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Special Education

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  Enabling Equity

  June 24, 2019

  And so we shift gears. The election outcome is a particularly bruising one for students with disability.

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  Enabling Equity

  April 04, 2019

  I am writing this column on Budget day, having watched my old school’s submission to the original funding review, where teachers became filmmakers to speak directly to those on the review panel of the needs and aspirations of our students.

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  Enabling Equity

  March 05, 2019

  Significant government announcements promise new hope for students with disability, their families and their schooling.

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  Disability royal commission welcomed

  February 21, 2019

  Federation welcomes the vote in the Australian Parliament to establish a royal commission into the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability.

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  Symposium plans joint efforts to improve opportunities of students with disability

  November 20, 2018

  ​Plans are afoot to establish an alliance of Federation, professional and community groups to advocate for improved educational opportunities for students with disabilities, a result of Federation’s Equity Matters Disability Symposium at the weekend.

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  Federation to host disability forum this Saturday

  November 15, 2018

  The Equity Matters Disability Symposium will be hosted in Federation’s auditorium on Saturday, 17 November, from 10am to 1.30 pm, to be followed by delegates’ workshops from 2pm to 4pm.

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  The power to transform lives

  November 05, 2018

  Childhood trauma is an epidemic and the single biggest health crisis of our times, a Centre for Professional Learning (CPL) conference was told today, and that crisis was even worse for children with a disability.

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  Achieving equality with long-lasting benefits

  September 23, 2018

  There’s a story I’ve heard many times from a formidable leader in the specialist education field. The story is of twin students.