The list includes health and disability related sites from both Australia and overseas that staff members at QCIDD have found informative.

Diabetes Sites

• Diabetes Information for People with Intellectual Disability and their Carers (this site)
• Health Insite - Australian Goverment Health Site
• Amish and Diabetes
• Diabetes UK
• American Diabetes Association
• Immunology of Diabetes Society

Positive Behaviour Links

• http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/special_education/cecp_behavior.html (Assessment)

Recommended Sites

• Qld Council of Carers
• ACROD
• Ability Incorporated
• Women with Disabilities Australia
• Developmental Disabilities: Resources for Healthcare Providers

 Physical Resources

• Compic Australia
• Mayer Johnson site for PCS communication symbols
• Speech and Language Resources Melbourne

 Mental Health Issues

• Mental Health of Young Australians
• National Injury Surveillance Unit
• Beyond Blue
• http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/info/help/depld/index.asp (About depression from Royal College of Psychiatrists)

Down syndrome sites

• Down Syndrome Association of Queensland
• Down Syndrome Association of Victoria
• Downs Syndrome Association of the UK
• http://www.downsed.org/Publishing/dsii/ (Down Syndrome Issues and Information)
• http://www.ndss.org/ (National Down Syndrome Society)
• http://www.dsscotland.org.uk/ (Scottish site-uses plain English)

Genetics site

• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

Rare Syndromes sites

• National Organisation of Rare Disorders (USA)
• Rett Syndrome
• Alzheimers
• Angelmans Syndrome Australia
• Asperger's Network Queensland

General Information on Disability

• Epilepsy (Epilepsy Qld Inc)
• Service providers Queensland
• http://www.iadh.org/ The International Association for Disability and Oral Health (formerly the International Association of Dentistry for the Handicapped)
• http://www.health-wa.net/. (New website for people with visual impairments)
• http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/specific.htm (Information site on specific disabilities)
• http://www.nichcy.org/ (National Information Center on Youth and Disabilities)
• http://www.who.dk/ (World Health Organisation)
• www.plainenglish.co.uk (Service for preparing materials)
• http://www.cddh.monash.org/ (Website with good educational materials)

Government Links

• http://education.qld.gov.au/ (Education Queensland)
• http://www.disability.qld.gov.au/ (Disability  Qld Online)
• Health Quality and Complaints Commission (HQCC)
• http://www.qld.gov.au/ (Queensland Government Home Page)
• http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/ (Anti-Discrimination Commission Qld)
• http://www.decs.act.gov.au/ (ACT Department of Education)
• http://www.deet.vic.gov.au/deet/ (Victorian Education)
• http://www.education.tas.gov.au/ (Tasmanian Education)
• http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/ (West Australian Education)
• http://www.facs.gov.au/guide/ind_gde/intelle1.htm (Disability Support Pension)
• http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/ (Commonwealth Justice and Attorney General)
• http://www.hreoc.gov.au/ (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission)
• http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/faq/Education/education_faq.html (HREOC)
• http://www.fed.gov.au/ (Federal Government Home Page)
• http://www.facs.gov.au/disability/cds/index.htm (Commonwealth Disability Strategy)
• http://scaletext.law.gov.au/cgi-bin/function.pl (Legislative Acts and Decisions)
• http://www.facs.gov.au/ (Commonwealth Family Youth and Community Care)
• http://www.disability.qld.gov.au/dial.cfm (Disability Information and Awareness Line)

Information and Interactive Click Websites

• http://www.sph.uq.edu.au/diabetes (Site develped by QCIDD for people and carers).
• http://www.dotolearn.com/index.htm (Fantastic Page with Visual Supports)
• http://www.ldonline.org/ (Great page for ideas on social skills)
• http://members.aol.com/room5/welcome.html (Communication and social skills ideas)
• http://seriweb.com/ (Special Education Resources Online)
• http://www.cec.sped.org/ (Special Education Programs, Policies, Resources)
• http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/ajk/fun.html (Fun Interactive Activities for Students)
• http://www.aspergerfoundation.org.uk/ (Asperger Foundation website in the UK)
• http://www.who.dk/ (World Health Organisation)

ASD Organisations or Programs

• http://home.vicnet.net.au/~autism/ (Autism Victoria)
• http://autism.anu.edu.au/ (Autism Australian Capital Territory)
• http://www.autismtas.org.au/index.html (Autism Tasmania)
• http://www.autismindia.com/ (Autism India)
• http://www.mugsy.org/wendy/index2.htm (Wendy Lawson's Homepage)
• http://www.teacch.com/ (University of North Carolina - TEACCH Program)
• http://www.autism.org/links.html (US Autism Organisation Page of Links)
• http://www.members.tripod.com/~Maaja/autiarticles.html (Autism and II)
• http://www.bookinhand.com.au/ (Book Store with ASD Resources)
• http://www.autism-spectrum.com/ (Newsletter Style Information Page on ASD)
• http://www.autisms.org/ (Interactive Information and Activities)
• http://www.autisminfo.com/ ("Newsletter" style web page on ASD)
• http://www.autistics.org/ (Resources by and for people with ASD)
• Autism Behavioural Intervention Unit Qld.

Support Sites

• http://www.autism.org/sibling/sibqs.html (Great handout page for parents and siblings)
• http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/newsdig/nd20txt.htm (Parenting A Child with Special Needs)
• http://www.autism-spectrum.com/archive/grief.htm (Grief and Parenting)
• http://www.acd.org.au/ (Association for Children with Disability)

Organisations or Programs

• http://www.dice.org.au/ (National Council on Intellectual Disability)
• http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/intel.html (Strategies for Teaching)
• http://www.members.tripod.com/~Maaja/autiarticles.html (Autism and II)
• http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/ddc/incl/intro.htm (Inclusion Strategies)

Recommended Books

• Management Guidelines - Developmental Disability (Therapeutic Guidelines) This book was prepared by an Australian group and edited by A/Prof Lennox from QCIDD. It is a very practical and informative book, not only for health professionals, but also for carers of those with developmental disability.
• Management Guidelines in Intellectual Disabiliity
• Book from the U.S.- Medical Care for Children Adults with Developmental Disability
• Feeling Blue (Hollins & Curran, 1995) London: Gaskell. Describes the experience of depression from the perspective of an adult with intellectual disabilty.
• Exploring Your Emotions (Holland et al.1998). Kidderminster: Bild.   Encourages people to describe their emotions.
• Books Beyond Words Series - London: Gaskell  About bereavement (Hollins & Sireling, 1989); About sexual abuse (Hollins et al , 1998); About relationship problems (Hollins & Roth, 1995).
• I Want to be a Good Parent series of books (McGaw 1995). Covers issues such as feeding, safety, child health and emotional development for parents with intellectual disabilty.
• Coming for a Drink? in the Healthy Living Series (Band, 1998) London, Elfrida society. Promotes sensible alcohol use.

Journal Articles

• Martin, D. D., Davis, E. A., Jones, T. W., Acute effects of hyperglycaemia in children with type 1 diabetes
  mellitus: the patient's perspective. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism: JPEM, 2006 Jul,
  19(7):927-36