National Disability Employment Strategy consultation
Download in PDF Download in Word In collaboration with states and territories, the Australian Government should develop and implement a targeted National Youth Disability Employment Strategy to address the distinct environment factors and needs of young people with disability.
Overwhelming opposition to planned NDIS reforms, say young people with disability and their families
Overwhelming opposition to planned NDIS reforms, say young people with disability and their families A report released today by the national organisation for children and young people with disability finds 80 per cent of young people with disability and families of children with disability believe the introduction of Independent Assessments is a negative change to the NDIS. […]
Indigenous Voice Co-Design Process Interim Report
Download in PDF Download in Word Children and Young People Disability Australia resolutely supports a First Nations Voice that is enshrined in the Constitution as defined in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Victorian State Disability Plan
Download in PDF Download in Word The inclusion of education and skills as an outcome area in the State Disability Plan and the Victorian Government’s investment in the Disability Inclusion: Education for All are both welcomed commitments and strategies towards ensuring students with disability have equitable education and learning opportunities. However, these policies still lack […]
Content warning: Response to the National Strategy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Final Development Consultation Paper
Download in PDF Download in Word ⚠️ Content note: Sexual abuse Children and Young People with Disability Australia agrees with the proposed vision and objective for the Strategy.
Avoiding simple solutions to complex problems: Independent Assessments are not the way to a fairer NDIS – Full Report
Positive experiences with the NDIS can be life-changing, but, at the moment, the NDIS doesn’t work for everyone.
Recognising and promoting the rights of children and young people with disability – Briefing Paper
Briefing Paper for the 2021 Families Australia and Children and Young People with Disability Australia Forum on recognising the rights of children and young people with disability.
Tasmania’s Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy
Download in PDF Download in Word Children and Young People with Disability Australia encourages the Tasmania Government to continue to seek feedback directly from children and young people with disability in the formation and implementation of the Strategy to not only to ensure their needs are accounted for, but that their strengths are as well. […]
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Inquiry into independent assessments under the NDIS
Download in PDF Download in Word Both Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) and the broader disability community are deeply concerned with the proposed introduction of independent assessments and the changes the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is proposing to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) access and planning processes. As such, CYDA […]
CYDA’s submission to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security Young people with disability and job insecurity
Download in PDF Download in Word Young people with disability are one of the most disadvantaged cohorts in the labour market. They experience the intersectionality of systemic disadvantage and oppression of both being a person with disability and a young person – with this disadvantage being even further amplified by other demographic factors, such as […]
Address poverty for young people with disability and create a youth jobs plan
Nearly half of young people with disability (15-24 years) are being forced to live on inadequate income support payments as their main source of income. Children and Young People with Disability (CYDA), the national representative organisation for children and young people with disability is calling on the Australian government to urgently address the poverty and […]
Education jurisdictions let off the hook by the Disability Royal Commission during COVID-19 after neglect of students with a disability
Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) says the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability (DRC) has failed to give sufficient weight to the needs of students with a disability during the pandemic.