Empowering YOUTH program

A fun and interactive program for young people with diverse abilities

Empowering YOUTH program

The Empowering YOUTH program is for young people aged 12 to 17 who have diverse abilities. It’s a fun and interactive program run by young adults who have their own diverse abilities and have helped to create the program.


We know that the adolescent years can be tough when your way of thinking, being or interacting in the world is different from most other young people. The Empowering YOUTH Program is designed to inform and empower young people with diverse abilities to feel proud of their diversity, that their unique abilities are valuable and they are part of a much broader network of people in the NT who also have diverse abilities.


The NT Lived Experience Network has been funded by the NDIS to run Empowering YOUTH Programs in Darwin, Palmerston, Katherine and Alice Springs during 2022.

Expressions of interest

Dates for Palmerston program

Sunday 22 May, 2:00pm-5:00pm

Sunday 29 May, 2:00pm-5:00pm

Sunday 5 June, 2:00pm-5:00pm

Sunday 12 June, 2:00pm-5:00pm

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