Overcoming the fear of labelling
A diagnosis is an understanding of myself, and a closure to my unresolved thoughts. It is not a label to be ashamed of, no matter what it is.
CYDA’s pre-budget submission 2023-24
Download in PDF Download in Word Children and Young People with Disability Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide a 2023–24 Pre-Budget Submission. The Australian Government, through the Federal Budget, has the power to invest in outcomes and fund initiatives that will lead to vast improvements in the lives of children and young people with disability. […]
Child Safe Organisations Project Report
resources that will support organisations to better keep children and young people with disability safe and supported
Taking the first step in an inclusive life – Experiences of Australian early childhood education and care
CYDA survey of parents and caregivers of young children with disability, talking about their experiences of early childhood and care.
Submission to the Disability Royal Commission; Quest for Inclusion: A vision for an Inclusive Australia
Download in PDF Download in Word The Hon Ronald Sackville AO KCChair of the Royal CommissionRoyal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with DisabilityGPO Box 1422BRISBANE QLD 4001 21st December 2022 Dear Commissioner Sackville and fellow Commissioners, Please accept Children and Young People with Disability Australia’s submission on A Vision for an Inclusive […]
Joint Submission to the Disability Royal Commission; Charter of Human Rights
Download in PDF This joint submission is made by the Human Rights Law Centre, People With Disability Australia, and Children and Young People with Disability Australia to the Disability Royal Commission. This alliance is calling on the Commission to include in its Final report a recommendation that there be an Australian Charter of Human Rights.
Joint Submission Employment White Paper
Download in PDF Download in Word Disability Representative Organisations, Children and Young People with Disability, Disability Advocacy Network Australia, First Peoples Disability Network, Inclusion Australia, National Ethnic Disability Alliance, People with Disability Australia, and Women with Disability Australia comment on the Employment White Paper Terms of Reference, following the Prime Minister’s Jobs and Skills Summit […]
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into on the national trend of school refusal
Download in PDF Download in Word Committee SecretaryEducation and Employment References CommitteeInquiry into The national trend of school refusal and related mattersPO Box 6100Parliament HouseCanberra ACT 2600 13 December 2022 Please accept this letter and response to the terms of reference (refer Appendix A) as Children and Young People with Disability Australia’s (CYDA) submission to the […]
Submission to the Disability Royal Commission: Disability Pride Youth Forum
Download in PDF Download in Word CYDA welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Disability Royal Commission on behalf of a group of nine young people with disability who were involved in a forum held by CYDA about Disability Pride. In enacting its strategic goal of supporting young people to take control and […]
CYDA’s response to the consultation papers for Australia’s Disability Strategy: A Guide to the Guiding Principles and A Guide to involving people with disability in evaluation
Download in PDF Download in Word ⚠️ Content note: Discussion of ableism As a representative organisation for children and young people with disability across Australia, CYDA views the supplementary materials to Australia’s Disability Strategy as a critical component of delivering the vision of the strategy along with fulfilling our own purpose to ensure governments, communities […]
Submission to the Disability Royal Commission; CYDA’s Summary of Recommendations 2019-2022
Download in PDF Download in Word Through our work facilitating the engagement of children and young people with the Disability Royal Commission, we have made an extensive list of important recommendations across 22 submissions. In the context of evidence demonstrating the additional ways that children and young people with disability are oppressed and marginalised due […]
Submission to the Disability Royal Commission: Targeted Engagement with young people with disability
Download in PDF Download in Word The Hon Ronald Sackville AO QCChair of the Royal CommissionRoyal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability GPO Box 1422BRISBANE QLD 4001 30 November 2022 Dear Commissioner Sackville and fellow Commissioners, Please accept Children and Young People with Disability Australia’s submission on Targeted Engagement (attached with this letter) […]
