NSW Annual General Meeting 2009To read about the 2009 AGM click here Healthier Lives fact sheets launchThe NSW CID healthier Lives fact sheets were officially launched on 11 August 2009 by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashire AC CVO, Governor of NSW. To read more about the launch, click here.
Bill Shorten addresses the National Press ClubBill Shorten MP, the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, addressed the National Press Club on 1 April 2009. His speech was entitled 'Right to an Ordinary Life' and is well worth a read!
Community Participation Information SessionsIn October 2008 NSW CID conducted information sessions on the Community Participation (CP) program. This was the last of a series of information projects run on the program. CP is a post school program for young people with disability who may not be able to work in the foreseeable future. Each year young people leaving school with disability are assessed to see whether or not they are eligible for CP, or another post school program.
Launch of 'Enabling Justice' ReportEnabling Justice is a new report which highlights problems for alleged offenders with intellectual disability in the NSW Local Court System. Opportunities to divert people into support services that will avoid repeat offending are being lost. The result is people with intellectual disability being highly represented in prison where they are vulnerable to abuse. Justice Virginia Bell of the NSW Court of Appeal launched the Enabling Justice report at State Parliament House on 21st May 2008. Enabling Justice has been produced by the Intellectual Disability Rights Service (IDRS), in conjunction with the Coalition on Intellectual Disability and Criminal Justice and NSW CID |
