Links
Click on the categories below to find useful links to other organisations working with or for Deaf people:
Victorian Deaf Services & Organisations
Other State-based Deaf Services & Organisations
National Deaf Services & Organisations
International Deaf Services & Organisations
Sign Language Interpreter Services
Victorian D/deaf services
| Able Australia (Formerly the Deafblind Association) | http://www.ableaustralia.org.au/ |
| Better Hearing Australia | http://www.betterhearing.org.au/ |
| deafaccess Victoria | http://www.vicdeaf.com.au/content.asp?id=113&t=contact&cid=52 |
| Deaf Arts Network (Arts Access Victoria) | http://artsaccess.com.au/deaf-arts-network/ |
| Deaf Children Australia | http://www.deafchildrenaustralia.org.au/ |
| Deaf Victoria | http://www.deafvictoria.org.au/ |
| Department of Human Services (Victoria) | http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/home |
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John Pierce Centre |
http://www.jpc.org.au/ |
| Word of Mouth Technology | http://www.wom.com.au/ |
| Deaf Sports and Recreation Victoria | http://www.dsrv.com.au/ |
Other State D/deaf Services
ACT |
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| ACT Deafness Resource Centre | http://www.actdrc.org.au/actdrc/ |
| Canberra Deaf Club | http://www.canberradeafclub.org.au/ |
| Canberra Deaf Kids | http://www.canberradeafkids.org.au/ |
NSW |
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| Deaf Society of New South Wales | http://www.deafsocietynsw.org.au/ |
| Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children | http://www.ridbc.org.au/ |
QLD |
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| Deaf Services Queensland | http://www.deafservicesqld.org.au/ |
SA |
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| Deaf CanDo | http://www.deafcando.org.au/ |
| CanDo4kids | http://www.cando4kids.com.au/ |
TAS |
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| Tasdeaf - Tasmanian Deaf Society Inc Australia | http://www.tasdeaf.org.au/ |
WA |
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| WA Deaf Society Inc | http://www.wadeaf.org.au/ |
National D/deaf Services
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Telephone and Video Relay Services |
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Australian Communication Exchange |
http://www.aceinfo.net.au/ |
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National Relay Service |
http://www.relayservice.com.au/ |
| Fundraising Organisations | |
| Deafness Foundation | http://www.deafness.org.au/ |
| Peak Lobbying Bodies | |
| Deafness Forum of Australia | http://www.deafnessforum.org.au/ |
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Deaf Australia (formerly the Australian Association of the Deaf - AAD) |
http://www.deafau.org.au/ |
| Australian Federation of Deaf Societies | http://www.afds.org.au/ |
| Australian Deaf Blind Council | http://deafblind.org.au/ |
| Sports | |
| Deaf Sports Australia | http://www.deafsports.org.au/ |
| Captioning Services | |
| Access Innovation Media | http://www.ai-media.tv/ |
| The Captioning Studio | http://www.captioningstudio.com |
| Caption It | http://www.captioning.com.au/ |
| Media Access Australia | http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/ |
| Captioned Movies Listings | http://www.yourlocalcinema.com.au/ |
| Red Bee Media Australia | http://www.redbeemedia.com.au/ |
| Information for Parents with Deaf Children | |
| Parent Council for Deaf Education | http://www.pcde.org/ |
| Aussie Deaf Kids | http://www.aussiedeafkids.org.au/ |
| Hear For You Youth Mentoring | http://www.hearforyou.com.au/ |
| Government Services | |
| Australian Communications and Media Authority | http://www.acma.gov.au/ |
| Job Access | http://jobaccess.gov.au |
| Australian Hearing | http://www.hearing.com.au/ |
| Centrelink | http://www.centrelink.gov.au |
International D/deaf services
| Action on Hearing Loss (Formerly RNID (Royal National Institute for the Deaf) UK) | http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/ |
| British Deaf Association | http://www.bda.org.uk/ |
| Canadian Association of the Deaf | http://www.cad.ca/ |
| Deaf Resource Library | http://www.deaflibrary.org/ |
| Deaf Cultural Centre – Birmingham, UK | http://www.deafculturalcentre.com/ |
| Deaf Culture Centre – Toronto, Canada | http://www.deafculturecentre.ca/ |
| Irish Deaf Society | http://www.irishdeaf.com/ |
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National Association of the Deaf (USA) |
http://www.nad.org/ |
| Royal Association for Deaf People (UK) | http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/ |
| World Federation of the Deaf | http://www.wfdeaf.org/ |
| World Recreation Association for Deaf People | http://www.wrad.org/ |
| Deaflympics (Formerly World Deaf Games) | http://www.deaflympics.com |
| International Committee of Sports for the Deaf | http://www.ciss.org/ |
Sign Language Interpreter Organisations
| Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association (Victoria) | http://www.asliavic.com.au/ |
| Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association National | http://www.aslia.com.au/ |
| National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters | http://www.naati.com.au/ |
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Australian Institute of Translators and Interpreters |
http://www.ausit.org/ |
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Diploma of Interpreting at RMIT |
http://www.rmit.edu.au/programs/c5116 |
Other Useful Links
| Human Rights and Equal Opportunity, Disability Discrimination | |
| Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (Victoria) | http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/ |
| Disabilility Discrimination Act | http://humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/dda_guide/dda_guide.htm |
| Disability Discrimination Legal Service (Vic) | http://www.communitylaw.org.au/clc_ddls/cb_pages/about_us.php |
| GLBT Disability Support Services | http://www.glbtdisabilitysupportservices.com.au/ |
| Better Health Channel | http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/ |
| Arts Access Victoria | http://artsaccess.com.au/ |
| Deaf TV | http://www.deaftv.org.au/ |
| Deaflinx | http://www.deaflinx.com/ |
| Education | |
| NMIT - Centre of Excellence for students who are Deaf and hard of hearing | http://www.nmit.edu.au/about/centre_of_excellence/ |
| ACE Disability Network | http://www.acedisability.org.au/ |
| Gallaudet University | http://www.gallaudet.edu/ |
| Disability Standards in Education | http://www.ddaedustandards.info/ |
| Research Institutes | |
| Latrobe University National Institute of Deaf Studies and Sign Language | http://www.latrobe.edu.au/hcs/nids/ |
| Macquarie University Sign Language LINGuistics Group | http://www.ling.mq.edu.au/centres/sling/index.htm |
| Griffith University | http://www.griffith.edu.au/ |
| California State University – Northridge | http://www.csun.edu/coe/dfst/ |
| National Technical Institute for the Deaf – Rochester Institute of Technology | http://www.ntid.rit.edu/ |
| Bristol University UK – Centre for Deaf Studies | http://www.bris.ac.uk/deaf/ |
