Sarah Martin

Australia says it is committed to inclusive education. But the reality for the one in four schoolchildren who now have a disability is far from that.

Most Australian parents take for granted that their child will attend school and receive an education.

Nicole Rinehart, Monash University; David Moseley, Monash University, and Michael Gordon, Monash University

Grace Tame

On the eve of Autism Acceptance Month, the clue to 30-down in the Hobart Mercury’s giant crossword was “competent”. The four-letter answer was “able”.

It got me thinking about how the construct of “disability” is often framed as synonymous with failure, incompetence and inability.

ABC Investigations/By Anne Connolly and Ninah Kopel

The National Autism Strategy Oversight Committee has released it's draft strategy for comment.

Please review the draft strategy and be encouraged to respond. 

see

• https://engage.dss.gov.au/developing-the-national-autism-strategy/draft-strategy/ 
• https://engage.dss.gov.au/developing-the-national-autism-strategy/ 

Andrew Cashin, Southern Cross University

NATASHA BITA

Schools have paid compensation to students suspended for misbehaviour after litigious parents took discrimination complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

The AHRC fielded 111 complaints about schools breaching the Disability Discrimination Act last year, compared to 79 in 2022.