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* This article by Catia Malaquias first appeared on http://www.startingwithjulius.org and has been republished on this website with permission. You can also access Professor Andrew Byrnes’ advice here. At the beginning of Public Hearing 24 into the experiences of young people with disability in different educational settings, Counsel Assisting the Australian Royal Commission into Violence,… Read more

The Youth Working Group established by the Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education, has developed 2 separate surveys, aimed at students with disability and educators. The ACIE Youth Working Group is an initiative of ACIE that aims to support young people with disability to develop their skills as advocates and to provide valuable input based on… Read more

The Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education (ACIE) has released ‘Driving change: A roadmap for achieving inclusive education in Australia’ : Download our Roadmap (PDF): Click here to download in Word format. “Our Roadmap is underpinned by six key pillars to help realise inclusive education in Australia and prevent the violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of students… Read more

The Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education (ACIE) has made a Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People With Disability (Disability Royal Commission) in relation to its ‘Overview of responses to the first Education and Learning Issues Paper’ published on 28 July 2020. ACIE’s submission addresses a range of issues… Read more

The Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education (ACIE) has developed  ‘Providing inclusive education a time of crisis: Principles and Recommendations‘.  This document has been provided to  all the Education Ministers across the states and Commonwealth and it outlines principles and recommendations to ensure inclusive education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Download the document here: Download Word version:  Please email info@cyda.org.au with… Read more

The Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education (ACIE) has developed a new resource ‘Learning at home during a time of crisis: COVID-19 (Coronavirus)’.  This resource has been developed to help parents support their children while schools are pupil free or closed in these uncertain times.  This resource is to assist children and young people with disability… Read more

12 December 2019 We needed to have a Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability to investigate the failure of education systems to provide inclusive education and address segregation, discrimination, violence and abuse for students with disability. Yet the new Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration endorsed by all Australian Education… Read more

The Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education (ACIE) has developed a set of FAQs to support the community in understanding various aspects of the Disability Royal Commission. The responses included in this document are from publicly available information included on the Royal Commission website. We will update this document from time to time as more information… Read more

Education and learning is a key area of inquiry for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (the Royal Commission). The right to education is not only a right of every child and young person with disability, but it is also critical to in achieving social transformation for people… Read more

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation held its first hearing in Townsville from 4-7th November 2019, on the topic of education, at this early stage focusing on the theme of inclusive education policy and practice in the State of Queensland and educational neglect of students with disability in the education system. The… Read more