Many of us take it for granted that our workplace should give us work that challenges us or is meaningul - rather than menial. This isn't the case however for some young people with disabilities. An advocacy service for young people with disabilities would help to redress this injustice, such as in the example below from a US based children's advocacy service.

After moving to a new part of the country and getting a new job in a school, a 22 year old young woman with cognitive impairment was disappointed that she was relegated to very menial vocational tasks. Her parents had protested that when they lived in another part of the country the young woman had demonstrated the potential to work on computers and perform other more advanced clerical skills.

The advocacy service asked the young woman's employer to review the young woman's work history in the other state. The school did this and was then encouraged to provide appropriately challenging and progressive vocational tasks. The young woman now maintains meaningful employment.

If you think young people with disabilities in Queensland could use an advocacy service like this, then please help us spread the word. There are two ways you can help:

1. Register your details (confidentially) on our website and we'll be in touch with some simple but effective suggestions of steps you can take to help make an advocacy service for young people with disabilities a reality.
2. Share your story or your ideas for how an advocacy service for young people with disabilities can help. You can do this by using the form here.