Down Syndrome and Dementia: A Guide for Families

This resource has been developed to inform and empower people supporting a person with Down syndrome to:
• Understand the links between lifestyle, health and dementia
• Promote healthy active living
• Support a person with Down syndrome and dementia
• Advocate for appropriate services and informed care.

Dementia and Down syndrome

Information about Dementia and Down Syndrome and the links between the two.

It’s Doctor Time! Conversation cards

Conversation cards for your visit to the doctor.

It’s Doctor Time! Social Story – Easy Read

Social story from It’s Doctor Time! which is a campaign by Inclusion Australia to encourage more people with intellectual disability to see their GP for a yearly health check. GPs sometimes call these Annual Health Assessments.

What is a Yearly Health Check? – Easy Read

Resource from It’s Doctor Time! which is a campaign by Inclusion Australia to encourage more people with intellectual disability to see their GP for a yearly health check. GPs sometimes call these Annual Health Assessments.

What is It’s Doctor Time! – Easy Read

It’s Doctor Time! is a campaign by Inclusion Australia to encourage more people with intellectual disability to see their GP for a yearly health check. GPs sometimes call these Annual Health Assessments.

It’s Doctor Time! for people with intellectual disability

It’s Doctor Time! is a campaign by Inclusion Australia to encourage more people with intellectual disability to see their GP for a yearly health check. GPs sometimes call these Annual Health Assessments.

Your Service, Your Rights: conversation cards

Every person with a disability who uses the NDIS has the right to good quality and safe services.
As part of Inclusion Australia’s Your Service, Your Rights project they have created a set of Conversation Cards for people with an intellectual disability.

First Nations Disability Network’s Timeline How to achieve Advocacy

First Nations Disability Network’s Flyer to support access to advocacy.

Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights (second edition) – Easy English version

An Easy English version of the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights (second edition) from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.