{"id":16,"date":"2017-07-08T16:24:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T16:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:18:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:18:53","slug":"masdag-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/about-masdag\/masdag-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Links to resources and information MASDAG members have found useful or informative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Local services and resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmmhcn.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Loddon Mallee Mental Health Carers Network<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riac.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">RIAC (Rights Information &amp; Advocacy Centre)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>State and National Websites:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visionaustralia.org\/about-us\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VisionAustralia &#8211; Contact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndis.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Disability Insurance Scheme<\/a> &#8211; 1800 800 110<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guidedogsvictoria.com.au\">Guide Dogs Victoria<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au\/health\/healthyliving\/heat-stress-and-heat-related-illness\">The Victorian Government Better Health Channel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bureau of Meteorology:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/australia\/heatwave\/\">Heatwave Service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victoria\u2019s Hub for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.health.vic.gov.au\/public-health\/environmental-health\/climate-weather-and-public-health\/heatwaves-and-extreme-heat\">Health Services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live temperatures across Australia:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bom.gov.au\/\">Bureau of Meteorology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neurokin.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Neurokin &amp; ARCANE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amaze.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AMAZE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reframingautism.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Reframing Autism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwd.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">People with Disability<\/a> &#8211; 0408 682 867<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daru.org.au\/organisation-type\/individual-advocacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Disability Advocacy Victoria &#8211; Victorian peak for advocacy agencies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daru.org.au\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Disability Advocacy Resource Unit &#8211; DARU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dana.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Disability Advocacy Network Australia &#8211; DANA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saru.net.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Self Advocacy Resource Unit &#8211; SARU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.braininjurymatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brain Injury Matters &#8211; Self Advocacy group for people with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ddlsaustralia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Disability Discrimination Legal Service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/villamanta.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Villamanta Legal Service<\/a>&nbsp; (Community Legal Service operating throughout the state of Victoria on disability related legal and justice issues for people who have a disability)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amida.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AMIDA (Action for More Independence and Dignity in Accommodation)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reinforce.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Reinforce (self advocacy run by and for people with intellectual disability)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communicationrights.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Communication Rights Australia (advocacy for people with little or no speech)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bca.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Blind Citizens Australia<\/a> is the united voice of Australians who are blind or vision impaired. 1800 033 660.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inspiring or Thought-provoking Ted talks and other Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/caroline_casey_looking_past_limits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Looking Past Limits &#8211; Caroline Casey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Listen &#8211; Evelyn Glennie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links to resources and information MASDAG members have found useful or informative. Local services and resources: Loddon Mallee Mental Health Carers Network RIAC (Rights Information &amp; Advocacy Centre) State and National Websites: VisionAustralia &#8211; Contact National Disability Insurance Scheme &#8211; 1800 800 110 Guide Dogs Victoria The Victorian Government Better Health Channel Bureau of Meteorology:\u00a0Heatwave&hellip; <span class=\"kuorinka-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/about-masdag\/masdag-links\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Links<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-16","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532,"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/532"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cch.org.au\/masdag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}