eNews July 2024 in Easy Read
Looking back at My Rights Matter
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My Rights Matter was a project CID did about supported decision making.
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Supported decision making is when someone supports you to make your own decisions.
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The project finished in June 2024.
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You can still get the information about supported decision making on the CID website.
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You can read about some of the things My Rights Matter did during the project.
Plain English Acknowledgement of Country Guide
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An Acknowledgement of Country is a way to show respect for First Nations people.
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CID made a Plain English guide talking about
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- What an acknowledgement of country is
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- Why it is important
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- How to do an acknowledgement of country.
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You can download the guide here.
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You might want to read it with support.
Podcast - Sparkles, Strength and Speaking Up
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Leigh Creighton is a CID member.
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He does a lot of things like
- Speaking up about the environment
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- Speaking up about disability
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- Giving speeches to large groups
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- Lifting weights
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- Doing drag as a straight drag queen.
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Leigh spoke at the World Down Syndrome Congress this month.
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We interviewed Leigh for the Visibility podcast in May 2023.
Board groups
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These CID Board groups are coming up in August.
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You can learn more about the CID Board groups here.
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The Advocacy Group is meeting on Thursday 8 August.
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It is for members of CID.
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Members can come online or in person.
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If you want to join the Advocacy Group
- Call 1800 424 065
- Email advocacy@cid.org.au
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Learn 2 Lead is meeting on Thursday 15 August.
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It is for members of CID.
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Members can come online or in person.
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If you want to join Learn 2 Lead
- email business@cid.org.au
- call 1800 424 065.
Australian Digital Health Agency survey
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People with Disability Australia is looking for people to do a survey about
- My Health Record
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- My Health App
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- Electronic prescriptions.
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You can do the survey here.
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The survey is not in Easy Read.
You may need support to fill it in.
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This survey will close on Thursday 25 July 2024.
Learn and Lead Group
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Down Syndrome Australia is part of the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health.
We will say the Centre for short.
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They are looking for 10 people with intellectual disability to join a group called Learn and Lead.
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This group will help the Centre do their work.
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You can join Learn and Lead to
- Be a leader
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- Help guide projects
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- Share your ideas to make health services better
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- Learn new skills
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- Work with a team
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- Make new friends
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- Get paid for your time.
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The Centre wants this group to have a lot of different people in it such as
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- First Nations people
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- People from different cultures
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- People who live in rural areas
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- LGBTIQA+ people
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- People who need help with communicating.
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You can learn more and apply for Learn and Lead here.
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You have to apply by Friday 26 July at 5pm.
National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health conference
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The National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health works to make health care better for people with intellectual disability.
We call it the Centre for short.
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The Centre is having its first conference.
A conference is a meeting of people who want to learn about the same thing.
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The conference will be online.
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The conference will be on Wednesday 21 August and Thursday 22 August.
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People at the conference will talk about
- How the Centre works
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- What is important to the Centre
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- What the Centre is doing
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Things the Centre has learned so far
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- Important information about health.
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The conference is for
- People with intellectual disabilityThis includes First Nations people with intellectual disability
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- People who support people with intellectual disability with their health care.This might be family or friends or support workers.
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- People who work with people with intellectual disability
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People who work in health care like people who work at hospitals or health clinics.
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- People who do research about people with intellectual disability.
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You can register for the conference here.
Study about sexuality
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Researchers at University of Sydney want to talk to
- people with intellectual disability
- who are aged 18 or older.
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They want to know what you think about
- sex
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- relationships
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They have a survey you can fill out.
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They also want to interview people.
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You can find out more in this fact sheet.
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You can fill out this page to let them know if you are interested.
Down Syndrome Australia survey
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Down Syndrome Australia wants to hear from people with Down syndrome.
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They want to know about how people with Down syndrome like to get
- information
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- support.
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The survey is in Easy Read.
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You can do the survey here.
Palliative care toolkits
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3DN at UNSW has some new resources about palliative care.
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Palliative care is help for people who have a serious health problem they will die from.
Palliative care helps people to live well.
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This Toolkit was made to support people with intellectual disability to get good palliative care.
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The Easy Read story tells a story about someone getting good palliative care.
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You can see all the palliative care resources here.
Having a Say Conference expressions of interest
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Having a Say is a conference for people with intellectual disability.
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The conference happens every year in Geelong.
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In 2025 the conference will be from 28 January to 30 January.
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The theme is Our Lives, Our Voices.
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The conference is looking for people to do
- performances
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- presentations
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- workshops.
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Fill out the form at the link and send it in to apply.
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You need to get your application in by Friday 30 August.
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You can ask for more time if you need to.
Dulcie Stone Writers Competition
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The Dulcie Stone Writers Competition is for writers with intellectual disability.
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The theme this year is dreaming.
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You can write a story about dreaming and send it in.
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You could win prize money.
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You can learn more here.
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You have to send in your story by Monday 2 September.
Got a question?
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Our friendly team can answer your questions.
They can help you find the information you need.
Call us on 1800 424 065.