A big year for everyone at Council for Intellectual Disability

…for everyone at Council for Intellectual Disability (CID). It was very stressful year for everyone waiting to see if we got funding for our project work and advocacy. It was…

Easy Read eNews November 2021

NSW election 2019 – what do the parties say about intellectual disability?

…Continuation and expansion of NSW government advocacy funding. We also asked for commitments on updating guardianship laws, transport, maintaining important functions of the Ombudsman, rights protection in supported accommodation and…

What is Co-design and what it means to us

…own choices and decisions for yourself and sometimes all of us need to get some support for decision-making.” For us, the main reason to make information in a co-design way…

Congratulations are in order

…up for a Disability Royal Commission, mental health support for people with intellectual disability, funding for advocacy, healthy ageing and tackling bullying. He has been on Government committees and advisory…

Mental health care for people with intellectual disability

…who seem to be invisible to health planners. Even now, after a lot of work, noise and advocacy we have been completely left out of the implementation plan for the…

Easy Read eNews February 2023

People will continue to die – underwhelming government response to the Disability Royal Commission

…with intellectual disability. Action on the framework needs the strongest support from government if it is to be taken up by accreditation authorities and universities. The Australian government’s commitment only…

NSW makes a guarded response to the Disability Royal Commission

…Government’s response to the Royal Commission, the key question for CID is what solid action occurs on DRC recommendations between now and the next state election in March 2027. In…

Newcastle group has the write stuff

…won awards from it. Information for this was clearly delivered. We were also informed of a writer’s diary published by Pilot Press, which contains tips, competitions in Australia and other…