New designs are being rolled out to 15 schools under a $291 million public-private partnership, that will showcase features to be implemented in all future developments.
A Victorian special school that placed a child who suffered seizures in a pen has been cleared of wrongdoing after an investigation.
Less than half of Australia’s disabled students are supported by the appropriate funding at their schools, with a new report showing about a fifth of the country’s school kids have a disability or learning difficulty, a union says.
Senator Lines told 7.30 she was “shocked” by the evidence the committee heard. “Parents told us they went to ministers, to the equal opportunity [commissioner], simply to get their child enrolled at the local school, which every other parent takes for granted,” she said.
Children with disabilities are frequently discriminated against in Australian schools. It’s an issue that has been ongoing for years, with reports showing that little has improved since 2002.
As the power and recognition of modern psychiatry as a medical field have expanded, so has the way we think about and define different conditions, including autism. The diagnostic criteria for autism have gotten broader, helping it go from a rare disorder to one that affects one in 68 children in just a few decades.
Children were allegedly locked in cage-like structures at a Victorian special school and restrained with straps at another, triggering separate investigations by the Education Department.
The Phoenix Institute salesman who knocked on the Easthams’ housing commission door did not want to hear about the Euroa couple’s intellectual disabilities. He was more interested in signing Arthur and Jacinda Eastham up to expensive online diplomas.
Despite multiple inquiries, children with disability face significant challenges which continue to deny most a quality education.
The accepted international view for many years has been to move away from segregating children with special needs in special schools. However, special education seems to be experiencing somewhat of a renaissance in Australia and a recent piece in The Conversation argued that this might be positive.
Recent articles on The Conversation and in The Guardian question whether inclusive education can do more harm than good – but neither article presents examples of inclusion. Rather, they present tragic examples of exclusion that are claimed to be inclusion-not-working.
Many children are being let down by the education system as the rise in autism and behavioural disorders strains the resources of mainstream and special schools. Ann Arnold follows the story of 11 year old twins Jake and Cooper, and finds serious shortfalls in the schooling options for children with disabilities.
Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) is proud to announce the launch of a world first website just for young people with autism and their families. Launchpad has been created for teenagers and young people aged 16 and over covering topics that will assist the transition from school to adult life such as study, work, health, social … Continued
Disturbing allegations about treatment of children with disabilities include suspensions, expulsions and a claim one was sat on by a staff member. The peak advocacy body for children with disabilities has called on the federal government to urgently introduce better targeted funding to support teachers and their students, following disturbing claims about behaviour management in … Continued
This is a 15 minute short film featuring people on the autism spectrum, telling and showing us something of their personal story – their perspective of the spectrum. Produced for World Autism Awareness Day 2015.