1 January 2012 new item added to our website
Kim Walker
In sad news NSW CID Member Kim Walker passed away on December 26, 2011.
Kim was a great advocate and friend.
She worked hard for many years to make life better for people with intellectual disability.
A service to celebrate Kim’s life will be held on February 6 at Redfern Town Hall.
Please click here for details of the celebration of Kim's life.
Please click here to read more about Kim Walker.
NSW CID will miss Kim very much.
Join the NSW CID Team - Information Officer Position Vacant (Part Time -Contract Position)
 Due to some additional upcoming projects a part time position will be available soon for a skilled Information Officer. (This is a contract position for 7 months).
The Information Officer has the important task of managing all requests for information and resources that NSW CID receives. They must be organised, a skilled communicator, have excellent computer skills and be passionate about the provision of quality information.
All applications must address the selection criteria.
Click here to download the Job Description and Selection Criteria.
Applications close 5pm, Thursday February 9, 2012.
NSW CID & Alzheimer's Australia Position Statement on the Guardianship Tribunal
Updated 30, January 2012
NSW CID and Alzheimer's Australia call for the maintenance of the NSW Guardianship Tribunal as a seperate tribunal focused purely on the rights and interests of people living with disability or dementia.
Click here to view the Position Statement
If your organisation would like to endorse this position statement please email your details to
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Healthier Lives in the New England Region Thursday 15 March 2012
NSW CID is going to Armidale on Thursday 15 March to hold another of
our highly regarded forums on strategies to improve the health of people
with intellectual disability in the New England region.
Click here for more information or click here to go to registration form
14 December 2011 new items added to our website
From Outlaws Towards Inclusion' Conference 17 February 2012.
Together with the Intellectual Disability Rights Service and the Criminal Justice Research Network UNSW, NSW CID presents “From outlaws towards inclusion”– a conference on 10 years of challenges and progress in rights and human services for offenders with intellectual disability in NSW.
Click here for more details .
6 December 2011 new items added to our website
On November 21 2011, The Futures Alliance (of which NSW CID is a Member) & The Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW Division) presented Ageing with a Disability: Research, Policy & Practice Forum.
Click here to see the presentations.
21 November 2011 new items added to our website
NSW CID's Senior Advocate Jim Simpson' presentation 'Compulsion via Guardianship - Outmoded or the Rights Approach'
NSW CID with IDRS and Criminal Justice Research Network UNSW present 'From Outlaws Towards Inclusion Conference' 17 February 2012.
9 November 2011 new items added to our website
Our Health Advocacy page has just been updated !
It shows all our work and progress in 2011.
Click here to check it out.
31 October 2011 new items added to our website
Following the NSW CID AGM, Members of NSW CID’s Speak Out Reach Out Committee presented “Big Voices and Big Ideas”.
They spoke about their work as advocates and why they choose to speak up. Click here to see the presentation.
At the end the Minister was asked to speak and share what why he thought it was important for people with intellectual disability to speak up.
One of the key things the Minister said he would take from the evening is a quote that former NSW CID Board Member Micheal Herdman had said about why it is important to speak up to the Government:
“If they get bad advice, they will make a bad decision and we will have to live with it!
To see some photos from the evening click here .
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