Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training

Below you will find a list of resources: Australian Alcohol Guidelines  Counselling Online National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre - Facts Sheets  Drug Info Clearinghouse Odyss...

  Students will sometimes encounter problems during their studies and you may be called on to provide support. Some may approach you directly, but others will be reluctant to do so. Your respons...

From time to time staff may be called on to deal with a student who is agitated, angry or upset. Drugs or alcohol may be a factor or the student may have made an attempt at harming him/herself. Thes...

The following quiz can usefully be used as part of disability awareness training to counter some of the common myths about mental illness. Is mental illness inherited? (It can be, but not always) ...

Accommodation services provided by universities are subject to the requirements of the DDA and Disability Standards for Education. The university is still responsible for ensuring that students a...

The core (inherent or essential) requirements are those that students must pass in order to complete a course/unit/program.  They are those components which if removed or substituted would substa...

Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is caused by an injury to the motor centre of the brain, which may have occurred before, during or shortly after birth. Manifestations may include involuntary muscle con...

Narconon Melbourne is a residential drug rehab and detox centre for people who want to get off drugs and stay off drugs.

Odyssey House was founded in 1977 and provides residential and non-residential rehabilitation programs for men and women with a drug, alcohol or gambling problem.

This site supports existing alcohol and drug counselling and treatment services by offering free, text-based, confidential support and referral, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. It can be used by an...

Druginfo is the official NSW Government website on drug issues. It outlines Government policies on drugs including factsheets on illicit drugs, information on legal issues, plus information on the rol...

The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) was established at the University of New South Wales. NDARC aims "to conduct high quality research and related activities that increases the effec...

The Drug Info Clearinghouse is a service provided by the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF). The site functions as a drug prevention network, giving easy access to information about alcohol and other dr...

This article by Mandy J. Gamble, M.S., M.B.A is published by the US Office of Disability Employment under the U.S. Department of Labor. The article provides descriptions of terminology generally used ...