Release of the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care's draft policy on Maintaining Respite Capacity has stimulated robust c...

We are asked several times each year about the greatest age that a person with Down syndrome has reached, and each year we hear about severa...

The movie, Tropic Thunder has opened here in Australia, to barely a ripple of protest, less than rave reviews (but it hasn't been slam...

Click here for a very short clip, made about "people with intellectual disabilities who stand to be hurt by thoughtless, cruel names t...

We've heard a lot about "Tropic Thunder", much of it extremely uncomfortable. We've heard from the stars, writer, produ...

The Americian Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities has published a case study of a man with Down syndrome who has reac...

The controversy about the new movie "Tropic Thunder" continues. An active campaign by disability groups and individuals in the USA...

This website and forum could be useful for the small number of families whose children with Down syndrome have extreme feeding difficulties,...

What are you looking at? New cinema by, with and about people with a disability 35+ Australian and international films - 20 sessions and fo...

News Release, 10/08/2008: The Hon. Kristina Keneally MP, Minister for Disability Services The NSW Government will launch a one million dol...

Draft Allocation of Places in Supported Accommodation : policy and procedures This draft policy is to replace the existing Placement of Clie...

Rudely Interrupted have been invited by the United Nations to perform in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium on the 3rd of December 2008 to mar...

Brighter Tomorrows is an initiative of of the Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky, providing families wi...

A new Ben Stiller movie, Tropic Thunder is scheduled for release in the USA on 13th August. The intended humour of the script leans heavil...

Media release issued 28th July by Annette Ellis MP, Chair, and Hon Judi Moylan MP, Deputy Chair House of Representatives Standing Committ...

Carers Australia has launched an online "2020" - a summit just for those who care for others who are elderly, physically or ment...

We often read about very positive experiences for siblings of people with Down syndrome and the research literature points out that our chil...

21/07/2008 Joint Media Release : The Hon Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services; The Hon Brenda...

The FREEDOM WHEELS customised bike program modifies standard push bikes to give a new kind of independence to children with disabilities by...

This beautifully illustrated book can help prepare children for a visit to the dentist. It is written as a social script, with each step of ...