by ASID Secretariat | May 3, 2024 | Webinar Recording
Thursday, 30 May 2024 3pm – 4:15pm (NZST – New Zealand time) 1pm – 2.15pm (AEST – Sydney time) Webinar via Zoom Speaker: Dr Nic McKenzie, Disability sector consultant and researcher This event is a webinar. It might be of interest to people with...
by ASID Secretariat | Jun 8, 2023 | Webinar Recording
Article 19 of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities stipulates the rights of persons with disabilities to choose where and with whom they live and to have access to the necessary supports to enable them to do so. In Australia, the National...
by ASID Secretariat | Dec 20, 2022 | Webinar Recording
Research shows that people with intellectual disability have a higher rate of mental health problems than the general population, but can struggle to get their particular needs met. This presentation will outline the opportunities and challenges for adults with...
by ASID Secretariat | Oct 31, 2022 | Webinar Recording
Down syndrome (DS) was first described in 1866 and has one of the longest histories of documentation of any disability. Unfortunately, the misconceptions from the era when DS was called Mongolism, and when individuals were confined to institutions from birth with...
by Phoebe Thiessen | Apr 27, 2022 | Events, Webinar Recording
The key message from more than 60 years research on the topic of parenting with intellectual disability is that these parents can learn parenting skills when support matches their needs. However, they continue to face poorer outcomes and evidence shows this relates to...
by ASID Secretariat | Sep 29, 2022 | Webinar Recording
Presented by Sally Skewes, Sally Robinson and Sue Goodall. What is this webinar about? People with disability experience 1.8 times higher rates of violence/abuse, including extreme forms of intimate partner violence/sexual assault, and greater barriers to accessing...
