CID is running 2 focus groups for young people with intellectual disability.

A focus group is a group of people who talk about

• their ideas
• their issues.

You must be 15 to 25 years old.

We want to know how you like to get information.

We want to know what is

• Easy to understand

• Fun.

We will use what we find out for our Young Leaders project.

Our Young Leaders project is for young people with intellectual disability to learn what they want in life.

You will get paid $120 for coming to the focus group.

If you are interested

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

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.

It will be 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 done in October.

Disability Sexuality and Everything In Between Conference

People from CID went to the Disability Sexuality and Everything In Between Conference in Adelaide.

They talked about sexual health for women with intellectual disability.

Speak Out Conference

CID staff went to the Speak Out Conference in Devonport.

They talked about supported decision making.

I Can Decide in My Language workshop

We did a workshop for Vietnamese speaking families of people with intellectual disability.

We talked about

• Guardianship

• Supported decision making.

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 November.

ASID Conference

The ASID Conference is on Wednesday 12 November to Friday 14 November in Sydney.

It is for people who care about rights for people with intellectual disability.

CID staff members will speak at the conference.

Advocacy Group

The Advocacy Group will meet on Thursday 13 November.

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 27 November.

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.

There is a story writing contest for short stories written in Easy Read.

It is for stories written by people with disability.

There are 2 cash prizes for people with disability.

Find out more about the story writing contest here.

Creative Australia is doing a survey about how people enjoy things like

• Art

• Music

• Events

• Reading.

They have a survey in Easy Read.

You will get a $20 gift card if you finish the survey.

You can fill out the survey here.

If you have any questions you can email daphne@lonergan.team.

There are some webinars from the Centre for Disability Studies about cervical screening.

A webinar is an online talk.

Cervical screening is a test done from the vagina to make sure you do not have cancer.

The webinar will talk about

• What getting screened is like

• What kind of support you might want

• How you and your doctor can make the test more comfortable

• Different ways you can do the test.

You can pick a date and time to come to the webinar.

• Monday 3 November
  8am to 9 am

• Thursday 13 November
  12:30pm to 1:30pm

• Tuesday 25 November
  1pm to 2pm

Learn more and sign up for the webinar at the link.

ACON has a project called the Disability Community Leadership Project.

It is for people with disability who are LGBTQ+.

It is for people who

• Are in a leadership role

• Volunteer with LGBTQ+ or disabled communities

• Speak up for change

• Live in NSW

• Are 18 or older.

You can download a flyer about the project.

You can tell them you want to do the project here.

If you need help or have any questions email disability@acon.org.au.

Researchers from Flinders University and Cancer Council SA are doing a study.

The study is about making things better for people with intellectual disability who have had cancer.

They want to talk to all adults with intellectual disability.

They are looking for people to do one of these

• A 60 minute talk with someone

• A 90 minute focus group.

If you do a talk or focus group you will get a $50 gift card.

You can find out more at the link.

You can watch a short video about the research here.

Our friendly team can answer your questions.

They can help you find the information you need.

Call us on 1800 424 065.