It’s Doctor Time! is a campaign by Inclusion Australia to encourage more people with intellectual disability to have a Medicare-supported Annual Health Assessment. GPs sometimes call these Annual Health Assessments.
As a family member, support person or carer, you can help the person you care about get their yearly health check.
As part of the It’s Doctor Time! campaign we have made the following resources for families and supporters of people with intellectual disability.
You can download the resources below.
Resources
Documents:
- Social story template (Word)
- Social story template (PDF)
- What is It’s Doctor Time! – Easy Read Factsheet (PDF)
- What is a Yearly Health Check – Easy Read Factsheet (PDF)
- The Easy Read factsheets have also been translated into Arabic, Vietnamese and Simplified Chinese.
- Supporter Kit flyer (PDF)
- Supporter Kit (PDF)
Conversation Cards:
We have made a set of Conversation Cards to help people with intellectual disability, their supporters and service providers talk about yearly health checks and what happens during the appointment
Videos:
It’s Doctor Time! for families and supporters
How to get a yearly health check
What happens at a yearly health check
Things you and your support people can do to make a yearly health check easier
Thank you to Speak Out Advocacy for making the animations and It’s Doctor Time! jingle.
Media kit:
For a range of media kit resources to help you promote It’s Doctor Time! on your social media channels and website, visit: inclusionaustralia.org.au/resource/its-doctor-time-media-kit/
We have also made resources for people with intellectual disability, GPs and clinic staff, service providers and others. For more information about the campaign visit: inclusionaustralia.org.au/health-checks