Accessible Information on COVID-19

Below are some accessible links to coronavirus information (COVID-19) for people with disability. 

• What is Coronavirus? Read here 
  Download the easy English version (pdf) 
• Easy english guide to Coronavirus Read here and here 
• What we (the NDIS) are doing to help stop Coronavirus from spreading
  Download pdf version    /  Word document (text only) 
• NDIS and Disaster Response  Read here
• How to wash your hands Read here 
• The latest information is available from the Department of Health, including in community languages. They also have an FAQ and a factsheet for care workers.
• The NDIA has published frequently asked questions and Easy Read information for NDIS participants. The NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission has published advice for providers.
• Every Australian Counts also has some information from the NDIS and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
• Council for Intellectual Disability has an Easy Read guide about avoiding viruses.
• NACCHO have released some health messages on their website for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• EthnoLink have put together a library of multi-lingual resources together, with information in 18 languages so far and more to come. NDIS now have translated versions of information about coronavirus in five different languages. 
• PWDA have a website with excellent and up to date information over here 
  
• The World Health Organisation (WHO) is also publishing daily updates on COVID-19 on their website.  You can visit the WHO COVID-19 for daily updates.
• There is a Coronavirus Hotline  (24 hours a day, seven days a week) for NDIS participants: 1800 020 080  and a Community Line: 1800 675 398