This is a list of websites that might be of interest to you. The list includes health and disability related sites from both Australia and overseas that staff members at QCIDD have found informative.

Management Guidelines

• www.tg.com.au  
  Management Guidelines in Developmental Disability - Therapeutic Guidelines.  A very practical and informative book, not only for health professionals, but also for carers of those with developmental disability
• www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/rubin-7667/index.htm
  Book from the US about medical care for children and adults with developmental disabilities).

Health Information

• Better Health Victoria

Diabetes Sites

• http://www.sph.uq.edu.au/diabetes
  Site develped by QCIDD for people with intellectual disability and diabetes and carer givers of people with diabetes
• www.diabetes.org.uk 
  Provides useful links for both patients and healthcare professionals - based in the UK
• www.diabetes.org 
  American Diabetes Association Web Site
• www.idsoc.org 
  Immunology of Diabetes Society - Provides an update on current immune intervention trials
• www.library.nhs.uk/diabetes/ - Diabetes specialist library at the UK National Library for Health

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

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 Down syndrome site-uses plain English

Sites about Genetics

• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

Rare Syndromes Sites

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

Helpful Websites/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
• www.ldhealthnetwork.org.uk/waterworks.pdf
  Trouble with your waterworks - a UK website about continence issues for men
• http://www.eumap.org/topics/inteldis/reports
  European Rights of People with Intellectual Disabilities: Access to Education and Employment, 2005-06
• www.ldhealthnetwork.org.uk/cancersum.doc
  Cancer and People with Learning Disabilities
• www.ldhealthnetwork.org.uk/coronary.doc
  Coronary Heart Disease amongst people with Learning Disabilities
• www.ldhealthnetwork.org.uk/epilepsy.doc
  Epilepsy and challenging behaviour

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 Web Sites

• http://www.sph.uq.edu.au/diabetes
  Site develped by QCIDD for people with intellectual disability and diabetes 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

Networks for Asking Questions and Sharing Information

• www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/page.cfm
  Good health and disability network based in the UK - ask questions, share information, find answers, and share ideas with others with similar experiences and interests
• UK Lecturers network (Learning disability) 
  Contact Janet Cobb janet.cobb@nwtdt.com or jcobb@fpld.org.uk - Network aimed at university lecturers and is open to anyone with an interest in workforce development in health
• UK forensic and learning disabilty network. 
  Contact Janet Cobb janet.cobb@nwtdt.com or jcobb@fpld.org..uk - Network aimed at practitioners with an interest in people with disability in secure settings or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System
• The National Network for Palliative care of People with Learning Disabilities (NNPCPLD) seeks to provide training, information and advice to anyone concerned with the palliative and / or bereavement care needs of people with intellectual disability.  Contact Linda McEnhill on LindaMcEnhill@natnetpald.org.uk
• Mental Health in Learning Disabilities Network - an electronic network for anyone intersted in the mental health needs of people with intellectual disability.  To join visit: www.estiacentre.org

ASD Organisations and Programs

• http://home.vicnet.net.au/~autism/
  Autism Victoria
• http://autism.anu.edu.au/
• Autism Australian Capital Territor
• 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
• 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
• www.isdd-home.org/story.htm 
  USA based Institute for the Study of Disadvantage and Disability

Organisations and 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
• http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/ddc/incl/intro.htm
  Inclusion Strategies

Recommended Books

• Management Guidelines - Developmental Disability (Therapeutic Guidelines)  A very practical and informative book, not only for health professionals, but also for carers of those with developmental disability - www.tg.com.au/
• 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.
• www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/rubin-7667/index.htm (Book from the US about medical care for children and adults with developmental disabilities)
• I Am Special - Introducing Children and Young People to their Autistic Spectrum Disorder by Peter Vermeulen. Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd. ISBN 1 85302 916 5

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