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2025 Review of the Disability Standards for Education - Discussion Paper
2025 Review of the Disability Standards for Education Privacy Notice
Privacy Notice for the 2025 Review of the Disability Standards for Education consultation.
2025 Review of the Disability Standards for Education – Topic 3 summary – Clear responsibilities for assessment authorities and course developers
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Summary report from the Consultation on changes to the Disability Standards for Education 2005
This report gives a summary of the feedback the Australian Government Department of Education received through a public consultation on possible changes to the Disability Standards for Education 2005.
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.
This resource was co-designed by and for young First Nations people with disability, with the help of First Peoples Disability Network Australia and Children and Young People with Disability Australia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Implementation Report for the recommendations of the 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005
The Australian Government has published a report which shows what it has done to respond to the recommendations from the 2020 Review of the Disability Standards for Education 2005.