Is AI the future of learning?
Adam Choong discusses the role artificial intelligence may play in educating children and young people with disability.
CYDA’s submission to the Select Committee on the Cost of Living
CYDA’s submission to the Select Committee on the Cost of Living highlights the significant impact of financial pressures on children and young people with disability and their families.
National Youth Disability Summit – What young people said – Inclusive education
Young people with disability talk about the importance of self-care and what self-care looks like when you have a disability.
National Youth Disability Summit – What young people said – Self-care
Young people with disability talk about the importance of self-care and what self-care looks like when you have a disability.
National Youth Disability Summit – What young people said – Diagnosis
In this paper, young people talk about the benefits and drawbacks of diagnosis, and barriers to accessing a diagnosis.
At its heart, it’s the people: reflections on my years in school
Nicola DiBona writes about the teachers who helped and hindered her education journey, and shares a poem about her experience.
Want to help disabled students? Fund public schools!
Louise Weekley breaks down how a lack of funding for public schooling and other socio-economic factors disadvantage students with disability.
Make STEM accessible: a disabled scientist’s call to action
Self-proclaimed ‘mad scientist’ Adam Choong discusses the barriers facing young people with disability with an interest in STEM.
The Disabled Employee Podcast – Episode 1: Jobseeking
Dureece, Thanh and Britt talk about discrimination in recruitment, how they prepare for job interviews, and advocating for their rights in the workplace.
Accessible work day tour
Izzie Choate takes us on a tour of YDAN, talking about accessibility in the workplace as part of CYDA’s DREAM Employment Network.
Universities Accord final report lets down young people with disability
Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) is disappointed by the lack of recommendations addressing students with disability in the Australian Universities Accords’ final report.
CYDA’s submission to the Australian Government on the Response to the Disability Royal Commission
The Australian Government has the authority to support and enact recommendations made by the Disability Royal Commission (DRC) in the final report it released in September 2023. In this submission, CYDA emphasises three critical areas identified in the report that the government should focus on to improve the lives of children and young people with disability: inclusive education, inclusive employment, and the elimination of restrictive practices.