Christmas Cards
We are once again selling our Association Christmas Cards. This is not only a fundraiser as by sending these cards, which each contain a short explanation about Fragile X, you will also be increasing awareness of the condition.   As well as ordering cards for your own use please consider buying extra quantities to sell: for example at your

Release of the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy
On 14 September 2009, the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, the Hon Bill Shorten MP, and the Minister for Employment Participation, Senator the Hon Mark Arbib, jointly released the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy, a part of the government’s Social Inclusion Agenda. The Social Inclusion Agenda aims to address the barriers faced by people with disability, including mental illness, that make it harder for them to gain and keep work. The Strategy sets out a number of priority actions to assist Australians with disability, including mental illness, into work. It recognises the importance of education and training as

New from NFXF
As well as keeping up with National Fragile X Foundation announcements and news on their website you can now follow their news via the new NFXF Twitter page FragileXnews If you would rather read the Twitter updates via a newsreader you can do so via the FragileX news feed. Website news feeds can also be sent to you by email using the online service feedmyinbox Preliminary results from the US National Fragile X Survey are now available to view on the

fx info Newletter Spring 09
Highlights From November 6th to November 14th the Fragile X Association is having a series of Fragile X seminars and family forums with Professor Randi Hagerman and Louise Gane from the M.I.N.D. (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) Institute in UC Davis in America. Seminar Re

Carers Week 2009
Monday 19th October marks the start of Carers Week 2009. Carers Day 2009 is on Tuesday 20th October. Carers Week is aimed at celebrating and acknowledging the vital role carers play in our society whilst giving carers an opportunity to get together to share support and information.. Carers Australia CEO, Joan Hughes, recently launched a new Carers Week Website . There you can find details of the events that are taking place in your state throughout the week as well as participate in various forums which give you the opportunity