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ME/CFS AUSTRALIA (SA) INC
Registered Charity 698
Mailing address:
GPO Box 383,
Adelaide,
South Australia 5001
Office:
266 Port Road,
Hindmarsh,
South Australia 5007
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
('834 MECFS')
Office Hours:
Wednesdays, 10am-3pm
Support Line:
(Mondays and Thursdays,
10am-3pm)
Ph: (08) 8346 3237
SA country callers:
Ph: 1300 128 339
(local call)
FIBROMYALGIA HELP: Contact Fibromyalgia SA at the Arthritis Foundation of SA 118 Richmond Road, Marleston 5033 Ph: (08) 8379 5711 |
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc supports the needs of sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. We do this by providing services and information to members.
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc is a member of Charity Direct.
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Disclaimer
ME/CFS Australia (SA) Inc aims to keep members informed of the various research projects, diets, medications, therapies etc. All communication, both verbal and written, is merely to disseminate information and not to make recommendations or directives.
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed on this Web site are not necessarily the official views of the Society or its Committee and are not simply an endorsement of products or services.
SHUT OUT: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia
Monday 8 February 2010
The National People with Disabilities and Carer Council has published a report on the experiences of people with diabilities and their families in Australia:
SHUT OUT: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia
National Disability Strategy Consultation Report prepared by the National People with Disabilities and Carer Council 2009
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
- Executive summary
- Summary and analysis of submissions and consultations—the experience of people with disabilities and their families, friends and carers
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 'Excluded and ignored'—the experience of exclusion and discrimination
- 2.3 ‘Broke and broken’—the struggles of the service system
- 2.4 ‘Can’t get a job’—the employment experience of people with disabilities
- 2.5 ‘Can’t get there, can’t get in, can’t get it’—negotiating the built environment
- 2.6 ‘The wasted years’—the education experience of people with disabilities
- 2.7 ‘Isolated and alone’—the social experience of disability
- 2.8 The experience of disadvantaged groups
- Conclusion—implications for the development of the National Disability Strategy
The full report can be downloaded in two formats:
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Shut Out – report (PDF, 403KB) |
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Shut Out – report (RTF, 862KB) |
The above originally appeared here.
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