Disabilities

Kaiyu Samaritans operates programs Kaiyu Konnect (KK), Kaiyu Konnect Early Intervention Program (KKEIP Well) and Kaiyu Community Based Activities (CBA) and provide social and skill development activities with a focus on social inclusion.

Konnect is a community based mental health service for adults living with a mental illness. Kaiyu provides an environment where you can be supported to achieve your goals in life. Konnect offers community and centre based activities with a focus on community inclusion.

Based in Newcastle, Australia, Aurora is in the Hunter Region and is an independent NDIS provider for Support Coordination, Financial Intermediary and Self-Management Support. Aurora team members have combined personal and professional experience to offer an authentic voice on disability matters and to promote an accessible, socially just and inclusive society.
 

Chrysalis offeers a range of person centred trauma informed behaviour support services including;

• Functional Behaviour assessment
• Positive behaviour support plans
• Safety planning,
• Restrictive practice protocols
• Therapeutic supports
• Individual and group therapy
• Specialist support coordination
• Carer and care team training
• Supervision

Support Coordinators skilled at coordinating a wide range of funded, mainstream and informal supports and provide all three levels of NDIS support coordination:

Support Connection - With Support Connection they can provide you with short term assistance to help you identify service providers and negotiate service agreements.

The Disability Trust supports people with disabilities and their families. Based in NSW and the ACT, The Disability Trust provides a wide range of services to residents from the Hunter Valley in the north to the Victorian border. The Disability Trust provide services in the areas of:

SERVICES & SUPPORT

Life Skills Training

Support Coordination

Health & Fitness

The service will support and advocate for suspects/defendants, witnesses and victims of crime.

What will Justice Advocacy Service (JAS) provide for people with cognitive impairment?

An App, Training & Support to help build your skills and capacity to self-manage and plan managed participants of the NDIS and/or those persons that support the person with their plan. Our easy-to-use platform is designed to make your self-management journey as simple as possible.

Disability Support Services in the Port Stephens area.

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Accessibility in the City was founded in 2016 when it was identified there was a need in the market to better support those with accessibility issues and assist by providing a mapping and navigation tool.

Accessibility in the City's goal is for all to be empowered to easily pre-plan and navigate on the move, making decisions that will best allow our users to access the community in which they live or seek to venture in. People with accessibility issues can feel vulnerable and anxious when going to a new location and like to seek knowledge on their surroundings before arriving.