Disability rights for young people

In New South Wales, Family Advocacy promotes the rights and interests of people with disability and can give you information on inclusion in a regular classroom during the school years.

About me plus

The About Me program helps you to explore your strengths, interests, goals and inspirations, as well as the supports you might need, and then finds creative ways to communicate this information with services, employers, or anyone in your life. 

SBS Inclusion Program

The SBS Inclusion Program offers free disability inclusion resources to help educators, workplaces, and communities better understand and support people with disability.

Support for families raising children

Kiind supports families raising children living with disability, developmental delay, autism, genetic, rare, undiagnosed and/or chronic conditions. Kiind provides information and a range of resources including obtaining a diagnosis, financial, caring, health and education supports and options.

How to advocate

This resource helps school and tertiary students with disability to build self-advocacy skills and provides guidance on how to raise and resolve concerns with their education provider.

A day at school

This video is about the rights of students with disability at school and reasonable adjustments.

myWAY Employability

This is a free platform designed specifically to help young autistic people plan and prepare for their working life.

Down Syndrome Australia

Has State and Territory associations providing support, information and resources to people with Down syndrome and their families across the country.

Autism CRC

Autism CRC is the independent national source of evidence for best practice in relation to autism across the lifespan and the spectrum. Information and resources include the Autism Knowledge Centre, a portal to autism resources, tools and publications, the National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism, and the National Guideline for supporting the learning, participation and wellbeing of autistic children and their families.

Online safety training for people with disability and their parents or carers

This free online safety training provides supports for participants to access the internet safely.

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