Nothing about us without us
Disability Representative Organisations stand united in our reiteration to government of nothing about us without us.
August 21, 2025
Disability Representative Organisations stand united in our reiteration to government of nothing about us without us.
Children and Young People with Disability Australia cautions against rushing the Australian Government’s Thriving Kids program, announced today.
Students with disability continue to be excluded, bullied, and denied meaningful support at school almost two years after the Disability Royal Commission called for urgent reform.
A new national CYDA survey has exposed the profound harm the NDIS eligibility reassessment process is causing families across the country.
The Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education is deeply alarmed by the Queensland Government’s recent announcement to build six new special schools.
Disability Representative Organisations have worked together to develop a detailed joint position statement offering recommendations to guide the Australian Government’s transition to a new human right-based needs assessment model for the NDIS.
CYDA congratulates the Albanese Government on its recent re-election. The historic result comes at a critical moment for children and young people with disability, and their families and caregivers.
This Saturday, most adult Australians will vote in the Federal Election. However, there is a whole section of our community who can be removed from the electoral roll and disallowed from having their say: people with “cognitive disabilities.”
With nine days left until the Federal Election, Australia’s disability representative organisations have come together with solutions to relieve cost of living pressures on 1 in 5 voters – people with disability – who have so far been ignored in the campaign.
The right to a fully inclusive education system is out of reach for too many children and young people with disability. This election, a coalition of disability organisations calls for all candidates to commit to a National Roadmap for Inclusive Education.
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.
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.