for New Zealand businesses.

Support Service from Student Job Search

Student Job Search: Did you know Student Job Search will help you find tertiary students to help you with care-giving, intellectual disability support or any other support service jobs for free?
Student Job Search is a not for profit employment service dedicated to helping you find the right people for your job.
ou can hire tertiary students for one-off, part-time, casual or on-going work by listing your vacancy free of charge at www.sjs.co.nz or by ringing them on 0800 757 562, and they will refer students that they think are right for you and your position.
They have an abundance of skilled students that are very keen to engage in this type of work, many of whom are studying either medicine, mental health, nursing, or health science.
Free - no commission, cost or fees.
Safety & reliability - They screen all people.
No fuss - Their staff will sort the details out for you.

International Disability related organizations

CHANGE

We are CHANGE, a leading international human rights organisation, campaigning for the rights of people with learning disabilities. CHANGE produces easy read books, DVDs, CD-ROMS and thousands of images around a huge number of important and hard hitting issues such as parenting, sex and relationships, cancer and employment. CHANGE's easy read books are also used successfully to support people who find reading difficult and whose first language is not English.

Why not create your own easy read documents by using CHANGE's famous Picture Bank CD-ROMS, containing thousands of clear, concise and relevant images on a huge number of subjects. Use CHANGE's CD-ROMS to make your information accessible to everyone.

All of our resources can be found on our website at www.changepeople.co.uk or email us on info@change-people.co.uk for more information.

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