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.
Changes to the NDIS
You may have heard that a bill has passed through parliament that will change the way the NDIS works and what you can spend your funds on.
No changes are in effect yet. If you are an NDIS participant, you can still use your funds according to your existing plan.
The first changes will happen on October 3. The NDIA has promised to let participants know what the changes are, and how they will work, before they come into effect.
Applications now open for Young Leaders Programs
CYDA has been working with YouthWorX in the NT, Regional Disability Advocacy Service in Wagga Wagga, and Rights in Action in Cairns, supporting new Young Leaders Programs in regional areas.
Book Power
Free webinar! Our 2024 Book Power webinar is a fantastic resource for teachers, parents, writers, readers, librarians, advocates, and anyone interested in disability representation in literature.
Presenters spoke about the history of disability representation in the media, the impact of positive representation, how it’s improving, and where we can do better.
New workshops and events
CYDA’s DREAM (Disability Representation Employment & Accessibility Mission) Network is currently running workshops and networking events for:
Young people with disability looking for leadership and career opportunities.
Employers with an interest in learning about, or providing, accessible employment.
AuDHD advocate, Emily Unity, CYDA Youth Programs Manager, Daniel Munter, and CYDA CEO, Skye Kakoschke-Moore, recently travelled to New York to represent CYDA at CoSP17, the annual UN conference on the rights of people with disability.
Know your rights!
CYDA has been working with the Australian Government to develop a series of resources to help students with disability, their families and caregivers understand their rights in the education system.
The resources were co-designed by young people with disability and their families and are available in Easy Read, Auslan and community languages.
CYDA and the Disability Royal Commission
The Disability Royal Commission into violence, abuse neglect and exploitation of disabled people has released it’s final report.
CYDA calls for an end to segregated education and employment, and the elimination of all restrictive practices against children and young people with disability.
CYDA and the NDIS Review
CYDA has been working with the NDIS Review to make sure the needs and interests of children and young people with disability are represented in reforms. The full list of recommendations from the NDIS review has now been released!
Where is the stable work for young people?
When formal training and years of experience still don’t lead to ongoing work – Ashleigh Keating writes about the struggle to find stable employment as a young person with disability.
Bringing disabled stories into the classroom
CYDA Inclusion Coordinator Laura Pettenuzzo discusses the power of having genuine disability representation in books in this article for Education Australia.
The Disabled Employee Podcast – Episode 4: When the contract ends
Young people with disability often find that the work available to them is short-term contract work. So, how do you deal when you are regularly facing unemployment at the end of your latest contract? Dureece, Thanh and Britt talk about finding the next opportunity, the impact of being of being in limbo between jobs, and the pitfalls of the Disability Support Pension.
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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