Australian and New Zealand Contacts

Victoria

Carronbank School for Deaf-Blind Children

Address: 7 Allen Street, GLEN WAVERLEY, VIC 3150

Postal Address: PO Box 311, GLEN WAVERLEY 3150

Voice: (03) 9561 2536

FAX: (03) 9560 3262

Carronbank school for vision/hearing impaired students is administered by the Directorate of School Education for students across the State of Victoria.
Programs range from early intervention to preparation for work/adult placements.

The Deaf-Blind Association - Victoria

Address: PO Box 1213, Camberwell Vic. Australia 3124

http://www.dba.asn.au

Voice: 03 9882 7055

TTY: 03 9882 6786

Fax: 03 9882 9210

Email: dba@internex.net.au

The Deaf-Blind Association provides support to deafblind people and their families. This includes community support, day options, respite, long-term accommodation, recreation, independent living training and specialised information.
The Association provides staff training for other organisations and is a central referral point for people with Usher syndrome.

New South Wales

NSW DeafBlind Association - DBA (NSW) Inc.

Postal Address :P.O.Box 1295 STRATHFIELD NSW 2135
Telephone: Voice: 02 9745 6715

TTY: 02 9334 3260

Fax: 02 9334 3200

Email: dbansw@gpo.com.au
The DeafBlind Association (NSW) Inc. is a peak body for people who are DeafBlind in NSW. It provides advocacy, support and social networking services to people who are DeafBlind.
Once a month - hopefully more often in the future - the HandoverHand Club meets on a variety of activities decided by the members. There is a monthly newsletter - Rainbow News.

The Forsight Foundation for the Deaf/Blind

Address: 220A North Rocks Rd North Rocks NSW Australia 215

Postal: Box 240 PO Carlingford NSW Australia 2118

Telephone: (02) 9630 5599 (International: +61 2 9630 5599)

Fax: (02) 9630 6888 (International: +61 2 9630 6888)

The Forsight Foundation for the Deaf/Blind provides accommodation, support and training for people who are deafblind with multiple disabilities (such as epilepsy, paraplegia, cerebral palsy and intellectual impairment). Current research project into Congenital Rubella Syndrome and seeking contacts.

Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children

Address: 361-365 North Rocks Road, North Rocks NSW 2151,

Telephone (02) 9871 1233

Fax (02) 9871 2196

Renwick College

Address: 361-365 North Rocks Road North Rocks, NSW 2151 Australia

Voice/TTY: 02 9872 0303

Fax 02 9873 1614

Email rcms@CC.newcastle.edu.au

A centre for research and professional studies in the education of children with sensory impairments. The College is administered by the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and is affiliated with the University of Newcastle .People with appropriate qualifications may apply for admission to the following degrees: Master of Special Education (Sensory Disability), Master of Education, Doctor of Philosophy.Enquiries through The Assistant Registrar,Faculty of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.

North Rocks School for Blind Children Western Australia

Senses Foundation Inc. (Formerly Western Australia Deaf-Blind Association)

151 Guildford Road, MAYLANDS WA Australia 6051

Voice: (08) 9272 1122

Fax: (08) 9271 3129

TTY (08) 9370 5879

Email db@senses.asn.au

Senses Foundation Inc supports and advocates for and with people who are deafblind and their families by facilitating, developing, coordinating and maintaining appropriate and comprehensive support services.
Senses Foundation Inc conducts individual needs assessments and is involved in referral and liaison with other agencies. In addition to a small but growing library, information is available through a quarterly newsletter distributed to members, clients and service providers.
Senses Foundation Inc provides training for individual communication programs as well as community education and deafblind awareness.

Queensland

Queensland Deafblind Association (QDBA)

20 Wattlebrush Close, Bellbowrie Qld 4070

Email Address: sandy.joint@qed.qld.gov.au

South Australia

The Deafblind Association of South Australia Inc.

President: Emma Gordon

Secretary: Craig Gordon
Email:dba-sa@ihug.com.au
PO Box 196, Christies Beach SA 5165. Tel 08 8326 3369. SMS only: 0402 024 316

Web address: http://www.twpo.com.au/johnl/.
The Association's new Web site is under construction at http://www.dbasa.org.au

The aims of the South Australian Deafblind Association are:
To advocate and lobby for better services for people with Deafblindness:
To inform and promote awareness of Deafblindness and the special needs a person with deafblindness has:
To assist in the education of teachers and healthcare workers,to be able to teach Deafblind children and adults :
To encourage people with Deafblindness to advocate for themselves at all levels of policy, planning and service delivery:
To seek changes in laws and policies to assist people with this disability:
To lobby for more effective early detection of Deafblindness and for more timely assistance,especially with education:
To be involved in on-going research to examine the extent of consumer partictipation in service planning and provision ,documenting any difficulties by consumers and service providers.

New Zealand

DeafBlind New Zealand

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