ACSSO :: New information resources for students with disabilities

The Australian Government Department of Education has published new information resources on the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards) for students with disabilities and their parents and caregivers. These resources were co-designed with people with disabilities with the help of Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA). They can be found on the Department’s website at www.education.gov.au/disability-standards-education-2005.

There are five new resources:

Getting started – for culturally and linguistically diverse parents and caregivers new to disability and the Australian education system.
How to advocate - helps school and tertiary students with disabilities to build self-advocacy skills and provides guidance on how to raise and resolve concerns with education providers.
Steps to raise concerns and resolve a complaint with your school - supports parents and caregivers of students with disabilities to raise, escalate and resolve concerns with their school.
A day at school - a video about the rights of students with disabilities at school and reasonable adjustments.
Be a disability ally - a video exploring the rights of students with disabilities to join in with every part of school life and how to be an ally to students with disabilities.

The resources are available in English and Auslan. There are also versions in Easy Read and translated into Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Farsi, Hindi, Khmer, Korean and Vietnamese.

The content of the new resources was created by students with disabilities and their parents and caregivers, with help from CYDA. Development was informed by consultation with a range of disability organisations and with input from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities and people with disabilities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

We hope you will help us share them

We need your help to ensure the resources reach the people who need them. We hope you will share these resources through your networks and encourage people to use them. A promotional toolkit that contains materials for your use on social media channels and websites can be found on our website here: www.education.gov.au/disability-standards-education-2005.

Next steps

A resource aimed at supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with disabilities and their parents and caregivers is currently in development. We anticipate it will be available in Term 4.

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