Congratulations UNSW 3DN and partners on your launch of the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health! I really appreciated the brilliant MC Fiona McKenzie and array of speakers who shared their knowledge and experience. 🎉

The new Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health has been officially launched! Get Easy Read information about the Centre. #nceidh 3dn.unsw.edu.au/news/opening-n…

A recording of this week's seminar on our new online resource for Quality Hopsital Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities is now up on our Youtube channel: bit.ly/45yXNAm

Fiona Mackenzie CID closes the launch of the Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health. “This Centre will give us a voice” UNSW 3DN Melbourne Disability Institute Inclusion Australia Down Syndrome Aus Queenslanders with Disability Network Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS

Researchers from University of Melbourne's Institute for Breathing & Sleep would like to interview people with #MND or their carers about their experiences of accessing non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for MND 🫁 To learn more email [email protected] or call 0468 862 693.

Providing support to people with intellectual disability can be stressful. Get tips on staying healthy and feeling well at our IDMH Connect website idmhconnect.health/i-am-family-or… #StressAwarenessWeek Black Dog Institute Carers NSW Beyond Blue

Congratulations to Sleep Health Foundation and collaborators on this important report outlining the role of #sleep as a pillar of good health and how critical it is to include sleep in preventative health strategies. vu.edu.au/mitchell-insti…

Launched at #ASID2023. Prof Teresa Iacono - New, free, online resource for people involved in the hospital journey of adults with intellectual disabilities. ⁦Christine Bigby⁩ hospitalinclusion.au

Great launch event - thanks Teresa Iacono Teresa Iacono for being an amazing lead on this work. Very special experience working with such amazing people in every aspect of this work. La Trobe Rural Health School

Dr Dr Kerryn Bagley presenting her research on the lived experience of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnostic assessment #asid2023 La Trobe Rural Health School Christine Bigby

#ASID2023 Australasian Research Prize winners Dr Tal Araten-Bergman and Prof Christine Bigby ⁦Christine Bigby⁩ A copy of their paper is here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.31…

Congratulations Dr Tal Araten- Bergman and Prof Christine Bigby on winning the Australasian Research Prize at the #ASID2023 conference! ASID_Ltd Christine Bigby La Trobe University

Don't forget to submit your Expressions of Interest for 'Digital Interventions to Improve Rural Health Outcomes' to the Australian Journal of Rural Health by May 1, 2024 lnkd.in/gG9VzTM #DigitalHealth #RuralHealthInnovation #AJRH @pimkuipers Susi Tegen 🇦🇹 🇦🇺

Still makes me laugh

Did you know rural healthcare shift workers complete more hours on average each week than their metropolitan counterparts? Some important findings in this recent study, published in Australian Journal of Rural Health, by La Trobe Rural Health School researchers #ruralhealth onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

New La Trobe research shows that high-temperature pasteurisation can significantly reduce melatonin levels in breast milk - this could have implications for pre-term babies who often rely on donor breast milk. Read more: latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/…

Important work from Lauren Booker.

The reason people get good ideas in the shower is because it's the only time during the day when most people are away from screens long enough to think clearly. The lesson is not to take more showers, but rather to make more time to think.

New publication - Preparedness and training needs of a regional public mental health to support people with intellectual disability La Trobe Rural Health School Christine Bigby UNSW 3DN Julian Trollor onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aj…

Mental health professionals, join our FREE webinar to learn more about behaviours of concern in young people with intellectual disability accessing mental health services.. Register at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/50f62460… NSW Health UNSW Medicine & Health