Health Resources
Below you can find links to a variety of resources that may be helpful for individuals, carers and health workers.
There are links to other people’s resources in addition to resources developed by us.
Resources
For Individuals
Resources to Help with Diabetes
Easy Read Diabetes Information.
This is all the information on this website. You can have it all in one go, or in parts.
- All Easy Read Diabetes
- About Diabetes and Insulin
- Blood Sugar
- Sick Days
- Food and Exercise
- Visiting Health Workers
- Health Problems
Free learning programs from the NDSS:
There are 11 programs. You can learn how to count carbs from these programs.
You can learn how to:
- Identify foods with carbs
- Count carbs in 15g exchanges
- Count carbs in 10g exchanges
- Count carbs in grams
- Read and use food labels
For Carers
General Resources
A free learning course:
AbleX – Intellectual Disability Healthcare that you can acccess here.
Resources for Diabetes
Example Sick Day Plans from the Australian Diabetes Educator’s Association.
There are different plans for different types and management of diabetes. You can access them here:
For Professionals
General Resources
Tailorable Easy Read Health Letters from the Council for Intellectual Disability.
These letters can be tailored to your practice to provide Easy Read information for your patients with intellectual disability. Access them here.
Resources for Diabetes
A guide for effective communication with patients with intellectual disability and diabetes.