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Human
rights
Disability
discrimination
Disability
Discrimination Act 1992
DDA Standards for Education 2005 - What they mean for people who are Deaf or hearing impaired
Write to your Federal
Government member
Write
to your State Government member
ACT
NSW Northern
Territory
Queensland
South Australia Tasmania
Victoria
Western
Australia
Music
and the Deaf/hearing impaired student by Wendy
Smith
Music
and the Deaf - some interesting publications
available from this UK organisation
Feeling
Music - there are a number of interesting
articles on this site
Adjusting
computers for hearing needs - a Microsoft
site
From
the Cradle - a Sydney Morning Herald article
looking at how soon should youngsters be let on
the home PC? Are there risks, apart from the chance
they might break expensive technology?
Carer
Allowance (Child)
As the
parent of a deaf/hearing impaired child you may
be eligible for a Carer Allowance (Child).Carer Allowance (Child) is a supplementary payment for parents or carers who provide daily care and attention for children with a disability or severe medical condition at home. For the purposes of Carers
Allowance (Child), a young person under the age of 16 with a “45 decibels or more hearing loss in the better ear, based on a 4 frequency pure tone average (using 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 4,000Hz)”, is automatically considered to be a child with a disability. As a result, their parent or carer will receive the allowance without need for further medical assessment until the child turns 16 years of age.
There
is no income or assets test.
If
you receive a Carers
Allowance (Child), your child becomes an excepted
person under ATO rulings, which may entitle
you to some tax benefits. For further information
consult the Australian
Tax Office and/or your accountant.
Isolated Patients'
Travel and Accomodation Assistance Scheme
A few of the NSW families in our group have been
using this scheme to travel to and from Sydney.
The bureaucracy can be confusing and one parent
has kindly put together some hints which may ease
the way for other parents.
For further information on IPTAAS,
visit the
IPTAAS web site.
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| Good sites
for young people |
HEAR-IT
Youth Site
How
to live with your parents
Child
and Youth Health - a site for young people
covering many topics - drugs and alcohol, relationships,
healthy body, healthy mind, sexual health, society
and you.
Sonic - the deaf youth connection
An off-shoot of The Shepherd Centre, with information, a chat room and regular gatherings for young deaf people.
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