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What is fatigue? Understanding fatigue among students with disabilities can help schools moderate it

Natalia Rohatyn-Martin
The Conversation
Tuesday 23rd May, 2023
I am working with colleagues to provide a means for students with disabilities and their educational teams to understand the impact of fatigue, to advocate for appropriate strategies and programs
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Diverse Learners Hub

Department of Education
Victoria Government
Thursday 27th April, 2023
The Hub is an online resource that provides information, tools and guidance on diverse learning, including: - understanding autism and how schools support autistic students - understanding the different types
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Lockdowns gave students with disabilities greater accessibility. Then the university took it away

Nicole Precel
The Age
Wednesday 12th April, 2023
A Victoria University student is fighting to study all her law classes online, saying her disability and chronic health issues mean coming to university is not safe or accessible.
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The Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund is open for applications.

Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund
Friday 24th February, 2023
Friday 31st March, 2023

The Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund is open for applications. We completed our twenty-seventh round of funding on 30 September 2022 but as we are only a small…

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Getting started at child care and kindergarten

Child care and kindergarten give your child the chance to learn, play, make friends, and have fun. This guide will help you to know hat to look for in an
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Build respect and teach the teacher: five back-to-school tips for parents of children with disabilities

Holly Karten
Guardian Australia
Tuesday 10th January, 2023
Equal access to education has been a hard-won right. As a teacher and parent I understand that while laws might demand the inclusion of all children, achieving this is not
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It’s the socially created barriers that disable students, not the conditions they live with

Dr Ben Whitburn
ABC News
Tuesday 29th November, 2022
The ways educators orientate to disability is crucial to how they ensure students are not excluded from any aspect of educational participation because of the conditions they live with. An
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Dylan Alcott says he missed out on childhood friends. With support, disabled kids today can have a better shot socially

David Armstrong
The Conversation
Friday 18th November, 2022
School is a crucial place to think about friendships for kids with disabilities because, as research confirms, it’s a space where all kids learn to make and maintain friendships. Some
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Disability Inclusion Profile: Strengthening inclusion in schools

Department of Education
State of Victoria
Thursday 17th November, 2022
The Disability Inclusion Profile and surrounding process is designed to helps schools and families identify the strengths, functional needs, and educational adjustments schools can make to assist students with disability
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States and Territories not holding up their end of the disability support agreement

Anna Christian
Disability Support Guide
Saturday 12th November, 2022
Another State responsibility, the education systems, could also be letting children with developmental delay down, Minister Shorten believes, causing more parents to look for support from the NDIS and driving
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Resourcing key for children with disabilities to succeed in public schools, but barriers remain

Nick McAllister
ABC News
Sunday 13th November, 2022
A key concern identified was that schools failed to follow policies and laws when denying or discouraging the enrolment of students with disability, and failed to identify and implement appropriate,
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First chancellor with acknowledged disability to fight ‘attitude problem’

John Ross
Times Higher Education
Monday 29th August, 2022
Australia’s first university chancellor who identifies as having a disability says things have improved since the days when his law studies revolved around whatever resources he could obtain in Braille
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