About Ability First Australia

We are a registered charity with Deductible Gift Recipient status. Our Australian Business Number is 33 103 184 550.

Our Patron is Ms Thérèse Rein

What is Ability First Australia?

We are a national body of leading disability organisations working to achieve a fair go for Australians living with a disability. These organisations are amongst Australia’s oldest and most respected charities. All were established from the 1920’s onwards to support children living with the results of polio, cerebal palsy and related conditions.

Today these organisations continue to provide innovative and responsive services aimed at meeting the needs of people living with a wide range of disabilities.

We work together to ensure that every Australian living with disabilities, and their families, will have access to programs that maximise their potential by creating opportunities for them to make their own choices.

Collectively the cost of providing our services exceeds $150 million per year with 3000 staff and an equal number of volunteers.

What services do our Members provide?

Across all states and territories we provide these life changing services to our 84,000 clients and their families:

• Early Intervention
• Early childhood support
• Independent living
• community participation
• Respite and accommodation
• Therapy services
• medical rehabilitation
• Assistive technology
• equipment solutions
• Individual and family support
• Job training and employment
• Leisure access and recreation

Strategically we work together to :

• Develop constructive partnerships with the Federal Government
• Benchmark and create best practice in service delivery.
• Develop structures for interaction and learning between service providers

www.abilityfirstaustralia.org.au

contact: Jacqueline Booth (02) 82 59 7705; jacqueline.booth@abilityfirstaustralia.org.au