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VRTA is not accepting new therapy registrations or bookings. Here is where to start instead.
What VRTA does
- Explains research on VR in therapy and rehabilitation
- Covers what disabled users need from VR
- Compares headsets using what makers publish
- Explains how the NDIS describes assistive technology funding
What VRTA does not do
- Take therapy registrations or bookings
- Give personal health advice
- Promise that the NDIS will fund any item
- Sell products. Orders go through LowCost AT
Where to start
These are external organisations, listed for orientation. Listing is not an endorsement.
- A clinician. Ask your GP, or the professional body for your discipline, such as the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Occupational Therapy Australia or the Australian Psychological Society.
- NDIS information. The NDIS website. Our summary is in how NDIS assistive technology funding works.
- Medical device regulation. The Therapeutic Goods Administration publishes the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.
- Health information. healthdirect.
Questions to ask any provider
- What is the goal of the sessions, and how will progress be measured?
- Is VR replacing other therapy time, or adding to it?
- What qualifications and registration does the clinician hold?
- What happens if I feel unwell during a session?
- What does it cost, and what is claimable?
In an emergency, call 000.
For crisis support in Australia, Lifeline is on 13 11 14.