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Youth Definition

People aged between 15-24, between childhood and adulthood, associated with part work, changes, finding themselves and education

Youth Stats

3.3 million youth in Australia, 13% population

1.7 million are male, 1.6 million are female

4.7% are ATSI

9.3% have a disability

Youth diversity

Age, culture, education, work type, family, level of independence, housing etc

Positive terms

Young people, future leaders, teenagers, future generation etc

Negative terminology

Trouble makers, juveniles, rebellious, doomed, emo etc

Youth Need: Education

Legal requirement until 17 yrs old, gain knowledge, set up their future, economic well-being, socialisation, friendships etc

Youth needs: sense of identity

Period of change, set up for life, period of questioning and finding ones self, influence of culture, friends, media etc

Youth needs ASL

Often dependant on parents or families, without other needs are often not met

Youth services examples

Financial- youth allowance

Accommodation- rent choice youth, youth off the streets

Transport- youth opal concessions

Legal - Youth Law Aus

Education- compulsory public education till 17, Abstudy

Employement- YES (Youth employment service)

Counselling- Child/Adolescent Mental health services (CAMHS), Beyond Blue

Healthcare - Medicare, on parents private insurance till 25

Disability definition

Umbrella term for additional handicaps or challenges faced by people in sical, psychological, intellectual or sensory spheres making accessing scoiety difficult

Disability stats

5.5 million in Australia(21.4%) increase from 2018 (17.7%)

48% employment rate

Double unemployment rate, 6 times higher for autism

1.2 million have difficulty with public transport

9 in 10 women with intellectual disabilities are asexually abused

Disability diversity

Normal individual i.e. age, culture, remote/urban etc

Disability:

Physical - paraplegia, multiple sclerosis

Intellectual- dyslexia, down syndrome

Psychological- schizophrenia, bipolar

Sensory- autism, hearing impaired

Disability negative terminology

Sped, dumb, psycho, retard etc

Disability needs: health

Often if not met other needs cannot be, could perpetuate disability ie. Wrong message make schizophrenia worse

Disability needs: