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‘Minimal progress’: State sued for ‘abandoning’ autistic boy’s education

Adam Carey
The Age
Tuesday 5th November, 2019
The case, which could have implications for thousands of families who believe their child has been excluded from learning due to a disability, is listed for a three-week hearing in
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Teachers fail to cater to disabled kids

AAP
Nine News
Wednesday 6th November, 2019
Some teachers are "resisting diversity" in their classrooms and failing to cater for disabled students, the disability royal commission has been told. Special education teachers say despite some students having
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Disability inquiry hears of student who took knife to school to protect himself

SBS News
Wednesday 6th November, 2019
The disability royal commission in Townsville has been told while there are amazing teachers many don't want children with disabilities in their classrooms.
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Children with disabilities suffer ‘severe neglect and abuse’ in Australian school

Luke Henriques-Gomes
The Guardian
Monday 28th October, 2019
third of all children with disability have been restrained or secluded at school while half have been bullied in the past year, according to a government-funded report that reveals “severe
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Education survey finds 12pc of children with a disability kept from class by school ‘gate keep

Norman Hermant
ABC Online
Monday 28th October, 2019
Felix's mother Chloe Letica believed some of her son's behaviours might have been avoided if he was offered more support. She is now home-schooling him. "It is infuriating," she said.
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This advocate redesigned the Disability Royal Commission website so people with disability can actually use it

Sam Langford
SBS News
Saturday 2nd November, 2019
“There were a lot of bureaucratic words, a lot of information about things like ‘letters patent’, which is legal jargonese which people don’t necessarily understand, or need to know. What
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Disabled children restrained at schools

Aine Fox
7 News
Monday 28th October, 2019
More than a fifth of disabled young people have been subjected to some form of restraint at school in the past year, new research shows.
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The students with disabilities excluded from our schools

Melissa Raine
SMH
Sunday 4th August, 2019
For many families of children with disabilities, their first encounter with a Victorian state school is marked by “gatekeeping". They might be encouraged to enrol their child elsewhere or told
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Dismantling the barriers that hold back disabled students

Rod Clune
The NewDaily
Friday 21st June, 2019
Many tertiary institutions employ own disability liaison officers. Other DLOs are employed regionally and shared across campuses, especially in the TAFE sector.
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Four things students with vision impairment want you (their teachers and friends) to know

Melissa Cain and Melissa Fanshawe
The Conversation
Wednesday 12th June, 2019
Schools are set up for students who can see. But around 3,000 school-aged children in Australia have a vision impairment – 300 of these have a severe vision impairment or
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Studying in Australia as a Disabled Student

Study in Australia

This online guide will help you define what specific needs you will submit to the disability support service running at your university and will help them effectively meet your disability-related…

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What you need to know if your child with a disability is starting school soon

David Roy, David Armstrong
The Conversation
Wednesday 16th January, 2019
A new school year can be daunting for any parent, prompting many questions: will my child settle in, make friends and progress academically? If your child has a disability these
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