LivedX 2022 series: Full policy paper – Inclusion and decision making
Young people with disability talk about the ways in which opportunities to make decisions are reduced or taken away from them.
Release of 10-year cornerstone strategy heralds a ‘fair go’ for children and young people with a disability in Australia
Mary Sayers, Children Young People with Disability (CYDA) CEO has warmly welcomed the release of Australia’s Disability Strategy saying that it is the most promising blueprint in Australia’s history for ensuring children and young people with disability get a fair go. The strategy, which builds on the former 10-year National Disability Strategy, was officially unveiled […]
Locked out: Vaccination discrimination for children and young people with disability
Survey data from Children and Young People with Disability Australia, analysed by academics at UNSW and The University of Melbourne.
NDIA’s Support for Decision Making Consultation
Download in PDF Download in Word Though Children and Young People with Disability Australia is encouraged the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is developing a decision making framework to support participants to have more control at an individual level, the scope of what limits children and young people’s ability to have genuine choice and control […]
Victorian consultation on lessons from remote learning
Download in PDF Download in Word The overwhelming message from both our surveys is that the needs of children and young people with disability have been insufficiently planned for and supported during the COVID-19 pandemic and that this spans across all sectors, including education, health, and disability services. You can download our full submission using […]
Review of the Disability Support Pension Impairment Tables
Download in PDF Download in Word As young people with disability experience complex barriers in the workforce, it is essential that the government provides an adequate safety net for young people who cannot secure work, so they are not forced to live in poverty. Download our full submission using the buttons above.
National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020
Download in PDF Download in Word Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) is pleased to see that one of the proposed guiding principles for the successor plan is to “listen and respond to the voice of children and young people and the voice of those who care for them” and to ensure their […]
Endorsement of ARACY Covid Report to DRC
Download in PDF Download in Word Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) would like to strongly endorse the submission made by ARACY (Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth) on 20 July 2021. This submission highlights the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people with disability, and their families and […]
Quality Initial Teacher Education Review
Download in PDF Download in Word This submission focuses on the experience of children and young people with disability in the education settings in which graduate teachers start their career. Download our full submission using the buttons above.
Inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension
Download in PDF Download in Word Australia’s social security system and the Disability Support Pension (DSP) cannot be fully scrutinised, understood or improved without also examining the experiences of different groups in the labour market, including young people with disability. Young people with disability are forced to rely on income support as their main source […]
Response to the Disability Royal Commission’s Promoting Inclusion issues paper
Download in PDF Download in Word Children and Young People with Disability Australia recommends the Disability Royal Commission continues to shine a light on the exclusion, discrimination and mistreatment children and young people specifically experience across all systems and areas of life.
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
Download in PDF Download in Word Children and Young People with Disability Australia hears firsthand from our community the stress they incur navigating the social security system and being a recipient of income support. This includes undergoing costly and complex eligibility processes, complying with punitive and unfounded mutual obligations, and surviving on payments that are […]