YDAS - Youth Disability Advocacy Service - www.ydas.org

INDIVIDUAL ADVOCACY

The individual advocacy service at YDAS is open to any young person with a disability between the ages of 12 and 25.  The service can support young people with disabilities to access their rights in a range of areas including employment, education, housing, Centrelink benefits, disability services and discrimination and with a wide range of other access and equity issues. 

To give you a better idea about the role of the Individual Advocate at YDAS, it is to support the young person with a disability by working with them to identify what they want to achieve and assist them to develop and implement a plan for how to achieve it. 

The Individual Advocate may support the client with letter writing, telephone calls as well as arranging and attending meetings that are all aimed at achieving the outcome that the client wants. 

Our Individual Advocate can also help young people disabilities to access information about their rights and can refer clients to other services if they are in a better position to assist with the issue. 

Our service is unique in that it focuses on the needs of the young person with a disability and we work directly with the young person to help them to achieve the outcomes that they want. 

YDAS Advocate, Deborah Lawson, can be contacted on 9267 3733 or email advocate@yacvic.org.au for more information or to make a request for advocacy.