The recent Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability recommended a phasing out of special schools, but how can atypical students be successfully integrated into mainstream education? Of the 172 recommendations it has primary or shared ...
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We have just received the long-awaited response from the Australian government to the disability royal commission’s final report. One of the most controversial aspects of the final report was a split between the commissioners on the issue of school segregation ...
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Haley Tancredi, Queensland University of Technology; Callula Killingly, Queensland University of Technology, and Linda J. Graham, Queensland University of Technology About four students in every classroom will have a language or attention disorder. While some of these students will have ...
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It would be of no surprise that finding and maintaining meaningful employment or study for young people with a disability has not always been a priority in the past. But with the increased awareness of human rights in the modern ...
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