Useful links for young people

Where to find services in your state

You can access NDSS information, education and support services through your local diabetes organisation (NDSS Agents). They are in all the capital cities and in some regional areas too.

Find your local diabetes organisation.

General sites

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
• Children and Youth Health—Women’s and Children’s Health Network
• ReachOut—an online mental health organisation for young people and their parents.
• WoundsAustralia
• SANE Australia
• Livewire—a free, safe and fun online community designed especially for young people living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability.  It’s a cool place to hang out, meet new friends, share experiences, creatively express yourself and know that you are not alone.

By topic—listed A to Z

Driving

• Driving and diabetes
• Driving and Jobs—as1diabetes

Drugs

• Drug use and type 1 diabetes booklet
• UNSW Sydney’s National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
• Different types of drugs—ReachOut
• Alcohol, Sex and Drugs—as1diabetes

Sport and exercise

• as1diabetes
• Sport Australia
• exT1D

Food and eating

• TeensHealth
• Glycemic Index—University of Sydney
• as1diabetes
• Eating out: get your order right—Diabetes NSW & ACT
• Dietitians Association of Australia

Friends and parents

• as1diabetes

General health

Body image

• body image—ReachOut

Health schedule

• Teen Zone—as1diabetes

Mental health

• Beyond Blue
• headspace
• ReachOut—an online mental health organisation for young people and their parents.
• SANE Australia

Transition and leaving home

• Transition—as1diabetes
• ReachOut
• Trapeze

New South Wales

• Youth NSW
• NSW Fair Trading

Northern Territory

• Northern Territory Consumer Affairs

Queensland

• Tenants Queensland

South Australia

• Consumer and Business Services

Tasmania

• Department of Health and Human Services

Victoria

• Youth Central
• Tenants Victoria

Western Australia

• Housing options—Department of Communities Housing

Parents and carers (for)

• The Sydney Children’s Hospital network fact sheets

Pregnancy

• Pregnancy and diabetes
• Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society
• Children and Youth Health
• Pregnancy Counselling Link

School

• school
• Teachers and schools—as1diabetes
• School—Diabetes Australia

Sexual health

• contraception
• pregnancy and diabetes
• sexual health 
• Sexual health and contraceptive choices for young women with type 1 (booklet)—Diabetes Victoria
• MyDR

Travel

• travelling
• Roam the world and travel successfully—Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Smartraveller—Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Countries, economies and regions—Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Travelling overseas with PBS medicine—Medicare Australia

Work

• Having a Job—as1diabetes
• Work—Diabetes Australia