Let's Connect aims to provide assertiveness training to people with deafblindness and their families and carers.

Click here to view the Able Australia Deafblind Training Manual.

Click here to view the Auslan Alphabet.

Useful web resources for working with people with congenital deafblindness:

Oregon Health and Science University
Assessment - assessing communication of children with a deafblindness project.

Communication matrix
Free online assessment tool.

Oregon Deafblind project
Early communication tutorial and assessment.

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Assessment resources for vision and hearing.

Perkins
Functional vision assessment

National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
Articles and resources for working with people who are deafblind.

Perkins School for the Blind
Communicating and learning with people who are deafblind (webcast).

Links related to assertiveness:

Assertive communication - 6 tips

Assertiveness techniques

Self help collective - assertive techniques


Other resources:

Letter template - for use to raise an issue you've encountered while using public transport.

Advocacy, equal opportunity, human rights and anti-discrimination organisations:

Australian Deafblind Council     
www.deafblind.org.au

Phone: (03) 9882 8596
Office Hours:  Monday, Tuesday & Friday 9.30am-2.30pm 
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Blind Citizens Australia
www.bca.org.au
Blind Citizens Australia
Ross House
Level 3, 247-251 Flinders Lane
MELBOURNE VIC 3000
Phone:  (03) 9654 1400 or 1800 033 660
TTY:    (03) 9639 1728
Fax:    (03) 9650 3200
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Victoria
Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au

New South Wales
Anti Discrimination Board
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/ADB

Queensland
Anti Discrimination Commission
www.adcq.qld.gov.au

Tasmania
Anti Discrimination Commissioner
www.antidiscrimination.tas.gov.au                                   

Western Australia
Equal Opportunity Commission
www.eoc.wa.gov.au/Index.aspx

South Australia
Equal Opportunity Commission
www.eoc.sa.gov.au

Northern Territory
Anti Discrimination Commission
www.adc.nt.gov.au

Austalian Capital Territory
Human Rights Commission
www.hrc.act.gov.au

Project background

Able Australia was successful in applying for funding from the V.V.Marshman Trust for the Let's Connect project.

The purpose of the project is to provide deafblind awareness training to sensory specific and generic disability service providers in all States of Australia in order to increase awareness and understanding of the needs of people with both congenital and acquired deafblindness.