NSW Council for Intellectual Disability - Easy Fact Sheet Information

More info

NSW CID health fact sheets are about NSW Health services.
They also have info that helps people in all parts of Australia.

Some of the links to info in the United Kingdom (UK) will also have info about their health service (NHS).
Remember that it is not the same in Australia.

Updating the health fact sheets

Our fact sheets were written in July 2009.
NSW CID will update them on our website each year.
Please tell us your ideas to make the info better.
Please tell us about new info that we should know about.

You can contact us by going to the Contact us part of our website. You can also look on the bottom of this page.

Speaking out for better health care

NSW CID speaks out for change.
We want health services to get better for people with intellectual disability.

Speaking out is called advocacy.

What else does NSW CID speak out about?

Please see the Advocacy part of our website

Health info for people in other parts of Australia

In three other states, there are intellectual disability health centres.
These are good starting points for info in your state.

This info is not in Easy English.
You could ask someone to help you read them.

Melbourne - Centre for Developmental Disability Health
www.cddh.monash.org/people-with.htm
Phone (03) 9501 2400

Brisbane – Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability
www.som.uq.edu.au/research/qcidd/default.asp
Phone (07) 3163 2412

Adelaide - Centre for Intellectual Disability Health
Phone (08) 8397 8100

Information on health issues

General

Better Health Channel

Plain English fact sheets on a very wide range of health conditions and issues. www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/LOne/Topics

Health Insite
Information on health conditions
www.healthinsite.gov.au/

Child health

Raising children
Information for parents on health and other issues.
raisingchildren.net.au/

The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Fact sheets for parents on health issues - includes some in community languages.
www.chw.edu.au/parents/factsheets/

Health of people with disability

Better Health Channel

Plain English fact sheets on disability/health issues.
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/su_disability?open

Centre for Developmental Disability Health
Information on health of people with intellectual and developmental disability.
www.cddh.monash.org/people-with.htm

Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Information on health of people with intellectual and developmental disability.
www.som.uq.edu.au/research/qcidd/default.asp

Centre for Disability Studies, Sydney
Information on health and other issues for people with intellectual and developmental disability.
www.cdds.med.usyd.edu.au/

Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care NSW (now Department of Human Services)
Policies and procedures for disability services on health issues.
www.dadhc.nsw.gov.au/dadhc/Publications+and+policies/

International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities
Health guidelines for adults with an intellectual disability.
www.iassid.org/pdf/healthguidelines-2002.pdf