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Issues from the Media
See below for a list of recent articles and other media content relevant to children and young people with disability. Media featuring CYDA can be viewed here.
Where's the toilet? - design, disability and inclusion
https://goo.gl/KUw7BG
ABC Radio, 19 September 2018
Greens call to extend Royal Commission to Disability Sector
https://goo.gl/qkY6cP
Probono Australia,
19 September 2018
Let's give 16 year olds the right to vote - they're more than ready
https://goo.gl/U8MxTc
ABC
News, 18 September 2018
Choking risk for people with disabilities denied NDIS funding
https://goo.gl/CrZvuF
The
Age, 18 September 2018
‘Massive gap’ in disability awareness of club bouncers
https://goo.gl/wZo4hZ
Ten Daily, 22 August 2018
Research shows employers want more guidance in hiring people with disability
https://goo.gl/2qdoBe
Disability
Support Guide, 21 August 2018
Disability support worker accused of kicking teenage in the stomach at Illawarra care home
https://goo.gl/5CFghW
Illawarra
Mercury, 21 August 2018
New NDIS commissioner urges people with a disability to speak up about abuse
https://goo.gl/xAyybQ
ABC
Radio, 18 August 2018
Disabled LGBT+ young people face a battle just to be taken seriously
https://goo.gl/EpKe7e
The Conversation, 9 August 2018
Labor pledges to scrap NDIS staff cap amid outsourcing concerns
https://goo.gl/hBXNdG
The Guardian, 8 August 2018
How can we address violence against women and girls with disability?
https://goo.gl/dYqe7z
Devex, 6 August 2018
Inclusion Lacking In Top Hollywood Films
https://goo.gl/6mMbjf
Disability Scoop,
31 July 2018
Concerns NDIS Fraud Squad will ‘Criminalise People with Disability’
https://goo.gl/ptDy7g
Pro Bono Australia, 27 July 2018
First ever physical disability rugby league world cup challenge kicking off in Sydney
https://goo.gl/DbV7uL
Triple
M, 26 July 2018
Global Disability Summit is full of opportunity and promise
https://goo.gl/Bg5e7a The
Guardian, 24 July 2018
What Hollywood Can Learn From Aerie’s Inclusive Ad Campaign
https://goo.gl/4YB3c3
Study Break, 21 July 2018
Disability Groups Slam Changes to DES Program
https://goo.gl/UAzEfu Pro Bono Australia, 19 July 2018
Human rights report calls for new approach to tackle violence against people with disabilities
https://goo.gl/ALBVvD
ABC News, 17 July 2018
Children with disability pushed out of ‘education system’
https://goo.gl/MisrV5 The Canberra Times, 1 July 2018
Bureaucratising disability
https://goo.gl/XoiQ5a
The Saturday Paper, 30 June 2018
‘Shamed’ out of day care, companies set their sights on NDIS billions
https://goo.gl/NNwk2F
The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2018
Royal Commission allows social sector to help disability abuse victims
https://goo.gl/1iLpKU Pro
Bono Australia, 26 June 2018
Background Briefing: Carers who kill
https://goo.gl/4MXsjJ ABC
RN, 24 June 2018
Inclusive education is a plus for children of all abilities
https://goo.gl/c4ZTao
The Seattle Times, 22 June 2018
Hip-hop video by advocacy and peer disability support group uses technology to break new ground
https://goo.gl/gxf4jN
ABC News, 21 June 2018
‘She’s already suffered enough’: Angelina is stuck in a dementia ward
https://goo.gl/cQRMcW
The Canberra Times, 18 June 2018
Australia’s Sustainable Development Goals need “concrete roadmaps”
https://goo.gl/2CPsJU
Third Sector, 18 June 2018
Everyone has a moral imperative to uphold the rights of persons with disability, says UN chief
https://goo.gl/e89gxu The
European Sting, 14 June 2018
NDIS fail: Disability pensioner man living in ‘scandalous’ conditions while funding goes unspent
https://goo.gl/xqg3di ABC News, 23 May 2018
‘We shouldn’t have to fight’: The people falling through the cracks in the NDIS
https://goo.gl/3E7grs The
Canberra Times, 22 May 2018
‘I was told to find a homeless shelter’: Foster carers fight to extend care to 21
https://goo.gl/29qvkk ABC News, 22 May 2018
Malcolm Turnbull backs Gonski report call to move from mass learning to tailored education
https://goo.gl/GXa4dd ABC News, 30 April 2018
Children often unseen, unheard, but always hurt by domestic violence
https://goo.gl/Atsg1s
The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 April 2018
Starved, sick and unschooled: Did child protection fail Hayley?
https://goo.gl/u2AB9D
The Age, 27 April 2018
NDIS tight-fisted when death draws near
https://goo.gl/HV85Pa
The Australian, 11 April 2018
Kurt Fearnley’s passionate call for Australians to embrace people with disabilities
https://goo.gl/5oHgiC
Nine News, 11 April 2018
Kurt Furnley’s passionate call to action
https://goo.gl/wAK5gn
Nine News, 11 April 2018
NDIS tight-fisted when death draws near
https://goo.gl/HV85Pa
The Australian, 11 April 2018
NDIS leaving parents of children with a disability feeling stressed, let down by the process
https://goo.gl/dydcCa
ABC Radio Australia, 8 April 2018
Virgin Australia – Disability assistant concession fair
https://goo.gl/Tc1Bkm
Have Wheelchair Will Travel, 6 April 2018
Berejiklian to reverse funding cuts to disability groups
https://goo.gl/3sts4Q
The Canberra Times, 6 April 2018
Centrelink robo-debt program accused of enforcing ‘illegal’ debts
https://goo.gl/vQs6zs
The Guardian, 4 April 2018
Antipsychotics used to manage autism and intellectual disability behaviour can have serious side effects – new study
https://goo.gl/GVFZwD
The Conversation, 4 April 2018
Melbourne police captured on video taking down disability pensionser
https://goo.gl/dJPevy
ABC News, 3 April 2018
Welfare reform package passes parliament
https://goo.gl/GmUPzS
SBS News, 27 March 2018
Childcare workers’ strike: ‘We educate these children, we’re not babysitting'
https://goo.gl/18LVS3
The Guardian, 26 March 2018
What happens when selfish drivers park in disabled spaces
https://goo.gl/Bke6g2 The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 March 2018
NDIS needs the market to help make up at least 60% shortfall in specialist disability housing
https://goo.gl/gCkrXS
The Conversation, 21 March 2018
How the justice system is letting down disabled offenders
https://goo.gl/NbYCBA The
Age, 17 March 2018
The technology that gave Stephen Hawking a voice should be accessible to all who need it
https://goo.gl/TsQdxc
The Conversation, 16 March 2018
Airbnb’s new filters aim to improve searches for guests with disabilities
https://goo.gl/mrajnj
Digital Trends, 15 March 2018
More than 33 million Centrelink calls unanswered as DHS denies staffing problem.
https://goo.gl/UHcLkG
The Age, 7 March 2018
Calls for Naplan review after report reveals no change in decade of results.
https://goo.gl/AKNtSR
ABC News, 7 March 2018
Victorian Youth Justice inquiry finds a rise in children on remand, significant failures in system.
https://goo.gl/yjFJpS ABC
News, 6 March 2018
New national approach to carer support services announced.
https://goo.gl/KHcnNt
Mirage
News, 5 March 2018
Will Australia follow NT'S promise to raise the age criminal responsibility?
https://goo.gl/vJ6XnU
NITV News, 5 March 2018