Edie Ballantyne - Centre for Disability Studies

CDS’ 25th Anniversary

CDS is excited to announce that 2023 is our 25th Anniversary! Throughout the year we will be hosting a variety of events in collaboration with people with lived experience of […]

Want to Take Photos and Join a Small Focus Group?

Are you a Person with Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disability? Want to take photos and join a small focus group? We want to hear from you! Send enquiries to arc@cds.org.au.

A Big Thank You to All of our Supporters

As we approach the end of 2022, we at CDS would like to thank all our supporters, especially people with intellectual disability and their families and supporters, who work with […]

CDS and the IRN at 2022 ASID Conference

CDS was very proud to present at the 2022 ASID conference on Friday 4 and Wednesday 9 November. We had 2 presentations, one from CDS executive director Mary-Ann O’Donovan on […]

CDS Invited to Speak at 33rd PANDAA Conference

Excited to share that CDS Executive Director Mary-Ann O’Donovan has been invited as a keynote speaker for the 33rd Annual PANDAA Conference on 24 & 25 November! Click here for more […]

Community of Practice – Inclusive University for People With Intellectual Disability

|| Join our First Zoom Meeting! || CDS at USyd in collaboration with Flinders University are establishing a community of practice on Inclusive University for people with intellectual disability. || […]

Artist Clare Hooper shares her beautiful artwork with CDS

Wonderful to have artist Clare Hooper call into the CDS offices to drop off her beautiful artwork to our Executive Director Mary-Ann O’Donovan! We will use the artwork on our […]

CDS Workshop and Event Policy

CANCELLATION POLICY: If a participant wishes to cancel their booking for a CDS workshop/education event, the participant must contact CDS via email XXXXX (add in soon to be created specific email address for workshops and education) to indicate their cancellation. The participant will be offered: -a transfer to another training date if at least 7 days notice is given, and there is another training date available*; or -a full refund if at least 7 days notice is given - for full or multi-day education events a $25 cancellation fee will be charged; or -no refund if less than 7 days notice is given** *The participant will only be given one opportunity to transfer to another training date. If the re-booking is cancelled no transfer to another training date will be offered. **CDS will endeavour to show discretion for unavoidable circumstances. In these situations, a credit may be offered that can be used towards future events with the organisation. If CDS cancels a workshop/education event, the participant will be offered: -the opportunity to transfer to another training date, if available; or -a full refund

Acknowledgement(Required)

I acknowledge this policy and agree to the terms outlined above