Disability Justice Australia provides advocacy support to people who have ongoing support needs as a result of disability. DJA is also funded to provide NDIS appeal support to people with disabilities who live in one of the 5 Local Government areas in Victoria –...
The Disability Resources Centre (DRC) is a membership-driven organisation managed and staffed by people with disabilities. It provides individual advocacy for adults with disability, and also work on systemic issues and support campaigns which aim to provide long-term...
The Disability Support Pension (DSP) provides financial support if you have a physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition that stops you from working, or if you are permanently blind. For more information visit: Blind Citizens Australia and Human Services
Disabled Peoples Organisations or DPOs are representative organisations where people with disability make up a majority of the overall staff, board, and volunteers in all levels of the organisation.
Discrimination is treating, or suggesting to treat, someone negatively because of a personal characteristic protected by the law. This includes bullying someone because of a protected characteristic. These personal characteristics are things like age, race, disability, physical features and political beliefs.
Down syndrome is a genetic condition. It is not an illness or a disease. People with Down syndrome have 47 chromosomes in their cells instead of 46. They have an extra chromosome 21, which is why Down syndrome is also sometimes known as trisomy 21.
