National Disability Strategy Stage 2 consultation reports The Stage 2 consultations sought feedback from the public on the governments’ proposals for the new Strategy, as set out in the National Disability Strategy Position Paper and the introductory paper on the Outcomes Framework. Three reports on Stage 2 consultations have [...]
ADCET Forum: New Disability Practitioners in the University Sector New to the university sector? New to your role? Keen to hear from others with experience? This forum is for you. The forum will: Provide clarity on what is expected within your role, where does it start and end? Provide tips and tricks when starting out [...]
ADCET Webinar: Universal Design for VET Educators Project This webinar will present the first two research cycles of the Box Hill Institute Universal design for VET teachers education project. Annemaree and Annie will take you on their research journey to develop online resources and share the evaluation process currently [...]
BCA Scholarship Applications are Now Open! Blind Citizens Australia, (BCA) is strongly committed to ensuring people who are blind or vision impaired have opportunities to develop skills which equip them to contribute to the social, economic and cultural life of Australian communities. Funded by the Commonwealth’s Information, Linkages and [...]
PhD Scholarship Opportunity The Living with Disability Research Centre and Yoralla are delighted to offer a PhD Scholarship opportunity for an outstanding candidate to explore cultural diversity in the disability workforce. This prestigious scholarship, established by Yooralla in collaboration with the Living with Disability Research Centre, will be awarded [...]
Murdoch University Access & Inclusion Team Positions Murdoch University has embarked on an initiative towards being a university that is proactively introducing Murdoch University. As a part of this measure Murdoch is advertising new positions within the Access & Inclusion team that encompass both a student facing component and [...]
Scholarship Opportunity: Autism employment We are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from individuals interested in completing a PhD in collaboration with the La Trobe University Business School and the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre on the topic of autism employment. The research will examine the role of organisational factors [...]
An interview with La Trobe's first openly autistic lecturer In 2016, La Trobe Senior Lecturer Dr. Benjamin Habib had an anxiety attack on live national television during a guest appearance as a political analyst. While this highly publicised experience resulted in what Dr. Habib refers to as “the worst [...]
2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005 Throughout 2020, the Department of Education, Skills and Employment conducted the 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards). The aim of the Review was to test if the Standards are effective in supporting students with disability to access [...]
High Impact Strategies for Supporting Secondary Students with Learning Difficulties This event will provide take-home strategies and tips in the areas of oral language, literacy, numeracy and positive behaviour supports – strategies backed by research that can be instantly applied in your work with secondary students. Given the challenge [...]
