Better Start for Children with Disability

Better Start for Children with Disability
Phone: 1800242636
Email: BetterStart@carersact.asn.au
Web: betterstart.net.au
Service Description: From 1 July 2011, children who are aged under six years and have been diagnosed with one of six listed disabilities can be registered to access early intervention funding of up to $12,000 (up to a maximum of $6,000 per financial year). The identified disabilities under the Better Start for Children with Disability initiative are:
Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, and moderate or greater vision or hearing impairments, including deaf /blindness.

The funding may be used to pay for early intervention services such as speech pathology, audiology, occupational therapy, orthoptics, physiotherapy and psychology. Families will have until the child's seventh birthday to access the early intervention funding. For further information or to register your child contact the Better Start Advisor or see the website for more details.
Lexlie McCauley
Better Start Program Advisor
Carers ACT
T: (02) 6296 9961
F: (02) 6296 9999
E: lexliem@carersact.asn.au
W: http://www.carersact.asn.au/