Children with disability
Alternative labels
Children with disabilities
Disabled children
Young people with disabilities
Disabled teenagers
Disabled youth
Young people with disability
Youth with disability
Kids with disabilities
Teenagers with disabilities
Youth with disabilities
Report
Online safety for young people with intellectual disability
This research report explores the benefits and challenges of engaging online for young people with intellectual disability from the perspective of young people themselves, their parents, carers and educators.
Report
The voices of children and young people with disability
This consultation gave children and young people with disability a platform to use their lived experiences to inform decision makers and service providers about how to best continue to support their needs. This report highlights the ways in which children and young people with disability, who are experts in their own lives, want to be...
Report
Not even remotely fair: experiences of students with disability during COVID-19
Research evidence from before the pandemic suggests that despite a number of policy commitments and initiatives at local and national levels, there has only been limited progress in moving towards inclusive education and that children and young people with disability often fare poorly in the education system. This report explores the experiences of students with...
Journal article
Understanding paid support relationships: possibilities for mutual recognition between young people with disability and their support workers
This paper reports on recent research that explored the role of relationships with paid support workers in strengthening the rights and wellbeing of young people with cognitive disability in Australia.
Report
Violence prevention and early intervention for mothers and children with disability: building promising practice
Women and children with disability who are at risk of domestic and family violence need more cohesive support services to ensure they don’t slip through the gaps, according to this report which shows that women with disability experience higher rates of partner violence than the wider population of women.