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Guardian Australia
Tuesday 30th January, 2024

A leading autism researcher who has been appointed to join the national board overseeing school funding arrangements says Australian children with disabilities are “struggling now more than ever” and urgent…

Association Children with Disability
Wednesday 24th January, 2024

The new school year is about to start, and you may have questions and concerns about how best to support your child and work with the school. For support and…

ABC News
Tuesday 28th November, 2023

Felix Waiss doesn’t speak, but he’s learning to communicate in his own way. By pushing icons on a device, the non-verbal four-year-old is figuring out how to formulate sentences and

Sydney Morning Herald
Wednesday 22nd November, 2023

A diagnosis of autism is unlikely to be enough to guarantee future access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme as the government prepares to clarify that individualised packages were designed…

ABC News
Thursday 16th November, 2023

In its final report handed down in September, the disability royal commission called for the phasing out of segregated education by 2051. It’s a call that has sparked deep debate….

Association for Children with a Disability
Saturday 18th November, 2023

Association for Children with a Disability has prepared a 2024 Victorian State Budget submission that highlights key areas of funding for children with disability and their families. You can read…

ABC News
Saturday 11th November, 2023

A pair of disability advocates with very different lived experiences are helping young people be more accepting, one school at a time. Scott Jones and Maree Jenner, who work with…

ABC News
Tuesday 7th November, 2023

School is the highlight of Brittany’s* life, but the Queensland high school student, who has a disability, is rarely there. “It’s not a very nice feeling being suspended,” she said….

ABC News
Wednesday 25th October, 2023

When Maree MacDermid drives her son Joseph to school in the morning, it’s “like dropping him off to family”. “Every staff member in this school knows Joseph. They know how…

ABC News
Tuesday 10th October, 2023

It’s a week since the Disability Royal Commission handed down it’s report and debate is still raging over one of the recommendations… to phase out special schools. The commission was…

ABC News
Monday 9th October, 2023

Like most year 11 students, Angus Bayley is feeling the pressure of end-of-year exams. But Angus isn’t like every other student — he is in the 25th percentile for processing,

SBS
Friday 6th October, 2023

A Greens Senator and prominent disability advocate has described a proposed 30-year phase-out of separate schools for students with disabilities as “wildly inadequate”, calling for the deadline to be brought…