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NCID
is ...
The
National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID) is the national association
representing people with intellectual disability and their families in
Australia. It was established over 30 years ago by parents and friends
to make the Australian community one in which people with intellectual
disability are involved and accepted as equal participating members.
The Council is the recognised national peak body with the single focus
on intellectual disability, ie, our actions and priorities centre on issues
that affect the lives of people with intellectual disability and their
allies.
NCID's Mission is a recognition that people with intellectual disability
need a 'special' focus at the national level. The particular circumstances
of the lives of people with intellectual disability are often overlooked
or disregarded as governments and bureaucracies attempt to meld all people
with disability into one 'neat' definition.
NCID's
Mission is ...
Our mission is to work to make the Australian community one in which people
with intellectual disability are involved and accepted as equal participating
members.
Our goals are:
1. To ensure NCID operates as the viable national representative for issues
relevant to people with intellectual disability and their families.
2. To consult with all stakeholders to set direction and then lead in
the areas of need for people with intellectual disability.
3. To advocate for an Australian community where people with intellectual
disability can be involved and accepted as equal participating members.
4. To work to ensure the right of people with intellectual disability
to have advocacy in all its forms available to assist them, if required,
in all of life's domains so that they attain equal participation in the
community.
Click
here for a copy of NCID's Constitution
NCID's
Agency members are ...
Developmental
Disability Council of Western Australia Inc. (DDC)
SA Council on Intellectual Disability (SA CID)
NSW Council on Intellectual Disability (NSW CID)
Advocacy for Inclusion - ACT
Parent to Parent Association of Queensland
Inc
Speak Out Advocacy - Tasmania
Victorian Advocacy League For Individuals With Disability
(VALID)
NCID'S
contact information ...
email |
ncid@ncid.org.au |
telephone |
61
(0)2 6296 4400 |
facsimile |
61
(0)2 6231 7319 |
postal address |
PO
Box 771
Mawson
ACT 2607
Australia |
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