Media & press

Youth disability stories, on the platforms that reach people.

YDTO has been featured across regional and national radio and television, reaching audiences from community radio listeners to national broadcast.

Media & speaking requests

10+ Media Features Radio, television and online press

5000+ Young People Impacted Directly through programmes

15+ Schools Engaged

320 Members

Featured on

BCR FM
Soweto TV
Thobela FM
Pheli FM
SABC News · Trendz Live
UNISA Radio

Media hub

Every YDTO channel, in one place.

Youth Disability Talk Out publishes across five official platforms. Each one reaches a different audience — broadcast-style storytelling, sector and partnership updates, day-to-day programme life, live public commentary, and disability-inclusive expression for everyday chats.

YouTube

Understanding Stigma in 60 Seconds

A short explainer from the official YDTO channel on how stigma quietly removes opportunity long before any formal barrier does.

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YouTube

Unisa Radio Did THIS

Broadcast advocacy in action, from the same body of radio and television work that has produced 10+ media features to date.

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Youth Disability Talk Out Official LinkedIn company page

Programme updates and partnership news

Written for schools, sponsors and the disability inclusion sector: programme documentation, partnership announcements and video from the field.

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@ydto.movement Official Instagram account

Instagram

Programme days as they happen

Youth-led storytelling published through @ydto.movement — school activations, camps, community walks and the volunteers behind them.

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@theyouthonx Official X (Twitter) account

X (Twitter)

Public voice, in real time

Where YDTO responds publicly to harmful narratives about disability and joins live national conversations as they unfold.

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GIPHY

Disability awareness in everyday chats

Free, shareable stickers that put disability-inclusive expression into group chats, stories and comment threads — representation where young people already talk.

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Advocacy & public voice

Changing the narrative in public and in the media.

Disability stories rarely reach mainstream media, and when they do surface online it is often as a punchline. YDTO built its own media presence, responding publicly to harmful narratives while placing young disabled voices on regional and national radio and television.

What we do

Public response campaigns on disability mockery online
Radio and television interviews and features
Speaking at symposiums such as Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Business and Disability
Youth-led storytelling published through @ydto.movement

Working with us

For interviews, panels, speaking requests and press enquiries, contact our founder directly.

seabelo@youthdisabilitytalkout.org.za
info@youthdisabilitytalkout.org.za

Logo and brand assets available on request.

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Covering disability inclusion?

We can provide interviews, lived-experience voices and programme footage.

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