YDAS are seeking disabled young people who would like to share what’s important to them with the United Nations! 

YDAS are hosting Satara Uthayakumaran (she/her), 2025 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations. Satara wants to learn what you think and feel about human rights and life in Australia.

This is a rare and exciting chance to practice advocacy and leadership!

Here are the details of the project:

• This is unpaid and voluntary because it is not funded, but we think is an important opportunity.
• This is the sign up form. Fill it out and you are registered to attend! 
  Form closes 11:30am Tue 15 July 2025. 
• Event date: Tuesday 22 July, 12pm to 2pm
• Hybrid: in-person at the YDAS Boardroom, Level 2/235 Queen Street, Melbourne and on Zoom
• Satara will ask you questions and listen or read your responses.
• We will send you an agenda and questions the day before so you can prepare if you need to.
• Satara and two YDAS facilitators who are also disabled will attend.
• Questions will be in plain English, the Zoom captions will be on, and we can provide any additional access needs. Please let us know in the form.

You can sign up if you:

• Are aged 12 to 25 years old.
• Are a disabled person. You do not need a diagnosis. You just need to 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 or mental illness
  • Blind or have low vision