Information resources for students with disability and their caregivers

The Australian Government worked with Children and Young People with Disability Australia to co-design information resources to help students with disability and their caregivers understand their rights under the Disability Standards for Education 2005.

About

The content of these resources was created by students with disability and their caregivers, based on consultation with a range of disability organisations and education authorities across Australia.

Each resource is available in English and Auslan. There are also versions in Easy Read and 8 languages.

There are also fact sheets that provide general information the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, the Disability Standards for Education 2005 and formal complaint mechanisms to address disability discrimination.

Know your rights

Fact sheet: Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA)

This fact sheet summarises the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA).

Fact sheet: Disability Standards for Education 2005 (DSE)

This fact sheet summarises the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (DSE).

Explaining the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (DSE)

This is a guide explaining the DSE. It's for preschool, school and tertiary students with disability and their caregivers.

Disability Standards for Education: A practical guide for individuals, families and communities

This is a general resource about the rights of students with disability and how schools can work with students and their families to support them.

Resources for parents and caregivers

Getting started

This is a resource for culturally and linguistically diverse parents and caregivers of students with disability. It helps you understand how to support your child with disability in the Australian education system.

Advocating for your child: the early years

This is a toolkit for parents and caregivers of young children with disability. It explains your child’s rights in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services and how you can advocate for your child in ECEC.

Advocating with and for your child: A workbook for parents and carers

This resource is for parents and caregivers of primary school students with disability. It helps you plan and set up reasonable adjustments with and for your child.

Milestones and transitions

This is a toolkit for parents and caregivers of primary school students. It helps you support your child through times of change in their education

Resources for students

Respect at school

This resource is for students with disability, their parents and caregivers, and schools, to learn about respectful behaviour and why it is important to include students with disability in decision-making.

The Disability Standards for Education 2005 in practice: Action plan

This is a workbook for secondary and tertiary students with disability. It guides you through how to set up reasonable adjustments for your education.

Working together: Moving through secondary school

This resource supports students with disability and their parents and caregivers with the transition from primary to secondary school and post-school pathways.

Our stories: Personal experiences of students with disability in the education system

These are personal stories which share the experiences of students with disability during their time in education.

A day at school

This video is about the rights of students with disability at school and reasonable adjustments.

Be a disability ally

This video explores the rights of students with disability to join in with every part of school life and gives tips on being an ally to students with disability.

New Our right to learn and play

This story is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students with disability and their families. It talks about students’ rights and what schools must do to support all students to join in and learn.

Resources about advocacy and raising concerns

How to advocate

This resource helps school and tertiary students with disability to build self-advocacy skills and provides guidance on how to raise and resolve concerns with their education provider.

Steps to raise concerns and resolve a complaint with your school

This resource supports parents and caregivers of students with disability to raise, escalate and resolve concerns with their school.

Fact sheet: Making a complaint under the DDA and DSE

This fact sheet provides information for people who want to make a complaint due to disability discrimination in Australian education settings.

Shareable content for your networks

The content kit can help you share resources for students with disability and their parents and caregivers on the Disability Standards for Education 2005.