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» Learning new skills
» Where to start
» Questions to ask yourself
» How do you learn?
» Learning from personal experience
» People who might help
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» Tips for success
» Study options - TAFE, University or .... ?
» Adult and Community Education (ACE)
» Getting started/Enrolment
» TAFE
» Finding the right course and campus
» Before you enrol
» Enrolment
» Concessions
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» Career/educational guidance
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» University
» Choosing a degree
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» Disability advisors
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» Working with your department/school
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» Costs of studying
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» Getting more information - Tips for making successful phone calls
» See you at graduation!
» Working
» Getting back to work - are you ready?
» The benefits of working
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» Finding a job
» Services that can help you get a job
» Tips for choosing an employment service
» Employment Officers
» Tips for finding a job
» Training and apprenticeships
» Applying for a job
» Writing a cover letter
» Writing a resume
» Responding to selection criteria
» Preparing for the job interview
» During the interview
» Disclosing your disability
» Trying again
» Keeping records of your job applications
» The job
» Starting work
» Tips for continuing in the job
» Subsidies and payments to employers
» Workplace Modifications
» Changes to Workplace Relations laws
» Starting a home-based business
» A smart idea for a business
» Is my venture a business?
» Income from your business
» What is the structure of your business?
» Research and planning
» Applying for an Australian Business Number (ABN)
» Registering your business and applying for licences
» Taxation obligations
» Assistance that may help
» Getting more information - Tips for making successful phone calls
» A good place to live
» Where to live?
» City or country?
» Do you want to live where you lived before?
» Access to services and facilities
» Access to shops
» Access to transport
» Access to work
» Personal support in the home
» Access to recreation facilities
» Renovating
» Moving house
» Money aspects of moving house
» Accommodation and the Disability Support Pension
» Costs involved in setting up house
» Personal support in the home
» Where to ask for help with accommodation
» Sharing accommodation
» Special equipment and aids in the home
» LifeTec Queensland
» Handles and levers
» Remote control systems
» Special appliances in the home
» Telephone equipment and services
» Applying for special telephone equipment
» Getting help with telephone access
» The latest technology in housing
» Getting more information - Tips for making successful phone calls
» Getting around
» Community transport options
» Public transport
» Journey planner
» Buying tickets
» Trains
» Accessibility of railway stations and trains
» Getting help from Queensland Rail staff
» Buses
» Accessibility of buses
» Ferries
» Accessibility of Brisbane CityCats and ferries
» Accessibility of coastal or inner island ferries
» Taxis
» Accessibility of taxi travel
» Cost of taxi travel
» Planes
» Accessibility of plane travel
» Cost of plane travel
» Private transport
» Driving yourself
» Driver assessment
» Getting your licence
» Car modifications
» Accessible vehicles
» Hiring accessible vehicles
» Tax exemptions and subsidies for modified cars
» Parking permits
» Getting around the ridges/regions
» Getting more information - Tips for making successful phone calls
» Having fun
» Fun is ...
» Why fun is important
» Accepting change and finding empowerment
» Fun in groups
» Fun on your own
» So, what can I do for fun?
» Social clubs or groups
» Service clubs
» Book clubs
» Social clubs
» Committee membership
» Organisational committees
» Sports clubs committees
» Sport
» Coaching
» Spectator sports
» Horse racing
» Motor racing
» Arts and craft
» What sort of craft?
» Learning a new craft
» Art
» Movies
» Simple tips for enjoying movies
» Recreation and Adventure
» Live shows and drama
» Live shows
» Organised music events
» Theatre and drama
» University dramatic performances
» Access Arts
» Pubs
» Which watering holes?
» Preparing to drink
» Safety with drinking
» Fitness and exercise
» Getting ready by planning ahead
» Being organised with support workers
» Safety
» Asking people for help
» Getting more information - Tips for making successful phone calls
» Go out and have fun
» Relationships
» Changes to your life
» Dealing with change
» Life goes on
» Your self-image
» Family relationships
» Immediate family
» Children
» Other family members
» Partners
» When a partner leaves
» New partners
» Getting to know a new partner
» Assistance with food and drink
» Sexuality
» Sexual health checks
» Safe sex
» Different sexual perspectives
» Sexual Function
» Social networks and support groups
» Getting the most from your social networks and support groups
» Friendships - old and new
» New friends
» Online friendships
» Personal support and relationships
» Personal support
» What is personal support?
» What's in a name?
» Adult Lifestyle Packages
» Applying for an Adult Lifestyle Package
» Self-funded personal support
» Service providers
» Choosing a service provider
» Consumer-driven service providers
» Support co-ordinated by an organisation
» Managing funding through your own private company
» Health and safety issues
» Your personal support staff
» Hiring staff
» What kind of people do you want as your personal support?
» Advertising for staff
» Friends of workers
» Training staff
» Training staff yourself
» Combined training
» Personal interaction with your workers
» Your attitude
» You - the employer
» Planning is important
» Rosters
» Mutual respect
» Communication
» Staying in touch
» Working out boundaries
» Cleaning and ironing
» Alternative support
» Shopping
» Banking
» Having a good network
» Ways of Coping
» Healthy ways of coping
» Dealing with emotions
» Dealing with anger
» Dealing with sadness
» Dealing with worries
» Dealing with loneliness
» Dealing with social frustrations
» People who can help
» Relaxation
» Building confidence
» Learning to communicate
» Keeping healthy relationships
» Fitness and exercise
» Eating well
» Enjoying life
» Tips for partners, parents, family and friends
» Unhealthy ways of coping
» Coping alone
» Bad habits
» Personal Stories
» Graham
» Craig
» Kim
» Megan
» Ross
» Creating change in your community - an Online Toolkit
» Online Toolkit
» Step 1 - Find out what Government bodies are currently doing about access in our communities
» Access to Premises Standard
» Action Plans
» Step 2 - Learn ways to create change in your own community
» Tips on what to do if you have a specific access problem in your community
» Listen out for beautification plans
» Use the AFDO Campaign Kit!
