Accessible Travel Tips
Caitlin Blanch breaks down how to prepare and what to bring when travelling as a young person with disability.
The Early Years Strategy must be inclusive of all
The Early Years Strategy, recently released by the government, will shape our children’s lives and development for the next 10 years and beyond. For it to be truly successful, it must include every child, including those with disability and developmental delay.
Embracing the unfamiliar: AI and assistive tech
Caitlin Blanch explores how overcoming fear of the unfamiliar and embracing new technologies can empower people with disability.
Let’s talk AI, education, and disability
PhD candidate, aspiring cognitive scientist, and 2024 Westpac Future Leader Brynlea Gibson chats with Adam Choong about artificial intelligence, education, and disability.
Is AI the future of learning?
Adam Choong discusses the role artificial intelligence may play in educating children and young people with disability.
CYDA’s submission to the Select Committee on the Cost of Living
CYDA’s submission to the Select Committee on the Cost of Living highlights the significant impact of financial pressures on children and young people with disability and their families.
At its heart, it’s the people: reflections on my years in school
Nicola DiBona writes about the teachers who helped and hindered her education journey, and shares a poem about her experience.
Want to help disabled students? Fund public schools!
Louise Weekley breaks down how a lack of funding for public schooling and other socio-economic factors disadvantage students with disability.
Make STEM accessible: a disabled scientist’s call to action
Self-proclaimed ‘mad scientist’ Adam Choong discusses the barriers facing young people with disability with an interest in STEM.
Universities Accord final report lets down young people with disability
Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) is disappointed by the lack of recommendations addressing students with disability in the Australian Universities Accords’ final report.
CYDA’s submission to the Australian Government on the Response to the Disability Royal Commission
The Australian Government has the authority to support and enact recommendations made by the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) in the final report it released in September 2023. In this submission, CYDA emphasises three critical areas identified in the report that the government should focus on to improve the lives of children and young people with disability: inclusive education, inclusive employment, and the elimination of restrictive practices.
CYDA welcomes South Australian government’s Early Childhood Education and Care reforms, but urges inclusion of children with disability
Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) applauds the recent decision by the South Australian government to build a workforce to deliver three-year-old preschool and expanded Out of Hours School Care.
