@cydaaus 🎤 Access to advocacy shouldn’t be a luxury, it should be there when you need it. Right now, too many children and young people with disability are missing out on the support they need to be heard, navigate complex systems, and stand up for their rights. This Federal Election, we’re calling for: ✅ A specialist advocacy service for children and young people ✅ Dedicated funding for youth advocacy in existing services ✅ Sustainable support for peer-led and self-advocacy programs ✅ Targeted advocacy for young people from diverse backgrounds 📣 Share this video, tag your MPs, and demand real investment in individual advocacy. #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityRights #SelfAdvocacy #PeerAdvocacy #IndividualAdvocacy #AusPol
♬ original sound - CYDA
This video was created as part of CYDA’s 2025 Federal Election Campaign. You can find out more about the campaign here.
Video transcript
Visual: Rosie sitting on a couch looking at the camera.
Rosie speaking: Every child and young person with disability should have someone in their corner.
Visual: clips of young people with disability smiling while working with someone
Rosie speaking: Someone to back them up, speak with them and help them be heard.
Visual: Rosie on the couch again
Rosie speaking: That’s what individual advocacy is. But right now, it’s not there when people need it. There’s a serious shortage of advocacy support. The waitlists are long, and many people miss out although. We need change.
Visual: Clips of young people with disability using technology, with the text being read out over the top
Voiceover Rosie:
Create a specialist individual advocacy service just for children and young people with disability.
Fund existing advocacy organisations to support young people.
Provide long-term funding for peer support and self-advocacy.
Invest in targeted advocacy for young people from diverse backgrounds.
Visual: Close up of Rosie on the couch
Rosie speaking: Access to advocacy shouldn’t be a luxury, it should be guaranteed for everyone young person who needs it.
Visual: A person using a motorised wheelchair rolling along the footpath, with the text quote from a young person from the CYDA LivedX series being read out over the top
Voiceover Rosie: Young people are telling us:
“We have this added burden … there are so many different parts of our lived experience that we have to try and explain to people.”
Visual: Rosie’s close up again
Rosie speaking: Every $1 invested in advocacy saves $3 across health, justice, and complaints systems.
Visual: Rosie walking down a hallway with her rollator
Rosie speaking: No one should have to fight alone. Share this video, tag your MPs, and demand advocacy that’s there when it matters most.
Visual: Text on screen: “Learn more at cyda.org.au/election” and the CYDA 15 years logo
