When formal training and years of experience still don’t lead to ongoing work – Ashleigh Keating writes about the struggle to find stable employment as a young person with disability.
CYDA Inclusion Coordinator Laura Pettenuzzo discusses the power of having genuine disability representation in books in this article for Education Australia.
Young people with disability often find that the work available to them is short-term contract work. So, how do you deal when you are regularly facing unemployment at the end of your latest contract? Dureece, Thanh and Britt talk about finding the next opportunity, the impact of being of being in limbo between jobs, and the pitfalls of the Disability Support Pension.
Children and Young People with Disability Australia calls on the Federal Government to prioritise participants and deliver genuine co-design in the wake of the NDIS Amendment Bill passing this week.
Federal, state, and territory governments have recently published their responses to the Disability Royal Commission. Let’s break down what they said about the recommendations most likely to impact children and young people with disability.
Britt, Dureece and Thanh talk about leaving bad work situations as young people with disability, the emotional impact of being without work, and reigniting your spark.
Children and Young People with Disability Australia is deeply disappointed to see the new Better and Fairer Schools Agreement 2025-2034 overlook the needs of students with disability.
Today’s Federal, State and Territory government response to our four-and-a-half-year Disability Royal Commission is deeply disappointing and fails to respond to the scale of violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of people with disability.
Today’s government response to the Disability Royal Commission is deeply unsettling for children and young people with disability.
The Federal Government’s decision to merely ‘note’ the recommendation to phase out segregated education, and the lack of clear commitment from states and territories, is a disappointing shirking of responsibility.
Dureece Moyden on what disability pride means to him: not parades, cheering, and celebration, but the right to exist without being judged.
Louise Weekley shares what raising her daughter has taught her about the importance of disability pride and embracing differences.
Mac Zamani writes about the complexities of disability pride and the importance of challenging toxic narratives.
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