Students with disabilities
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Opinion
Headsets should be in every classroom
In K–12 education today, most of the ed-tech buzz falls into two categories: AI tools and visual tools. But one of…
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School Management
Private schools to repay $18m disability funds
The federal government is on track to recoup more than $18 million from private schools wrongly spending disability funds, new data shows.
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In The Classroom
Parents of autistic children split on schools
Many parents of autistic children want their children to be educated in “real-world settings” but eight in 10 are concerned…
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In The Classroom
Disabled students excluded, bullied at school
Disability education groups are growing increasingly frustrated about a lack of inclusive education action as another survey found an alarming…
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In The Classroom
Disability groups criticise 18-month wait for education action
A coalition of 19 disability organisations has called out the government’s delay on “meaningful action” for inclusive education after an…
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School Management
‘Inclusive education starts with teachers believing they can do it:’ Post-NDIS review
The recent Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability recommended a phasing out of special schools,…
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School Management
The federal government has only ‘noted’ a call to end special schools. What does this mean for students with disabilities?
We have just received the long-awaited response from the Australian government to the disability royal commission’s final report. One of…
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In The Classroom
‘My brain leaves the room’: what happens when teachers talk too much?
Haley Tancredi, Queensland University of Technology; Callula Killingly, Queensland University of Technology, and Linda J. Graham, Queensland University of Technology…
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Health and Wellbeing
Nationwide program helps students with disabilities realise their dreams
It would be of no surprise that finding and maintaining meaningful employment or study for young people with a disability…
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