Content by young people with disability. Talking about policy, advocacy and lived experience.
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.
Kaygan Lane reflects on interdependence within disability leadership via a beautifully illustrated comic.
There’s no one right way to be a disability leader, just like disability, leadership doesn’t have one look.
Adam Choong discusses why it is vital for young disabled technologists to be at the forefront of innovation.
Collective art projects like the zine have the power to create change. We spoke to 4 disabled artists about their inspirations and what storytelling means to them and their communities.
CYDA’s first ever Zine brought together the poetry, illustrations, and sculptures of disabled young storytellers from across the country. But how did it begin?
When mainstream employment is inaccessible, and the usual advice isn’t working, sometimes a passion project can lead to unexpected opportunities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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