» Join other groups and networks or committees
» Step 3 - Give value to your life experience
» If you are a person with a disability…
» If you work for an organisation that assists people with disabilities…
» Step 4 - Choose your challenges carefully
» Which access issue is the most important?
» Do you have the time and energy?
» Which organisations or groups can help?
» When is a challenge won or lost?
» How I changed the world - Personal stories from people who have made a difference
» Vicki’s story: Increased accessibility at Oxley Railway Station
» Tracey’s story 1: Achieved more accessible car parking spaces at her local shopping centre
» Tracey’s story 2: Asked that Australia Post mail boxes have information more visible to wheelchair users
» Kevin’s story: Conquering the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
» Ben’s story: Improved access to a university’s facilities and cinema
» Michele’s story: Improved safety and access with pathways and curb ramps in her street
» Accessible Towns
» Example of an accessible town: Innisfail
» What changes were made to Innisfail
» Historic buildings and access
» Innisfail swimming pool
» Transport around Innisfail
» Innisfail: A work in progress
» Information that guided the redesign of Innisfail
» Example of an accessible suburb: Toowong
» What Toowong has to offer
» Connecting transport and access in Toowong
» Parks, bikeways and the Brisbane River
» Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens and the Planetarium
» Toowong: A work in progress
» Finding accessible facilities
» Websites on accessible facilities
» Examples of councils making a difference
» Tips for making successful phone calls
» No access? - You and the Disability Discrimination Act
» How to make your town or suburb more accessible
» Useful links
» Links for Learning new skills
» Department of Education. Science and Training - Going to Uni
» Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre
» Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE
» Central Queensland University
» Australian Catholic University
» TAFE Queensland
» Adult and Community Education
» Open Universities Australia
» Links for Working
» JobAccess
» Job Network
» The Job Guide
» Volunteering Australia
» Volunteering Queensland
» Willing and Able Mentoring Program
» Australian JobSearch
» Disability Works Australia
» SEEK
» CareerOne
» MyCareer
» Jobs Online
» Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
» Graduate Careers Australia
» Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
» Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (Qld)
» Australian Business Register
» Office of Fair Trading
» business.gov.au
» Centrelink
» CRS Australia
» Links for A good place to live
» Building Commission - Design Ideas for Accessible Homes
» Housing and Homelessness Services (Qld)
» Residential Tenancy Authority
» Queensland Disability Housing Coalition
» Centrelink
» LifeTec Queensland
» Telstra Disability Services
» Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
» Smart Thinking - Smart Homes
» Australian Association of Occupational Therapists
» Links for Getting around
» LifeTec Queensland
» Department of Health and Ageing - Home and Community Care (HACC)
» Brisbane City Council - Council Cabs
» TransLink
» Tourism Queensland - Accessible Queensland
» Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
» Queensland Rail
» QR Citytrain
» QR Traveltrain
» Queensland Transport - Taxi Subsidy Scheme
» Townsville City Council - Accessing Townsville
» Qantas
» Virgin Blue
» Jetstar
» National Information Communication Awareness Network (NICAN)
» Queensland Transport - Light Vehicle Modifications
» CRS Australia
» Princess Alexandra Hospital
» Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
» Yellow Pages
» Australian Taxation Office
» Australian Association of Occupational Therapists
» Queensland Health - Home and Community Care (HACC)
» Links for Having fun
» Gold Coast Titans
» Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Sport and Recreation Association of Queensland
» Rotary in Australia
» Lions Clubs Australia
» Apex Australia
» AFL
» Queensland Rugby Union
» National Rugby League
» Brisbane Broncos
» North Queensland Cowboys
» Football Australia
» Tennis Australia
» Cricket Australia
» Access Arts
» Spinal Injuries Association
» Southbank
» Queensland Performing Arts Centre
» Links for Relationships
» Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Sport and Recreation Association of Queensland
» Spinal Injuries Association
» Queensland Health - Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service
» Family Planning Queensland
» Handbook of Spinal Cord Injuries
» Relationships Australia
» Queensland Health - Sexual health
» Gay and Lesbian Welfare Association
» Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
» Links for Personal support
» Department of Health and Ageing - Home and Community Care (HACC)
» Disability Services Queensland
» Department of Justice and Attorney-General
» Australian Association of Occupational Therapists
» Queensland Health - Home and Community Care (HACC)
» Links for Accessible Towns
» Advisory Notes on Access to Premises
» Australian Building Codes Board
» Disability Standards for Access to Premises
» Disability Rights - Transport Accessibility
» Regional Disability Councils
» Brisbane City Council
» Access Brisbane
» University of Queensland
» Southbank Institute of Technology
» Queensland University of Technology
» Brisbane Bikeways
» Toowong Parks
» Brisbane Botanic Gardens
» Brisbane Planetarium
» Disability Discrimination Act
» Australian Human Rights Commission
» TransLink
» Queensland Transport - Taxi Subsidy Scheme
» Links for Ways of coping
» Black Dog Institute
» Reach Out!
» Beyondblue
» Talk It Up
» Ybblue
» Alcohol, Drugs, Spinal Cord Injury and You
» Using Alcohol and Drugs after a Brain Injury
» Alcohol and Drug Foundation Queensland
» Queensland Service Seeker directory
» Quitline/Quitnow
» Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
» Ozcare - Alcohol and Drug Services
» Centrelink
» Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Sport and Recreation Association of Queensland
» Spinal Injuries Association
» Handbook of Spinal Cord Injuries
» Relationships Australia
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