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Inclusive education: It’s time to flip the thinking on educating young people with disabilities

Nicole Rinehart, Ana Mantilla, Nicole Papadopoulos, Katherine Bussey, Bethany Devenish and Hannah Machin
Lens Monash University
Friday 11th February, 2022
Education is not only a fundamental human right, it also acts to amplify other rights – this is called a multiplier effect. Inclusive education must go beyond simply including children
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Legislation and regulation in Australia: Children and young people with disability in primary and secondary education settings’.

Samuel J Murray
Disability Royal Commission
Thursday 22nd July, 2021
The report provides a general description of how Commonwealth funding for education operates; a detailed explanation of how laws regulating education for students with disability function in each jurisdiction; and
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Many teachers are unaware of assistive technology for disabled students

Geena Vabulas
FE Week (UK)
Saturday 10th July, 2021
In an age when digital is no longer optional for finding work, it is crucial that students with special educational needs leave school with the skills and kit necessary for
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Family Voices

Early Childhood Intervention Australia (ECIA)
Friday 9th April, 2021
This podcast series features casual conversations with families of children with disability and/or developmental delay and the professionals they work alongside. The aim is to support and build families’ knowledge,
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Vow to end ‘ugly lottery’ with $1.6b school disability reform

Jewel Topsfield
The Age
Monday 8th February, 2021
Education Minister James Merlino has pledged to tackle “school gatekeeping” – where students with disabilities are steered away from a particular school – describing it as an “ugly lottery” for
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Lessons from 2020 can make school equal for all

Issy Orosz
SMH
Wednesday 27th January, 2021
The class of 2020 can teach us a lot about equitable education. As a disabled student finishing year 12 in 2020, I can tell you that studying through that unprecedented
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Disability groups fight to end segregation of people with disability in Australia

Luke Michael
Pro Bono News
Wednesday 9th December, 2020
Advocacy groups say the commission must recognise that segregation of people with disability is discrimination and a breach of human rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons
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I’m always the only scientist in the room in a wheelchair. It shouldn’t be this way

Eleanor Beidatsch
ABC Opinion
Sunday 6th December, 2020
Eleanor Beidatsch has a passion for palaeontology, but that's not as strong as her passion to see more people with disability accepted and succeeding in the sciences. "When I look
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Flexibility in individual funding schemes: How well did Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme support remote learning for students with disability during COVID‐19?

Sophie Yates, Helen Dickinson, Catherine Smith & Massimiliano Tani
Wednesday 25th November, 2020
This research abstract reports on a survey of over 700 families that explored how Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) supported children and young people and their families to learn
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A landmark report has been released looking at the impact of early intervention on children on the autism spectrum.

Disability Support Guide
Tuesday 10th November, 2020
According to dedicated autism research centre Autism CRC, the report is critical because it provides families and clinicians with the best opportunity to make informed decisions when choosing interventions.
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A horrific playground incident: how one school failed its students

Background Briefing
ABC RN
Sunday 18th October, 2020
0457965505 Kimberly's sunny, athletic and inquisitive about everything. But for years she harboured terrible secrets about what happened to her. Janine Fitzpatrick investigates why her school failed to heed credible
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Overview of responses to the first Education and learning Issues paper

Disability Royal Commission
Tuesday 8th September, 2020

Responses to the issues paper about education and learning for people with disability have been received from individuals including people with disability, family members of people with disability, advocates, organisations…

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