CID has sad news about Michael Sullivan.

Michael was a Chair of the Board and a Director.

Michael died this month.

We are very proud of the good work we did together for people with intellectual disability.

Michael said we should try to be the best we can be.

He said people with intellectual disability should be treated as important as everyone else.

He wanted everyone to know the great things people with intellectual disability can do

You can read more about Michael here.

CID wrote a letter to all Federal politicians about the Our Health Still Counts campaign.

120 important people signed the letter.

Some of them are in the picture.

The letter asked that health professionals get

• Training so they know how to support people with intellectual disability

• The time to give good quality care to people with intellectual disability.

You can read the letter at the link.

The Federal Election is on Saturday 3 May 2025.

In the Federal Election you can have a say about who runs the country.

You can vote in this election if you are

• 18 and older

• An Australian citizen

• Registered to vote.

If you do not know who to vote for you can ask for support from someone you trust to find the information you need to decide.

You can read Easy Read information about how to vote at the link.

CID worked on a project about how to remember disability institutions with the University of Technology Sydney.

We say UTS for short.

The project is about remembering the disability self advocates who helped close the disability institutions.

We have made Easy Read information about

• What disability institutions are

• What we learned in our project

• How we can remember disability self advocates

• How to be a self advocate for closing down disability institutions.

We also made videos where self advocates talk about disability institutions.

You can see all the resources at the link.

I can decide in my language is looking for people with intellectual disability who speak

• Mandarin
• Cantonese.

We want people to join peer groups.

Peer groups are groups where you can talk with people like you.

The peer groups will talk about supported decision making.

There are also peer groups for supporters.

To find out more

• Call 1800 424 065
• Email i.can.decide@cid.org.au.

In this podcast episode we talk to Ricky and Dina.

They talk about

• Their life as a couple

• Their independent lives.

You can listen to the episode at the link.

CID has services to help organisations be more inclusive.

Inclusive means we can all be part of things.

We have workshops to teach people to write in Easy Read.

We can make information into Easy Read for organisations.

We can help organisations make plans to be inclusive.

We can do focus groups with people with intellectual disability.

A focus group is a group of people who talk about their ideas and issues.

You can tell organisations you know about these services.

You can show them this website.

The Advocacy Group will meet on Thursday 8 May.

It is for CID members.

Members can come online or in person.

If you want to join the Advocacy Group

• Call 1800 424 065
• Email advocacy@cid.org.au.

City of Ryde worked with CID to think about how to employ people with intellectual disability.

They have a new job for a person with intellectual disability.

You can learn more about the job at the link.

You can look at Easy Read information here.

You have to apply by Friday 2 May at 11.30pm.

For more information contact Michael Galderisi

• Call (02) 9952 8102
• Email michaelgal@ryde.nsw.gov.au.

Down Syndrome NSW has a self advocacy workshop for adults with Down syndrome.

The workshop will be on Sunday 3 May in Burwood.

Get more information and sign up at the link.

CID is part of the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health.

We call it the Centre for short.

The Centre works to make health care better for people with intellectual disability.

The Centre is having a conference from 3 to 4 July.

The conference is for anyone who is interested in intellectual disability health.

There are scholarships to support you to go to the conference.

A scholarship is money you can use to learn something.

Learn more about the scholarships at the link.

CID helped make new Easy Read information for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

It is about changes they want to make to the law.

You can read the Easy Read information at the link.

The Centre for Disability Studies is doing research on how people with intellectual disability use social media.

Some examples of social media are

• Facebook

• Instagram.

The researchers want to find out how social media helps you

• Talk to others

• Show who you are online.

You can do this research if you are 18 or older.

The researchers want to interview you about some of your own posts and comments.

You will choose which posts and comments to talk about.

You can learn more about the research in the Easy Read information here.

If you want to do the interview you will need to read and sign the consent form here.

For more information you can email

• andriesz@sydney.edu.au
• catherine.pagejeffery@sydney.edu.au

Our friendly team can answer your questions.

They can help you find the information you need.

Call us on 1800 424 065.