The Research Team

• Associate Professor Nicholas Lennox – Director, Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, University of Queensland
• Jude McPhee – Research Coordinator, Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, University of Queensland
• Ros Murrell - Editorial Assistant, Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, University of Queensland
• Therese Rey-Conde – Research Manager, Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, University of Queensland

Original Idea

• Reg Stewart, Disability Services Queensland

Grant Applicant

• Jane Manderson, Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability, University of Queensland

Reference Group Members

• Endeavour (Fran Forbes)
• Jane Manderson
• Terri-Ann Nesbitt
• Carmel Rosella
• Marlene Skiba

Professionals in diabetes as reviewers

• Kim Bennett - Registered Nurse, Disability Services Queensland
• Wyn Fletcher - Work Solutions, Wesley Mission, Brisbane
• Gillian Harris - Diabetes Educator, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
• Heather Lockington – Pharmacist, Diana Plaza, Brisbane
• Jane Manderson - Senior Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology
• Dr Aidan McElduff - Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney, Dept of Endocrinology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
• Dr Khrys Michelaides - G.P. Diabetologist, Taylor Medical Centre, Brisbane
• Barbara Mottram – Chief Scientist, Clinical Chemistry, Mater Hospital, Brisbane
• Terri-Ann Nesbitt – Nurse Practitioner, Brisbane
• Ian Reid - Manager, Area Podiatry Services Northern Sydney Health & Manager Sydney Diabetes High Risk Foot Service, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
• Michelle Robbins - Credentialed Diabetes Educator Integrated Diabetes Team Leader Logan Beaudesert Diabetes Service
• Marlene Skiba - Speech & Language Pathologist, Bayside Speech Pathology, Brisbane
• Shelly Williamson - Staff Development Officer, Disability Services Queensland

Other reviewers

• Dr Ross Spark, Tropical Public Health Unit, Queensland Health for allowing us to use some of their "words" from the booklet 'What is Diabetes'
• Bruce Briggs
• Bill & Elsie Butler
• Janice E Clark
• Liz Clark
• Margaret Coghlan
• Michael Coghlan
• Bill East
• Carmel Rosella

Financial Support

• The "Education about Diabetes for People with Intellectual Disability and their Carers" project is a National Diabetes Improvement Project (NDIP) funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Illustrations

• Peter Carlos - 2PLIK8

Image

• Molecular Structure of Insulin courtesy of BNL McCarthy and the CDC Public Health Library

IT Support

• School of Medicine, University of Queensland

We would like to thank all others who have given their assistance in the production of this web site.