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.
CYDA’s submission on the Draft Report of the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care
CYDA supports the draft recommendations of the Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Early Childhood Education and Care Draft Report.
In our submission, we outline what we believe is missing and ask the Commission to go further to support children with disability in their experience of early childhood education and care.
How to write disabled characters
Dureece Moyden covers what to do and what NOT to do when it comes to writing disabled characters.
Heartbreak High made me cry for all the right reasons
Grace Garrahy talks Chloé Hayden, Heartbreak High and the power of positive representation in media.
I’ve had it with inspiration porn
Louise Weekley discusses the prevalence of ‘inspiration porn’ in popular culture and how it harms people with disability.
Sex Education puts the social model of disability into action
Caitlin Blanch writes about Netflix’s Sex Education’s provocative take on the social model of disability.
Abed Nadir, or why good writing matters
CYDA Youth Trainee Georgia Ferrari on how the hit NBC show Community gets neurodiverse representation right.
Dragons, magic, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Mel Bell writes about the BookTok famous fantasy novel ‘Fourth Wing’ and its depiction of chronic illness and disability.
