Urgent action needed to support Victorian children and young people with disability during COVID-19 lockdowns
Australia’s national representative body for children and young people with disability (CYDA) is calling for immediate action to make sure children and young people with disability and their families are being provided with clear communication and prompt access to supports and supplies as an additional 2 Victorian postcodes today join those already in lockdown and […]
Statement in response to ABC Background Briefing episode: Who seeks to profit from the trauma of abuse survivors?
Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), the national representative body for children and young people with disability welcomes the light shone by the ABC on the ongoing challenges and trauma survivors of child sexual abuse face in their recent Background Briefing program “Who seeks to profit from the trauma of abuse survivors?” (21 June 2020).
New NDIS employment support guidance and removal of COVID-19 measures
Last week the NDIA released the new Price Guide, effective from 1 July 2020. The new guide allows for additional supports for participants with an employment goal and the introduction of new line items with price limits.
New NDIS data about children and young people with disability
The NDIA has recently released its latest Quarterly Report, covering the period from January to March 2020. This report provides the latest information about NDIS participation, and includes the measures taken by the Agency in regards the COVID-19 crisis.
Further action needed to improve safety and independent living for people with disability
The Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS has recently released the report from its inquiry into Supported Independent Living (SIL). The Report has 45 recommendations, with five marked as urgent:
More than isolated’: COVID-19 compounds inequities for children and young people with disability
A new report, launched today, shows the lives of children and young people with disability were thrown into turmoil throughout the last few months, reinforcing the inequalities they already face in accessing essential services, support and their education
Senate inquiry confirms the need to review income support payments for young people with disability
The Senate Community Affairs References Committee has recently released a key report examining the adequacy of Newstart and related payments in Australia. Last year, CYDA provided a submission to the Committee’s inquiry, highlighting the experiences of young people with disability seeking employment and accessing income support.
Urgent actions needed to support people with disability during COVID-19 crisis
Forgotten kids: Coronavirus pandemic creating havoc, fear for children and young people with disability
Tens of thousands of Australian kids and their families are being hit hard and left in the dark about how governments will support them through the coronavirus pandemic.
Don’t leave our kids behind: Families of kids, young people with disability concerned about new intensive care coronavirus guidelines
Australian families are concerned the new coronavirus guidelines by the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (ANZICS) may see kids with disability denied life saving medical care during the pandemic.
Young people with disability in Australia set to be the leaders of the future
Almost $2 million in new funding has been provided to Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) to support young people with disability to become the leaders of the future.
New national education policy ignores students with disability – again
We needed to have a Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability to investigate the failure of education systems to provide inclusive education and address segregation, discrimination, violence and abuse for students with disability
