Evan Young
Evan Young is a producer with the ABC's Specialist Reporting Team in Sydney.
Prior to joining the ABC in 2022, Evan was at SBS News working across its radio and digital platforms. He is a multiple-time Melbourne Press Club Quill Award finalist.
Evan has a particular interest in stories about disability, health and inequality, and can be contacted at young.evan@abc.net.au.
Latest by Evan Young
'It's constant torture': Heartbreak as 4yo excluded from kindergarten after epilepsy diagnosis
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella
The parents of a four-year-old boy are furious he was removed from his long-time early learning centre after being diagnosed with epilepsy. Advocates say it's not an isolated incident.
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It's not safe for Shae to walk everywhere, but she still gets accosted for using a wheelchair
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
Ambulatory wheelchair users are relatively common but say they often face judgement and accusations they're faking their disabilities. This is what they want you to know.
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'It's become a bit of a sport': The 'disgusting' online abuse faced by Sam and her community
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and Maryanne Taouk
Short statured Australians say photos taken of them without consent are being increasingly distributed and mocked online. They're sick of it and want the wider public to help call it out.
'Get this right quickly': The governmental stoush over the NDIS explained
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
As a parliamentary hearing kicks off into draft legislation paving the way for changes to the NDIS, a governmental stoush has re-emerged. Here's what's going on.
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From NDIS cost revisions to a new employment program, what's in the budget for disability?
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella
Disability was a big part of this year's federal budget. Here are the key takeaways now the dust has settled.
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Upcoming 'placement poverty' payment is a 'slap in the face', students groups say
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and Maryanne Taouk, with national education and parenting reporter Conor Duffy
Student groups have described a Commonwealth payment aimed at combating "placement poverty" as "a slap in the face" that's too little, too late, and voiced concerns a means test will restrict access.
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What is psychosocial disability and how is it different to a mental health condition?
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella
Advocates say psychosocial disability is one of the most misunderstood and stigmatised areas of disability.
'My body was shaking': The fake text message that led to Jenny's family losing their savings
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and Leonie Thorne, with national consumer affairs reporter Michael Atkin
Authorities say new scam figures show their action on scams is working — but consumer groups and devastated victims say it's nowhere near enough.
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Scammers are becoming more sophisticated – and Australians with retirement savings are a big target
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and Leonie Thorne
The number of scams reported by Australians has hit a new record high, even though the amount lost has declined.
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Who are the victims of the Bondi Junction stabbing attack?
By Evan Young and Isobel Roe
Six people, including five women, have been confirmed dead after a stabbing attack in a busy Sydney shopping centre on Saturday. Here's what we know about those who died.
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'Unacceptable and appalling': Qantas charged Anwen $6.4k for business seats because economy wasn't accessible
By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
Qantas has been slammed over its treatment of a woman with disability who was trying to get from Perth to Canberra for a work trip.
Autistic people die 20 years earlier than the rest of Australia. Can a national plan turn that around?
By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
The federal government has released a draft of its national autism strategy, which aims to improve life outcomes for autistic Australians.
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It might sound uncontroversial — but this NDIS reform is splitting the community
By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
As legislation is introduced to parliament as part of a first step towards NDIS reform, the disability community is split about a major recommendation from a recent review of the scheme.
As new NDIS legislation is unveiled, here's the latest on the future of the scheme
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella
The Albanese government has introduced legislation to parliament paving the way for sweeping NDIS reforms. Here's what we know so far about the next steps.
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Public transport has been 'failing' millions of Australians. It's hoped these new rules could change that
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
Public transport timetables and updates will soon need to be provided in accessible formats and taxi ranks will be required to increase the ratio of wheelchair accessible taxi spaces.
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Doing 1,000 hours of unpaid work to graduate is the reality of 'placement poverty' — and it's taking a toll on students
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Leonie Thorne and Evan Young, with national education and parenting reporter Conor Duffy
Students share their experiences of "placement poverty", which is when mandatory, unpaid placements push them into financial stress and sometimes out of their studies.
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Analysis
analysis:Transport should work for everyone — but that's currently not the case for millions of Australians
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella
For people with disability, it doesn’t matter what condition you have, where you live, or what mode of transport you take, getting from A to B is much harder than it needs to be, write Evan Young and Nas Campanella.
Neal was trapped on a plane for hours because of his disability. Things got even worse at baggage claim
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella
The ABC has recently heard hundreds of stories from Australians with disability about their experiences with transport across the country. Advocates say systems are failing them.
Experts looked at 10,000 pieces of research to find the best way to learn to read – we've distilled it down for you
By national education and parenting reporter Conor Duffy and the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
While there's no substitute for a qualified teacher, we've asked experts for their best tips for parents who want to help teach their kids to read at home.
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New sun safety advice has been developed for diverse skin types. Here's what it says
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and Penny Timms
Clinicians, patient organisations and medical researchers are updating advice around sun exposure to explicitly recognise different skin types.
As the 'reading wars' raged, this school made a teaching change. The results were profound
By national education and parenting reporter Conor Duffy and the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
A reading revolution at a small, disadvantaged public school in regional Victoria could provide the blueprint for turning around alarming literacy rates in Australia's 10,000 primary schools.
There was a 'landmark' moment for public school funding this week. Here's what's going on
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
There was a major development around funding for public schools this week. Let us break it down for you.
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Minister eyes deal to 'fully fund' public schools across country after landmark WA agreement
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and national education and parenting reporter Claudia Long
The agreement is the first of eight that need to be negotiated with state and territory governments this year.
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There's no 'silver bullet' for the housing crisis — but one fix with broad support remains stuck in the mud
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young
One solution to the housing crisis has been raised over and over again for years: building more social and affordable housing. But it doesn't seem to have happened yet.
A 'demon' in the brain: What life with chronic pain is really like
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and Jessica Haynes
Chronic pain is the norm for millions of Australians, but sufferers and advocates say misconceptions are rife. This is what their lives are really like.