The following items have been added recently to the NSW CID website.

In Control

 In Control Australia is a group of individuals and organisations who aim to bring about systemic policy change in Australia to enable individuals with disability and their families to self manage their support. NSW CID is actively involved with In Control. 
In Control Australia is a foundation member of In Control International with close links to In Control UK. Through our partnership with In Control UK and other In Control groups around the world we can share information, research, stories, and develop tools to use for self-directed funding.

In Control Australia regularly hold forums where we aim to discuss the issue of self managed support and to hear from experts, people with disability and family members about how self managed models are working in Australia and overseas. The most recent forum was held on 24 November 2009 at Parliament House, Sydney.

The presentations of the speakers are available by clicking on the respective links below:

Introductory Remarks  by Belinda Epstein-Frisch of Family Advocacy

Peter Shergold Chair, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW on the ethical and economic imperative for self directed support

Lisa Minchin Service Reorientation Unit, Community and Individual Support Branch of Victorian Dept of Human Services on new opportunities

Maureen McLeish Direct payment recipient on behalf of her daughter

Jim Burns CEO Melba Support Service on the impact of the transformation on a large non government service

Lara Friedman Person with disability using self managed package

Judy Harwood Director Reform & Development DADHC on initiatives in packaged support in NSW

 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
 Robert Strike wins National Disability Award

Robert Strike wins Minister's Lifelong Achievement Award at National Disability Awards

Great recognition for a true fighter

Outgoing NSW CID Chairperson Robert Strike has won the Minister’s Lifelong Achievement Award at the National Disability Awards at ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. Robert won the Award jointly with Sue Gordon.

Robert has been fighting for the rights of people with intellectual disability for his whole life, so has deservedly received recognition by winning the prestigious Minister’s Lifelong Achievement Award.

The Minister’s Lifelong Achievement Award recognises the achievement of a person, with or without disability, who has demonstrated a sustained and extraordinary personal commitment to improving or reshaping the lives of people with disability.

Robert is a man who has overcome great adversity to become one of the most influential advocates for people with intellectual disability in Australia. Robert is well known throughout the NSW disability sector and very widely respected.

The overall impact of Robert’s work over the last 25 or more years has been very considerable.  He has made a major contribution towards people with intellectual disability being confident to make their own life choices and live normal and positive lives in the community.  He has had a major impact on the attitudes of service providers and the broader community so that they are more respectful of the views and rights of people with intellectual disability and more supportive of their right to live normal lives.
 

Robert Strike 2009 Ministers Life Long Achievement Award Winner

Robert Strike with Ms Therese Rein, Patron of National Disability Awards 

Robert Strike with Maxine      McKew MP, Federal Member for Bennelong

Robert Strike with Yvette Proud, New South Wales Council for Intellectual Disability

Robert Strike with Mark Pattison, National Council for Intellectual Disability Executive Officer

NSW CID Annual General Meeting 2009

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Annual Report 2008/2009

Health Fact Sheets launched on  Tuesday 11 August 2009

On 11 August 2009, NSW CID launched our Healthier Lives fact sheets.  Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir, AC CVO, Governor of NSW,  officially launched the sheets, praising NSW CID for providing such an important resource for people with intellectual disability, their families and professionals.

The fact sheets provide information on key health issues, in standard and easy English formats. 

To read more about the official launch, click here.

To learn more about Healthier Lives fact sheets, click here.

 NSW CID Welcomes ‘BrowseAloud’

NSW CID is committed to making our information as accessible as possible to people with intellectual disability. As a result we have been looking for technology that will help make our website more accessible and easier to use.

In addition to our easy English pathway in our website, we have also made our website BrowseAloud-friendly. Browsealoud makes reading our website much easier, with the words being read out loud rather than having to rely on reading the words.

BrowseAloud is a computer program that reads out all website content. As you move the cursor/mouse over words, they are spoken aloud. BrowseAloud is free for anyone to use. NSW CID’s website is BrowseAloud-friendly, so once you have downloaded the software our website will work with it.

All you need to do to if you BrowseAloud is to click on this logo at the bottom of the NSW CID homepage:

Then, follow the directions and download the program. It is really very easy to download and use. Every time you go to our website all you will need to do is move your mouse onto the sentence you want to read, it will highlight the sentence and read it back to you.

Some other websites are also BrowseAloud-friendly, so once you have downloaded the software those websites will also be able to read back to you. These websites are not connected to NSW CID but are also committed to assisting people with reading difficulties to access their websites.

If you have any questions about how to use BrowseAloud please contact us anytime on 02 9211 1611 or 1800 424 065 (outside Metro areas only).