Personal Best is a powerful and thoughtful comic by 12-year-old Tex, exploring what it’s like to navigate school and everyday life with Cerebral Palsy. Through humour, honesty, and hand-drawn illustrations, Tex shares why inclusion matters, and reminds us that everybody is different.
Exclusion and bullying of students with disability is on the rise in Australia, with three in four impacted in 2024, according to a new CYDA survey.
A powerful and heartfelt poem from a young disabled person imagining a future where every student is included, supported, and able to thrive in education. As we head toward the next federal election, their words are a vital reminder that the time for inclusive education is now.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers described Tuesday’s Federal Budget as putting the cost of living “front and centre”, yet children and young people with disability have been left out of much-needed relief.
The 2025 Federal Budget raises more questions than answers about how people with disability are going to be supported through the government’s major reforms to the NDIS.
Young people with disability are leading the fight for reform in Australia but are up against a “growing crisis” of broken systems, according to CYDA CEO Skye Kakoschke-Moore.
This Federal Election, we’re calling for genuine action on inclusive education for children and young people with disability. Watch our video and learn how we can create an education system that supports every student to thrive.
The Australian Disability Strategy 2021-2031 must focus on the needs of children and young people with disability or risk entrenching inequality and poor outcomes.
From a lunch time chat to winning the national award for disability leadership, hosts Thanh, Dureece, Britt tell us all about The Disabled Employee podcast.
Proposed cuts to NDIS funding for music and art therapy risk leaving thousands of young participants without life-changing support.
Community consultation on Foundational Supports ends today, yet a troubling new survey reveals most people still do not know what they are.
Kaygan Lane reflects on interdependence within disability leadership via a beautifully illustrated comic.
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