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About the NDIS Right to be Heard Project

NDIS participants can face multiple barriers when raising concerns about their supports and services. Disabled young people face additional and unique barriers.

The Right to be Heard online hub consists of online tools and resources to assist disabled young people to:

  • Learn about and understand their rights.
  • Build their confidence and ability to raise any concerns they may have with their NDIS supports and services.
  • Educate providers on how to make sure young people’s voices are heard and needs are understood.

This project is led by disabled young people from all over Australia. They formed a Project Advisory Group to co-design and co-create resources for the online hub. This includes Jorja, Isla, Anneka, Hendrix, Willow, Victoria, Patrick, Anna, Maya, Eleanor, Thali, Elina and Georgia. 

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About YDAS

The Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS) is an advocacy organisation that works with disabled young people aged 12 to 25 who identify as:

  • Having a disability
  • Having a health condition or chronic illness
  • Neurodivergent
  • Deaf, deaf or hard of hearing
  • Having lived experience of mental health issues 
  • Blind or have low vision 
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We work with disabled young people in Victoria to make sure you can speak up and are being treated fairly.

You can access our free advocacy service if you need advice or support.

We run programs so that you can learn to speak up for yourself and others.

Watch this video to learn more about YDAS.

Right to be Heard project is funded by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission grants program.

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This image celebrates Disability Pride by showing a diverse group of disabled people confidently expressing their identities. The group includes individuals with various disabilities—some using wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, walkers, or accompanied by a guide dog. They are all smiling and holding signs with empowering messages like “Disabled and Proud,” “Chronic & Iconic,” and “Disability Pride.”