CID visited NSW Parliament House.

The people who visited were

• CID staff members

• The CID advocacy group.

The advocacy group helps CID speak up about the big issues for people with intellectual disability.

We visited Parliament House to

• Learn more about how parliament works

• Find out how people with intellectual disability can share ideas with politicians.

CID wrote a blog post about going to Parliament House.

It is not in Easy Read.

You might like to read it with support.

Contraception is something that stops you from getting pregnant.

Some types can also help with health issues like bad periods.

CID made an Easy Read guide about contraception.

It has information about all kinds of contraception.

You need to be 16 or older to read the guide.

It has pictures that should not be seen by younger people.

CID has a new workshop about women’s health.

It is called You CAN ask that!

It will run from 10am to 1pm on Thursday 30 October.

It is for women 16 years and older with intellectual disability.

The workshop will be a safe place to talk about

• Sexual health

• Reproductive health

Reproductive health means keeping parts of your body healthy if you have a baby.

• Consent

• Safe relationships.

To find out more you can

• Call CID on 1800 424 065
• Email health@cid.org.au.

Western NSW Local Health District is hosting a community conference about intellectual disability health.

The conference is sponsored by

• CID
• The National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health.

The conference will be on Thursday 6 November at the Dubbo Convention Centre.

The conference is free.

You can learn more on their website.

For more information you can

• Call Jen at 0499 796 291
• Email Jennifer.Coote@health.nsw.gov.au.

Here are some things CID has been up to in September.

CID staff members visited Revenue NSW.

They met with workers from the Everyone at Work project.

Everyone at Work employs people with intellectual disability.

CID project workers and Revenue NSW workers shared stories about working in inclusive workplaces.

Visit with Jenny McAllister MP

Jenny McAllister MP is the Minister for the NDIS in NSW.

She came to CID to speak with staff and board members.

CID staff and board members told her about their experiences.

CID went to 3 expos.

An expo is an event where organisations can share information.

We talked to people at the expos.

We handed out

• Resources
• Information about CID
• Information about our projects.

We went to

• The Newcastle Community Disability Expo

• The Future Choices Central Coast Expo

• The Sutherland Shire Community Disability Expo.

Keep up with CID by following us on social media.

• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

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
• their issues.

You can tell organisations you know about these CID services.

You can show them this website.

These events are coming up in October.

Disability Sexuality and Everything In Between Conference

The Disability Sexuality and Everything In Between Conference is about sexuality for people with disability.

It is happening at Flinders University and online on Friday 3 October.

CID staff member Mandy and CID member Steph will talk about sexual health for women with intellectual disability.

Advocacy Group

The Advocacy Group will meet on Thursday 9 October.

It is for CID members.

You can come to the meeting online or in person.

If you want to join the Advocacy Group

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

Learn 2 Lead

Learn 2 Lead will meet on Thursday 23 October.

It is for CID members.

You can come to the meeting online or in person.

If you want to join Learn 2 Lead

• Email business@cid.org.au
• Call CID at 1800 424 065.

CID worked with University of Technology Sydney to talk about disability institutions.

We say UTS for short.

UTS has put out a story about the project.

You can read the story here.

The story is not in Easy Read.

You might like to read it with support.

CID worked with the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse.

Together we made a resource called Feeling safer at health services.

You can read the resource at their website.

CID worked with the NSW Law Reform Commission.

Together we made some information about the Anti-Discrimination Act.

The Law Reform Commission wants to know what you think about discrimination.

You can fill in the paper and send it back to the Law Reform Commission by 1 December.

You can download the paper as a PDF.

You can download the paper as a DOCX.

The NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation Intellectual Disability Network wants to make health services better for people with intellectual disability.

We say ACI Intellectual Disability Network for short.

They need people with intellectual disability to join the Consumers Advisory Group (intellectual disability).

This group will share ideas to make health services better.

The group will learn about things like

• Speaking up in meetings

• Making decisions.

Group members and their support people will be paid.

The group will meet 6 times a year for an hour.

You can meet online or in person in St Leonards.

They want to have a variety of people who

• Have intellectual disability

• Are over 18 years old

• Have been to a hospital or community health services in the last 2 years

• Want to make health services better.

They hope to have some people from country areas.

For more information or to join you can email tracey.szanto@health.nsw.gov.au.

There is an art competition from 2 groups at the University of Sydney

• Centre for Disability Research and Policy
• Disability at Work Network.

The art competition is for people with disability.

The theme for the art competition is change and hope.

You can learn more about the competition and enter at the link.

The Having a Say conference has an art competition for people with intellectual disability.

You can enter the competition even if you are not going to the conference.

Learn more about the art competition and enter at the link.

Researchers at Macquarie University want to know what you think about MyMedicare.

MyMedicare lets you register your GP with Medicare.

The researchers want to interview people with intellectual disability.

If you do the interview you will get a gift voucher for your time.

You can learn more in this Easy Read information.

Supported Independent Living is support you get through the NDIS to help you do tasks around the house.

We say SIL for short.

Inclusion Australia has made an Easy Read survey about SIL.

They want to hear what people with disability think about changes to SIL.

You can fill out the survey here.

The survey closes on Friday 3 October.

Researchers at the University of Newcastle want to hear from people with intellectual disability.

They are making resources for people with intellectual disability about using medicines safely.

You can fill out the Easy Read survey here.

Our friendly team can answer your questions.

They can help you find the information you need.

Call us on 1800 424 065.