Lincolnshire Post-Polio Library [A practical approach to the late effects of Polio - 15 Where Can I Get More Information About Managing The Late Effects Of Polio?]

Lincolnshire Post-Polio Library - A Service of The Lincolnshire Post-Polio Network
A practical approach to the late effects of Polio
Charlotte Leboeuf

15 WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MANAGING THE LATE EFFECTS OF POLIO?

POST-POLIO SUPPORT GROUPS

If you become a member of a postpolio support group you can meet with other people who have similar experiences to yours. Contact with them may provide you with practical advice, information and company through group activities and also counselling and practical assistance.

The Post Polio Support Group of S.A. (Inc.) at the:
Neurological Resource Centre of S.A. (Inc)
37 Woodville Road,
Woodville, S.A. 5011
(telephone (08) 268 6222)
can provide you with information about local post-polio support groups throughout Australia.

Several Australian support groups now have web sites:
Post-Polio Network (NSW, Australia) Inc http://www.post-polionetwork.org.au/index2.html
Post Polio Support Group of SA Inc http://www.span.com.au/nrc/p_polio_intro.html
Polio Network Victoria http://www.polionetworkvic.asn.au/
Mornington Peninsula Post-Polio Support Group http://people.aapt.net.au/~ddlloyd/

As mentioned before, an information book is available free of charge for Australian health professionals from the Neurological Resource Centre.

By contacting the Neurological Resource Centre you can also obtain a video on the late effects of polio. This video is mainly aimed at people who have obvious residual polio, rather than at people who have mild or moderate signs of the previous disease.

COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HEALTH

There is a range of services funded by the Commonwealth under the Disability Services Program and through the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service. For example, moderately and severely disabled people and their carers may obtain assistance with particular services under the Home and Community Care Services (HACC) programme.

You can obtain information by contacting your local office of the Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health. (Look in the telephone book under "Government- Commonwealth".)

COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL, SECURITY

The Commonwealth Department of Social Security can provide you with information relating to pensions, benefits and family allowance.

AUSTRALIAN TAXATION DEPARTMENT

Check with your local Australian Taxation Department Office to see if you can take advantage of any tax exemptions.

STATE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH

The State Departments of Health have different names in each state and territory. You can obtain information regarding local disability policy and available resources, including details on community-based recreation activities. (You will find your state health department in the telephone book under "Government" - your state.)

INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTRE

Practical advice and access to displays of equipment can be obtained from the Independent Living Centres which operate in the following states: ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA and QLD. The address and telephone number can be found in the telephone book.

DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRES

Each state and territory has disability information resource centres:

NEW SOUTH WALES:
Disabled People's International NSW
(02) 669 2311

NORTHERN TERRITORY:
Disabled Persons' Bureau
(089) 22 7213

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
Disability Information and Resource Centre
(08) 223 7522

TASMANIA:
Disability Services and Community Support Service,
Department of Community Services
(002)28 8233

VICTORIA:
Disability Resource Centre
(03) 480 2877
Disabled Persons' Information Bureau
(03) 412 7176

WESTERN AUSTRALIA:
Disability Resource Centre
(09) 222 2973

QUEENSLAND:
Office of Disability,
Department of Family Services and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs
(07) 224 8031.

TECHNICAL AIDS FOR THE DISABLED (TAD)

This organisation may be able to assist you if you need equipment modified, adapted or designed to meet your particular needs. There are branches in most states. Check your telephone directory.

This document comprises an index, introduction and sixteen other sections or subdocuments. Permission for printing copies is granted only on the basis that ALL sections are printed in their entirety and kept together as a single document.

Document preparation: Chris Salter, Original Think-tank, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Document Reference: <URL:http://www.zynet.co.uk/ott/polio/lincolnshire/library/australia/paleop/sectn_15.html>
Created: 30th December 1997.
Last modification: 19th May 2009.