Interactive courses
Courses that unpack disability, accessibility and stigma through adaptive, AI-supported learning.
Impact
Disability is discussed about people far more often than with them.
Youth Disability Talk Out (YDTO) is a registered South African non-profit company created to change how disability is discussed — with people living with disabilities, rather than about them.
The programme believes awareness alone is not enough: education and engagement are what create real change. It uses interactive learning rather than one-way messaging, centring lived experience in every format it publishes.
TEAM AF supports YDTO with technology leadership.
Organisation
- Registered
- NPC 2025/02/08
- Base
- Pretoria, Gauteng
- Team size
- 1–10
Programmes
Learning through experience, not assumptions
Storybooks & narratives
Real-life stories that centre the lived experiences of persons living with disabilities.
Guided conversations
Youth-led discussion formats that turn awareness into engagement and behaviour change.
Accessible LMS
An inclusive learning management platform with development support provided by TEAM AF for Youth Disability Talk Out NPC, designed with adaptive learning principles.
In the field
The work, in motion
A short look at YDTO's work on the ground and in the media — from the organisation's own platform to coverage of its judging role at a science expo focused on disability-led innovation.
On the ground
A quick clip from YDTO's youth-led programming, shared to reach new audiences with an accessible, bite-sized format.
TEAM AF supported the creation of the social media pages.
Digital disability awareness
Inclusion, in the language people already text in.
Awareness work usually stops at the edge of a programme day. YDTO's GIPHY channel carries it further — into group chats, comment threads, stories and DMs, where young people actually talk to each other.
Every sticker is a small act of representation: disability-inclusive expressions, reactions and messages that are free to use, easy to share, and designed by a youth-led disability movement rather than about one.
- Representation in everyday online communication, not just campaign moments
- Youth-friendly storytelling in a format young people already use
- Shareable accessibility and inclusion messaging with no cost barrier
- Extending YDTO's voice beyond schools, camps and community activations
Stickers published on YDTO's official GIPHY channel. Animation pauses automatically for visitors who prefer reduced motion.
Volunteer & partner
YDTO works with schools, youth groups, employers and technology partners. Partnership and volunteer enquiries are routed through the partnerships mailbox, copied to the CTO.
Contact the teamSupport the work
Partnerships, sponsorship and volunteer programmes are open.