Allied health is a general term that refers to health professionals who are not doctors, dentists or nurses. They provide essential health services in schools, hospitals, aged care and in community settings of all types. Many allied health professionals provide important supports and therapies for people living with disability.
The allied health professions are:
- Arts therapy;
- Audiology;
- Chiropractic;
- Radiographer/Medical Imaging Technologist;
- Exercise Physiology;
- Genetic Counselling;
- Music Therapy;
- Occupational Therapy;
- Optometry;
- Orthoptics;
- Orthotics/Prosthetics;
- Osteopathy;
- Rehabilitation Counselling;
- Social Work;
- Sonography.