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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…

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
Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET)
Wednesday 1st January, 2014
This clearing house facilitate successful outcomes and improved educational experience for students with disability by providing information, advice and resources to disability practitioners, academics, teachers and students on inclusive practices
Ellen Coulter
Wednesday 26th September, 2018
Ms Desmond said the school needed to be held to account for inappropriate decisions, but the buck stopped with Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff. "Parents are fighting day after day, year
Tania King & Anne Kavanagh
The Conversation
Friday 10th August, 2018
If we could stop the high levels of bullying that adolescents with a disability experience, we could make a big difference to their health, learning and wellbeing. So school anti-bullying
Henrietta Cook
TheAge
Friday 3rd August, 2018
For decades, desperate families wanting to secure disability funding from their state school have had to go through the confronting process of describing exactly what their children can't do. But
Julie Phillips
Pro Bono News
Monday 9th July, 2018

How many reports must be published for the Department of Education to deem students with disabilities worthy of the same care, consideration and human rights as other Victorian students, asks…

Communication Rights Australia
Tuesday 26th June, 2018
The Teachers’ Toolkit aims to help teachers feel more confident to engage and support their students with little or no speech, by equipping them with the latest information and practical
Henrietta Cook
The Age
Thursday 28th June, 2018

About one in six Victorian parents struggles to enrol their disabled children in mainstream government schools, according to a new report that reveals widespread discrimination in the state’s education system.

Dan Harrison and Ben Nielson
ABC News
Friday 29th June, 2018

Children with disabilities are being turned away from or discouraged from enrolling in mainstream Victorian schools — and once enrolled, many are being socially isolated or not receiving the support…

Emma Siossian
ABC News
Wednesday 6th June, 2018

More than 56 per cent of students with disabilities had experienced bullying over a 12-month period, a national survey has found. The survey, by Children and Young People with Disability…

Brendan Murray
Sydney Morning Herald
Saturday 3rd February, 2018
Nearly a million Victorian children returned to school last week. But thousands did not. Exclusion is a cruel yet quietly accepted component of our education system.