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Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards), Australian students with disability must be able to access and participate in education on the same b...

A wide range of health and learning conditions meet the legal definition of ‘disability’. ...

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards) are Australian laws that protect the rights of students with disability. These laws aim to eliminate discrim...

The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) provides protection against discrimination based on disability. The DDA seeks to eliminate, as far as possible, disc...

Jane is a 6-year-old girl with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy, a lifelong condition that affects movement and posture and is typically caused by damage to the brain before birth....

In this video, Kevin Thompson from the Australian Government explains why schools need to impute a disability, who should be consulted during that process as well as how the category of disability should be decid...

In this video, Leanne Woodley from the Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AISNSW) explains the types of evidence school need to collect when imputing a disability....

In this video, experts discuss how educators can approach families when discussing imputed disability with them....

In this video, Kevin Thompson from the Australian Government talks about the process of imputing a disability and whether that could lead to a diagnosis....

In this video, Leanne Woodley from the Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AISNSW) describes the types of evidence required when imputing a disability. ...