Project Updates and Relevant Articles

November 2023 - The My Health My Communication Project has completed. The Final Evaluation Report provides a comprehensive look at the project from the initial idea through to completion. The project was funded by the Department [...]

A wonderful achievement! The team were delighted to attend the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Innovate Together Quality Awards in November, which showcased so many great achievements and innovations across the different health care teams. My [...]

Western Weekender Article, October 6, 2023 Extracts below from the article. People with disabilities are being put at the forefront at Nepean Hospital, thanks to a collaboration between Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health [...]

Project Update July 2023 Keeping people with disability safe in hospital The team are working closely with our local hospitals to ensure a smooth process for when a toolkit [...]

What a wonderful day we had celebrating International Day of People with Disability 2022, alongside the launch of the toolkit for 'Getting My Health Information Ready for Hospital'. The project was delighted to have some very special guests attend! [...]

DARE Disability Support and Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District are working together to create solutions to improve communication in hospitals for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. DID YOU [...]

People with intellectual disability only have their disability noted by hospital staff in one in every five hospital admissions, a new study shows. Recognising someone has a disability is critical to their care. This finding helps explain why many people [...]

A new campaign calls on Australia to address the "stark" health inequalities faced by people with intellectual disability. People with intellectual disability have a lower life expectancy and are more likely to die from potentially avoidable causes.

The project is pleased to provide the first update for 2022. As the project ticks along behind the scenes, COVID-19 has certainly been an ongoing challenge to us all, particularly to our partners in health. Lockdown, restrictions, Omicron and things [...]

Welcome to the latest newsletter update from the My Health My Communication Project. A summary of what's inside: What has been completed Next steps Project working group COVID-19 easy read tools Holiday break information A great article about vaccinating [...]

Disability Consumer Council - Seeking Expressions of Interest Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) have launched expressions of interest to become part of their first ever Disability Consumer Council. The Disability Consumer Council is a new initiative aimed [...]

Communication is more than just words. Around 5% of the population, or 1.2 million Australians have a communication disability. Communication disability can arise if a person has a health condition affecting their speech, language, listening, understanding, reading, writing, or social skills.

Despite the ongoing challenges of COVID-19, we continue to push ahead with this important My Health My Communication project. Below is a project update and an invitation to join us. Where are we up to? Over the past few [...]

Welcome to our first newsletter! We are excited to publish our first newsletter update for the project! Over 160 participants have been involved to date and we greatly appreciate the time they have taken in sharing their stories. [...]

Belinda grew up in the Blue Mountains and attended Nepean High School. When she was young she was hit by a car. This left her with a weak side, a limp, and brain damage. Working at DARE Disability Support is [...]

DARE Disability Support has reached out to several notable community members to get involved with the Launch of the My Health My Communication project launch. Due to COVID-19, we have decided to use the launch of our website as [...]

Announcing an exciting new project! DARE Disability Support and the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District are collaborating on a new project: My Health My Communication. The aim of this project is to improve health communication for staff and [...]