LibGuides: Disability: Disability

Resources in the Library

The disability support worker 4rh ed. by Arnott, Geoffrey
Call Number: 305.260994 ARN
ISBN: 9780170278249
Publication Date: 2024
The individual support worker : ageing, disability, home and community 2nd ed. by Arnott, Geoffrey D.
Call Number: 362.140994 ARN
ISBN: 9780170443050
Publication Date: 2021
Growing up disabled in Australia by Findlay, Carly, editor
Call Number: 362.1 GRO
ISBN: 9781760641436
Publication Date: 2021
Broke by Sam Drummond.
Call Number: 305.908092 DRU
ISBN: 9781922848475
Publication Date: 2023
In Broke, lawyer and disability advocate Sam Drummond weaves a poignant, stirring and deeply compassionate tale of life on the fringes. It's a story of broken families, broken bodies and a broken system that constantly lets vulnerable Australians down.
The year I met my brain : a travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD by Matilda Boseley ; illustrations by Evie Hilliar
Call Number: 616.8589 BOS
ISBN: 9780143779773
Publication Date: 2023
Learning disabilities : toward inclusion by Atherton, Helen (Editor); Crickmore, Debbie (Editor)
Call Number: 616.85889 LEA
ISBN: 9780702051876
Publication Date: 2012
Dirty laundry : why adults with ADHD are so ashamed and what we can do to help by Richard Pink; Roxanne Emery
Call Number: 616.8589 PIN
ISBN: 9781529915402
Publication Date: 2023
Flicking the switch : reaching and teaching students with ADHD by Fiona Kearnan
Call Number: 371.94 KEA
ISBN: 9798354875474
Publication Date: 2022
ADHD 2.0 : new science and essential strategies for thriving with distraction-from childhood through adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell; John J. Ratey
Call Number: 616.8589 HAL
ISBN: 9781399813280
Publication Date: 2023
Disability in Australia: exposing social apartheid by Gerard Goggin
Call Number: 305.908 GOG
ISBN: 0868407194
Sociology by Anthony Giddens; Philip W. Sutton
Call Number: 301 GID
ISBN: 9781509539222
Publication Date: 2021

Disability - Government weblinks

Disability Gateway
Information and services to help people with disability, their family, friends and carers, to find the support they need in Australia.
Disability Services Commissioner
We uphold the rights of people to complain about the disability service they receive.
The Disability Services Commissioner is an independent voice promoting rights and resolving complaints about Victorian disability services including disability services provided by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Office of the Public Advocate
Safeguarding the rights and interests of people with disability
Victorian Government Disability links
World Disability Organisation-International Disability research
World Health Organisation

Disability - Community organisation links

Association for Children with a Disability
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Lots of resources about communicating with people with disabilities and the various organisations that work with people with disabilties
DARU Disability Advocacy Resource Unit
People with Disability Australia