We want to know what you think about the Department of Communities and Justice website.

We will have focus groups to talk about

• How easy the website is to use

• What information people would like on the website

We will have focus groups for different parts of the website

• General website

• Housing and Homelessness
• Legal and Justice

• Children and Families
• Community Inclusion

• Service Providers

The focus groups will be in July and August.

If you want to be part of the focus group you can

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

CID has made Supported Decision Making Conversation Cards.

The conversation cards assist people with intellectual disability and their supporters to talk about

• feelings
• actions
• decisions
• rights.

The cards have been translated into

• Simplified Chinese
• Traditional Chinese
• Arabic
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese

We want to do a focus group about the cards.

We are looking for people who speak these languages who are

• people with intellectual disability
• supporters of people with intellectual disability

If you do the focus group you will be paid.

If you would like to do a focus group you can

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

CID has a new project called Inclusion Works.

We will help councils understand how they can give jobs to people with intellectual disability.

We will give councils free training and coaching.

Watch our video about Inclusion Works.

Read more about Inclusion Works on our website.

CID has made a new video to help you use our Supported Decision Making Framework.

It shows what good support is.

Everyone has the right to make decisions.

You can make decisions on your own.

You can get support to make decisions.

You can watch this video to learn more about making your own decisions.

You can show this video to your supporters when you talk about making decisions.

Learn about supported decision making.

Supported decision making is when someone supports you make more of your own decisions about your life.

The workshops will

• tell you about supported decision making
• help you start making more of your own decisions.

You can see all the workshops at the link.

We have two workshops in July for people with intellectual disability.

Our online workshop will be every Thursday from 13 July to 10 August from 10am to 12pm.

Our workshop in Western Sydney will be every Monday from 17 July to 14 August from 10am to 12pm.

CID staff went to Geelong to present at the Having a Say Conference 2023.

In this blog article project worker Alexander Elliott shares what happened at the conference.

Alexander writes about what the team said about supported decision making.

Read the blog post at the link to see how it went.

Do you want to talk about decisions with peers with disability?

Peers are people who have some of the same experiences as you.

Join the supported decision making peer mentor group.

We meet online.

We meet once a month.

Our next group is on Wednesday 5 July from 10am to 11am.

We will talk about moving out.

Sign up for the supported decision making peer mentor group at the link.

Learn 2 Lead is a great group to make friends and grow with each other.

Learn 2 Lead meets once a month to share ideas.

This month we will be talking about disability pride.

You do not need to be in Sydney to join.

You can come to meetings online and in person.

You need to be a CID member to join.

You can become a member at the link.

It is free to be a member if you are a person with intellectual disability.

If you want to know more contact CID

• email info@cid.org.au
• call 1800 424 065

Call It Out is a register of racism against First Nations people.

They have just created an Easy Read version of their reporting form.

You can find it on their Resources page.

The Australia Council for the Arts is offering 6 grants of $30,000 to artists with disability.

These grants are for big projects.

Learn more about the grants for artists at their website.

The Australia Council for the Arts is giving out 2 awards

• for artists with disability who have been working for a while
• new artists with disability

Learn more about the National Arts and Disability Awards at their website.

The ABC is telling stories from people with disability.

They will work with you to tell your story.

You will be paid for your work.

You can learn more at the ABC website.

Inner West Council is having an Inclusion Festival in December.

They are looking for performers who

• have a disability
• live in the Inner West Council area

You can sign up at the link. Expressions of interest are open until 30 September.

Our friendly team can answer your questions.

They can help you find the information you need.

Call us on 1800 424 065.