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
The right to inclusive education must not be contested by the Disability Royal Commission at the first hearing commencing in Townsville today
Today marks a historic day with the commencement of the first public hearing of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability on education and learning.
Aussie schoolkids with disability excluded segregated bullied and robbed of education
With just one week until the Disability Royal Commission’s first public hearing where evidence is taken, explosive new research has revealed that Australian kids with disability are being systemically failed by a broken education system that is denying them their basic human right to an inclusive education.
Getting the NDIS right for children and young people with disability
Australia’s national representative organisation for children and young people with disability (CYDA) calls for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to improve for children and young people with disability.
Disability community renews our calls for Commissioners to stand aside
People with disability are again raising the alarm that the integrity of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability is at risk due to the significant conflicts of interest of two of the appointed Commissioners, Ms Barbara Bennett PSM and the Hon. John Ryan AM.
Future employment services discussion paper
Download in PDF Download in Word Employment is a fundamental and defining aspect of life in Australia. Children are often asked what they want to be when they ‘grow up’; education is focused extensively on preparing students for work; and as adults our profession has a major role in defining self-image and the way someone […]
Productivity committee review of the national disability agreement
Download in PDF Download in Word The National Disability Agreement currently contains the agreed outcomes, aims, reform priorities and delineated responsibilities of Australian governments in relation to specialist disability service provision. However, the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in 2009 has seen transformational change in the disability service system. The NDIS has fundamentally altered […]