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Key Resources

Audio-Visual Stories

Key Links

Employment Assistance Fund

The Employment Assistance Fund is an Australian Govt. Fund supporting modifications and adaptations to create meaningful employment. If you’re a person with disability looking for support to start your own micro-enterprise or an employee of an organisation in agriculture and need assistive equipment, from an adjustable desk, modified vehicle or a drone check out the EAF website.

Are you an agribusiness that needs help in making accomodations or adjustments for employees contact the EAF.

Peer Support

  • Ability Agriculture facebook group and instagram - sharing experiences, adaptation advice or insights and connecting families and individuals with disability in agriculture

  • AgrAbility USA - AgrAbility is a consumer-driven USDA-funded program that provides direct education and assistance to farmers and family members with disabilities

  • Inclusive Farm UK - Inclusive Farm was created in the UK to provide people with disabilities a meaningful route into agriculture—empowering them with the confidence and hands-on experience to pursue a fulfilling career in farming.

  • The Long Road Podcast - sharing stories of parents who have a young person who has experienced life changing trauma in Australia

    Free mental health counselling

    • TIACS: professional mental health counselling service for tradies, truckies, farmers and blue collar workers

    • Rural aid: free counselling for farmers and their families call 1300 175 594

    Farm deaths or injuries

    Workplace accident and injury insurance systems - Australia has 11 main workers’ compensation schemes that connect the injured worker to services and support from the employers’ workers’ compensation insurer. 

    There is a scheme for each state and territory and 3 Commonwealth schemes. Each one is governed by different laws and may vary in the way it operates.

    We suggest finding your state based organisation - some states are listed below

Key Disability Organisations

  • these organisation may offer impairment specific support and advocacy

People with Disability Australia (PWDA)

  • Free support - have a problem with housing, domestic violence, troubles at school or issue with police, NDIS or another problem call 1800 422 015

Cerebral Palsy Alliance

Invisible Disabilities Australia

Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (SCIA)

Autism Awareness Australia

  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

  • Australian Federation of Disability Organizations (AFDO)

  • Every Australian Counts

  • Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA)

  • First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN)

  • Deaf Australia

  • Down Syndrome Australia

  • Dementia Australia

  • Free 3D Hands

    • Free 3D Hands designs and creates hands and assistive devices for children and adults all around the world. All hands and devices are provided absolutely free – we even pay the postage! Mat Bowtell also shares his designs under an open-source licence so others can make and repair their own devices and to encourage further innovation. Website: Free3DHands