The goal of the RCD Youth Engagement & Achievement Project (YEA) is to acknowledge the key role that is played by youth with disabilities in transforming our society, in moving beyond systems and supports created by previous generations whose understanding and acceptance of disability was very different than that of today. The RCD encourages and facilitates the creation of a youth voice and presence in the community, and provides a mechanism whereby youth can create an agenda for change and develop the capacity to design, lead and implement that agenda.

The main part of the project is the establishment of a Youth Group with a goal to promote, encourage, assist and provide opportunities to youth with disabilities to have more active engagement with the community. The Youth Group is governed by a Youth Council.