- Access Solutions
Hobart based company providing a range of specialist building products and lifting solutions for residential and commercial requirements
- Independent Living Centre, Tasmania Inc
"The Independent Living Centre (ILC) Tasmania is a non-profit community service organisation providing impartial advice on equipment, technology, design, access and resources to people with disabilities, together with their advocates, carers and service providers."
- Orthotic and Prosthetic Services Tasmania (OPST)
Information on the OPST, a service of the Department of Health and Human Services, which assists in the treatment and rehabilitation of clients through the provision of orthotic, prosthetic, and special seating services
- Spectacles Assistance Scheme (Department of Education) (PDF file)
Details of the assistance available to eligible students for the purchase of standard frames and lenses for full-time students from kindergarten through to senior secondary level. Application forms are available from participating optometrists (list available online)
- Spectacles Assistance Service
The Department of Health and Human Services' Spectacles Assistance Scheme provides financial assistance for the purchase of spectacles to those people who meet the eligibility criteria
- SurgiMed
SurgiMed offer a range of medical supplies to the public, local businesses and government bodies. Products include medical textbooks, diagnostic & surgical equipment and consumables as well as mobility and daily living equipment
- TADTAS: Technical aids for Tasmanians with disabilities
TADTAS is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving the dignity and quality of life for people with disabilities by using the skills of volunteers to build customized mobility aids for Tasmanians with disabilities
- Tas Mobility: freedom solutions
Supplier of mobility equipment and home care aids, including electric mobility scooters, powerchairs, electric lift/recliner chairs, wheelchairs, walkers, walking frames, walking sticks, and bathroom and toileting equipment
- Tasmanian Medical Supplies
Tasmania's largest locally owned medical and surgical wholesaler, based in Hobart. Tas Med supply hospitals, medical practices and specialists, veterinary clinics and the general public
- Walk on Wheels
Hire and purchase of a wide range of mobility and comfort aids including manual and powered wheelchairs
- Wheelchair licence
Drivers of registered wheelchairs which can exceed 10 km/h require either a car or motor cycle licence to drive the wheelchair on public streets, including footpaths
- Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs require registration as a light vehicle or a motorcycle if they are used on public streets (including footpaths) and can exceed a speed of 10 km/h
