Reference Group members met with people from the Gimuy First Nations community in Cairns.

People from the community shared some of their experiences about the NDIS.

They said there are many Autistic people in their community.

Autistic people are people with Autism.

Autism can affect how you:

• think
• feel
• communicate
• connect with others.

There are also many people in the community with intellectual disability.

An intellectual disability affects how you:

• learn new things
• solve problems
• communicate
• do things on your own.

And there are many people in the community with developmental delay.

A developmental delay is when a child takes longer than usual to learn things like walking and talking.

Some people from the community want a group to speak up for First Nations people with disability in North Queensland.

Reference Group members told the community that they:

• understand these issues
• will share them with the NDIA.