Victoria pulls the first lever on delivering inclusive education
Victoria pulls the first lever on delivering inclusive education The Victorian Government has today taken a significant step towards achieving inclusive education, becoming only the second state to introduce functional needs-based funding for students with disability. Australia’s national representative organisation Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) welcomes this new approach and looks forward […]
Australia is failing students with disability, evidence to the Royal Commission will show
Evidence to be presented at the Disability Royal Commission hearing on Monday 12 October will highlight the systemic failures and human rights breaches experienced by students with disability across the country. The hearing will focus on the systemic neglect, abuse, and discrimination faced by students with disability across Australia – including the use of restraints […]
National Youth Disability Summit – What young people with disability said – NDIS Position Paper
In this paper, young people talk about what is working and not working in the NDIS, and what needs to change.
National Youth Disability Summit – What young people with disability said – Mental Health and Wellbeing Position Paper
In this paper, young people with disability talk about the things that impact their mental health and wellbeing, both good and bad.
National Youth Disability Summit – What young people with disability said – Awareness, Access and Inclusion Position Paper
In this paper, young people with disability talk about how to improve societal awareness, access and inclusion.
National Youth Disability Summit – What young people with disability said – Employment Position Paper
In this paper, young people with disability talk about ways to make employment more accessible.
National Youth Disability Summit – What young people with disability said – Education Position Paper
Young people with disability talk about identity, enablers, barriers, solutions and a social movement to improve the quality and accessibility of education for disabled students.
Open letter to the Attorney-General The Hon. Christian Porter MP
We call upon the Attorney-General to introduce legislation into the Australian Parliament to protect the confidentiality of information given to The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
No plan, no voice, clumsy solutions for children and young people with disability through COVID 19
Report after report has shown clear gaps for children and young people with disability through COVID-19 planning and response, with significant consequences and harm. This week sees the first public hearing of the Disability Royal Commission since February focus on the experiences of people with disability through the COVID-19 pandemic. Children and Young People with […]
The NDIA and Victorian Government must prioritise people with disability so they do not suffer in Stage 4 lockdowns
The NDIA and Victorian Government must prioritise people with disability so they do not suffer in Stage 4 lockdowns As the Victorian COVID-19 situation worsens and ‘a state of disaster’ is declared, children and adults with disability need to be a primary focus of government. We have already seen infections in group homes for people with disability, […]
Once again no planning for children and young people with disability during the COVID-19 pandemic
As the second wave of the pandemic hits Victoria hard with 732 new cases today and almost 3,000 in the last week, and is threatening Queensland and New South Wales, Australia’s national representative organisation Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) says there has been a complete lack of planning for one of the […]
CYDA and the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Download in PDF Maeve Kennedy, CYDA Policy and Programs Manager, and Mary Sayers, CYDA CEO, giving evidence for the Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, July 2020. Transcript CHAIR (Mr Andrews): I now declare open this hearing of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme for the inquiries into NDIS planning, NDIS […]