Children and Young People with Disability Australia
Promoting equal opportunity and full inclusion for children and young people with disability (0-25 years) across Australia.
Celebrating 15 years of advocacy!
This year is CYDA’s 15th birthday, and we want to invite you to be part of something special to celebrate!
For 15 years we have been fighting for an Australia where children and young people with disability can fully exercise their rights, realise their aspirations, and thrive.
Our new campaign – #CYDA15 – aims to unite our community around the important work still to come.
Young disabled leaders at the UN
In June 2025, CYDA delegates Ebe Ganon, Jason McCurry, and Gi Brown travelled to New York to represent young people with disability at the United Nations.
They spoke at global forums, connected with international advocates, and shared powerful messages about inclusion and rights.
Demand action on Inclusive Education
Every student deserves to feel included, supported, and able to thrive at school. But right now, too many students with disability are being left behind.
CYDA, alongside 20 organisations and more than 200 individuals, is calling for a National Roadmap for Inclusive Education.
Young people with disability are leading the way and they’re asking you to stand with them.
Employer Innovation Lab
Children and Young People with Disability Australia and Social Ventures Australia work together to increase the knowledge, skills and confidence of employers to employ more young people with disability in their workplaces.
The Voices at Work report can now be viewed as a PDF or summary webinar format.
Disability Representative Organisations call for a human rights-based approach to NDIA needs assessments
Disability Representative Organisations have worked together to develop a detailed joint position statement offering recommendations to guide the Australian Government’s transition to a new human right-based needs assessment model for the NDIS.
CYDA calls on renewed government to deliver lasting change
CYDA congratulates the Albanese Government on its recent re-election. The historic result comes at a critical moment for children and young people with disability, and their families and caregivers.
Group of 75 organisations and experts call for reform to laws that stop people with disability from voting
This Saturday, most adult Australians will vote in the Federal Election. However, there is a whole section of our community who can be removed from the electoral roll and disallowed from having their say: people with “cognitive disabilities.”
An important part of the work we do at CYDA is making submissions to government and policy makers. In our submissions, we make recommendations for changes to uphold the rights, and improve the wellbeing, of children and young people with disability.
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Since June 2023, we have ...
delivered
25
co-design sessions with young people with disability
made
11
submissions to government
welcomed
211
new participants in our projects and programs
partnered with
32
organisations on initiatives that benefit our community
