The federal election is now over.

A federal election is when we choose who will lead the Australian Government.

CID asked the Government to keep working to make health care better for people with intellectual disability.

This is because the health of people with intellectual disability still counts.

People with intellectual disability have the right to good health care.

You can read the full update at the link.

Len lives in a small NSW town called Junee.

He works at CID.

He likes to help business and people with intellectual disability to work together.

In this video Len shares his story.

He tells us about

• The jobs he has done

• His hobbies

• His social life

• His partner.

Watch Len’s story at the link.

Here are some of the things CID did in May.

You can follow the things CID does on social media.

• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

CID staff members David and Manon went to Family Planning Australia in Dubbo.

They talked about inclusive health care.

CID staff members Sabrina and Alex went to the NSW Digital Inclusion Strategy launch.

The NSW Digital Inclusion Strategy is about how the NSW government can make websites easier to understand.

Some members of Parliament were there.

Alex asked them how they would make legal documents easier to understand.

CID staff member Laura talked to social work students at the University of Sydney.

She talked about how to work well with people with intellectual disability.

CID went to many conferences and expos.

Byron is an artist living in Sydney.

In this podcast he talks about

• Being gay

• Having different disabilities

• His artwork.

Listen to The Road to Byron 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.

These events are coming up in June.

The Advocacy Group will meet on Thursday 12 June.

It is for CID members.

You can come to the meeting online or in person.

If you want to join the Advocacy Group

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

The South West Sydney Disability and Lifestyle Expo is on Saturday 21 June from 10am to 3pm.

It is for

• People with disability
• Their supporters.

It is at the Whitlam Leisure Centre in Liverpool.

It is free.

CID will be handing out resources.

You can find more information at the link.

Learn 2 Lead will meet on Thursday 26 June.

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 1800 424 065.

Researchers want to know what people with disability think about cervical screening.

They are having focus groups until 9 June.

The focus groups will be online or in person.

If you do a focus group you will get a $60 voucher.

If you are interested you can fill out the form at the link.

If you have any questions you can email Emily.godsen-kaye@sydney.edu.au.

The Focus on Ability Film Festival is for short films about disability.

The festival gives out cash and prizes to the winners.

Entries close on Tuesday 1 July.

For more information

• Go to the Focus on Ability website
• Email admin@focusonability.com
• Call (02) 8886 5800

GeneEqual is a project at UNSW about genetic health care for people with intellectual disability.

Genetic health care is about some health conditions that run in families.

GeneEqual made a toolkit about genetic health care.

Researchers studied the toolkit.

They found it helped people with intellectual disability get better health care.

You can read more about the research at the link.

Our friendly team can answer your questions.

They can help you find the information you need.

Call us on 1800 424 065.