Youth Disability Supplement

The Youth Disability Supplement provides additional financial support to young people with a physical, intellectual or psychiatric disability and who receive certain income support payments.

You may be eligible for Youth Disability Supplement if you are:

• aged under 21 years
• receiving Disability Support Pension
• receiving Youth Allowance as a job seeker, full-time student, or Australian Apprentice, or
• receiving ABSTUDY as a full-time student or Australian Apprentice.

If you are receiving Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY you must:

• have an illness, injury or disability which prevents you from working 30 or more hours per week and is expected to last for more than 2 years
• have a Job Capacity Assessment.

If you receive a Disability Support Pension and you are under 21, you will automatically receive the Youth Disability Supplement in your Disability Support Pension payment.