Disability Information Service
WHO WE ARE
The Disability Information Service is a free community service that holds a wide range of disability and related health information. The service is available to any person who requires information.
OUR INFORMATION
We hold information on:
- Equipment and Supplies
- Community
- Legislation
- Education
- Finance/Benefits
- Employment
- Building (Access and Design)
- Mobility
- Organisations & Support Groups
- Recreation Aids and Devices
- Disorders and Disabilities
- Accommodation
- Travel/Transport
We also have an equipment database, newsletter, educational resources and we facilitate network meeting for people working in the health and disability sector. The Disability Information Service is a member of the Federation of Disability Information Centres throughout New Zealand.
CONTACT DETAILS
Disability Information Service
314 Worcester St
PO Box 32 074
Christchurch
phone 03 366 6189
fax 03 379 5939
email dis@disinfo.co.nz
website www.disinfo.co.nz
MEMBERS of the FEDERATION of DISABILITY INFORMATION CENTRES
You can also visit the Federation's website: www.nzfdic.org.nz
Home Family Services [Warkworth]
phone 09 425 7048
fax 09 425 7049
email homebuilders.warkworth@paradise.net.nz
Northland Disabilities Resource Centre
phone 09 430 0988
fax 09 438 9468
email drc@drcnorthland.org.nz
website www.drcnorthland.org.nz
disAbility Information North Shore [Auckland]
phone/fax 09 488 0210
email dis_help@xtra.co.nz
Disability Resource Centre Auckland Inc.
phone 09 625 8069
fax 09 624 1633
email drc@disabilityresource.org.nz
L.I.F.E. Unlimited - Hamilton
phone 07 839 5506 or 0800 008 011
fax 07 834 9982
email info@life.nzl.org
Coromandel Independent Living Trust
phone/fax 07 866 8358
email cilt@cilt.org.nz
DISC Tauranga
phone/fax 07 578 2929
email disc.wbop@xtra.co.nz
Disability Resource Centre Trust - Whakatane
phone 07 307 1447 or 0800 227 363
fax 07 307 0229
email information@drct.co.nz
Disability Resource Centre Tairawhiti
phone 06 867 9352
fax 06 867 9354
email drc@tairawhiti.co.nz
Disability Information Trust Hawkes Bay Inc
phone 06 835 0781
fax 06 835 0421
email dithb@paradise.net.nz
Taranaki Disabilities Resource Centre Trust
phone 06 759 0019
fax 06 759 0029
email info@taranakidic.org.nz
Whanganui Disability Resources Centre
phone 06 347 1176 or 0800 789 654
fax 06 347 6623
email wdrc@whanganuidrc.org.nz
Disability Information and Equipment Centre Kapiti
phone 04 298 2914 or 0800 434 746
fax 04 298 2941
email kapiti.disinfo@paradise.net.nz
Disability Information Service Centre Wellington
phone 04 803 3773 or 0800 693 342
fax 04 803 3882
email disc@paradise.net.nz
South and Mid Canterbury Districts Disability Information Service
phone 03 688 5515 or 0800 500 896
fax 03 684 6355
email mmaddren@aoraki.ccs.org.nz
Disability Information Service Christchurch
phone 03 366 6189
fax 03 379 5939
email dis@disinfo.co.nz
Disability Information Service West Coast
phone 03 768 4600 or 0800 100 946
fax 03 768 4605
email wcdis@minidata.co.nz
Disability Information Service Dunedin
phone 03 471 6152 or 0800 693 342
fax 03 471 6159
email dis.dn@xtra.co.nz
website www.disabilityinfo.co.nz
Mosgiel Abilities Resource Centre
phone 03 489 0740 or 0800 240 500
fax 03 489 0741
email khyland@marc.org.nz
Disability Resource Centre Southland Inc
phone 03 214 5000
fax 03 218 2694
email abledata@es.co.nz
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS of the FEDERATION of DISABILITIES INFORMATION CENTRES
Pacific Information Advocacy Support Servcie (PIASS) [Auckland]
phone 09 278 6340
fax 09 278 6342
email reception@piass.org.nz
Stroke Foundation [Tauranga]
phone 07 570 3093
fax 07 570 3097
email admin_midland@stroke.org.nz
Supported Employment Agency (SEA) [Rotorua]
phone 07 347 2675
fax 07 346 8050
email sea.bop@xtra.co.nz
Disability Resource Centre Hawkes Bay
phone 06 873 8210
fax 06 873 8212
email ceo@drchb.org.nz
Enable New Zealand [Palmerston North]
phone 06 952 0011
fax 06 952 0022
email enable@enable.co.nz
NZCCS [Wellington]
phone 04 801 0854
fax 04 382 9353
email info@no.css.org.nz
Nelson City Council
phone 03 546 0200
fax 03 546 0239
email pennybloomberg@ncc.govt.nz
This information has been supplied and approved by the Disability Information Service and the New Zealand Federation of Disabilities Information Centres, and is copyright protected. The content and design of this page must not be reproduced electronically or in print without the written permission of UBM Medica (NZ) Ltd.
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