Training and services

Training for your team. Build access keys, social scripts and statements of commitment. Plan your next activity accessibly.

Learn from disabled young people and turn that knowledge into strategy, action plans, research and reports.

Strengthen your policies, procedures, resources and projects. Say you got genuine input from disabled young people and youth workers.

Feel confident your workshop or project plans are inclusive. Work alongside fun, professional lived experience facilitators.

Provide your youth advisory, project advisory or community group with the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to take part in work and life.

For workers and leaders. Get the tools and confidence to work with disabled young people and the community, improve your skills with access and inclusion. Book our Together: Access and Inclusion training suite, including modules focused on neurodivergence including autism and ADHD, LGBTIQA+ communities and education settings.

“Our team thoroughly enjoyed taking part in Together Training. We were able to gain an insight into a variety of topics – from inclusive language to creating access keys – in a safe and supportive environment, where discussion and questions were encouraged. Our facilitators were also extremely approachable and supported us in applying our new knowledge to the context of our organisation. All our participants have left feeling more confident in their ability to positively engage with disabled youth, and make meaningful changes in our day-to-day work.” – Deborah, CHASE Community Health Advancement and Student Engagement

Get the opinions and insights of disabled young people from our consultation workshops and focus groups. We know the best ways to make them safe, accessible and inclusive, including how to remunerate young participants.

“It was great collaborating with YDAS to facilitate a focus group with young people about their experiences using allied health services via telehealth. We partnered with YDAS because we wanted to make sure we were hearing directly from disabled young people who are too often left out of research that affects them. YDAS’s co-facilitator had advocacy experience in similar forums which meant he brought real insight into what it’s like to be on the other side of the questioning. We prepared for the focus group together, and his guidance helped us tailor our facilitation approach in a way that worked best for this group.” – Katherine, Health Voices Victoria

Use our lived experience and professional expertise to review and evaluate your programs, processes, documents, plans and policies to be more accessible and inclusive. We send you feedback and recommendations you can use right away.

“The YDAS team were thorough and generous in their feedback, providing us with specific, short-term recommendations we could action to improve the inclusivity of our work, and broader advice that helped us to find opportunities to improve the accessibility of our work over time. We’re so grateful to the YDAS team for their expertise, warmth and generosity in sharing their knowledge with us. I’d recommend their consultation services to all organisations ready to commit to improving accessibility within the work they do.” – Sexual Health Victoria

Bring our lived experience facilitators into your workflow to support the development and delivery of your programs. We send co-facilitators and co-researchers into your team, and they bring lived experience and professional expertise. Our co-facilitators can join your interviews, workshops, focus groups, research planning and more!

“Partnering with YDAS on several of our consulting projects has been an outstanding experience. We’ve had the privilege of working with a diverse group of youth facilitators, each bringing an incredible depth and breadth of lived expertise, as well as strong facilitation skills. Their contributions have added significant value to our projects, and we would gladly work with them again or recommend them to others!” – Ming, Impact Co

Peer led workshops support disabled young people in your community to learn about their rights, grow their self-advocacy, leadership and gain the skills to make their voices heard. Accessible, inclusive, trauma-informed workshops delivered in your space, hybrid or online.

“I was able to meet people who wouldn’t judge me and I was able to become more confident.” – Jasmine
“Fun, great people and the opportunity to understand more about myself and those who also experience challenges of disability.” – Natasha
“At the start I didn’t talk much, but then I got better at answering the questions. Less shy.” – Chelsea

We are taking bookings for trainings, consultations, reviews, co-facilitator lend outs and workshops. You can also enquire about other types of custom projects that suit your budget or your strategic priorities.

To express your interest, and find out pricing and delivery formats, you can contact our team:
Phone: 0472 635 607
Email: [email protected]