ABBREVIATIONS

2014 progress report Progress Report to the Council of Australian Government 2014
AACC Mornington Peninsula Shire Council's All Abilities Consultative Committee
ABI Acquired brain injury
ACAA Association of Consultants in Access Australia
ACCAN Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
ACTCOSS ACT Council of Social Service
ADACAS ACT Disability Aged Carer and Advocacy Service
AFDO Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
AHRC Australian Human Rights Commission
ALGA Australia Local Government Association
AMA Australian Medical Association
ANUHD Australian Network for Universal Housing Design
ARATA Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Alliance
AT Assistive technology
Auslan Australian sign language
BCA Blind Citizens Australia
BSL Brotherhood of St Laurence
CALD Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Civil society report Disability Rights Now, Civil Society Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
COAG Council of Australian Governments
Committee Senate Community Affairs References Committee
DFA Deafness Forum of Australia
Disability Convention United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Disability Convention report Initial reports submitted by States parties under article 35 of the Convention to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – CPRD/C/AUS/1
Disability Discrimination Act Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Disability Strategy National Disability Strategy 2010-2020
DPOA Disabled Peoples Organisations Australia
FECCA Federation of Ethnic Community Councils of Australia
FPDN First Peoples Disability Network
ICT Information and Communications Technology
ILC Information, Linkages and Capacity
JFA JFA Purple Orange
MDAAN Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW
Monash University Monash University - Departments of Occupational Therapy and Architecture
NBN National Broadband Network
NDIA National Disability Insurance Agency
NDIS National Disability Insurance Scheme
NDS National Disability Services
NESA National Employment Services Association
NSW MHC Mental Health Commission of NSW
NTADC Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission
ODS Office of Disability Strategy
PDCN Physical Disability Council of NSW
PIAC Public Interest Advocacy Centre
PWD WA People with Disabilities WA
QAI Queensland Advocacy Incorporated
QMHC Queensland Mental Health Commission
RIA Rights and Inclusion Australia
Shut Out report Shut Out: The Experience of People with Disabilities and their Families in Australia
UN Concluding observations Concluding observations on the initial report of Australia, adopted by the Committee at its tenth session (2-13 September 2013
UN Disability Committee United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
VICSERV Psychiatric Disability Services Victoria

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