Who We Are

ACIE Chair and National Convenor

All Means All – The Australian Alliance for Inclusive Education (All Means All), the national advocacy organisation for inclusive education, and Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA), the national representative organisation for people and young children with disability, are the Co-Chairs and Co-Convenors of ACIE.

Members of ACIE

The following national and State and Territory based organisations are Members of ACIE and support its Mission:

• All Means All – The Australian Alliance for Inclusive Education (All Means All) – National
• Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) – National
• Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) – National
• Australian Law Students Association – National
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network of Australia and New Zealand (ASAN AUNZ) – National
• Community Resource Unit (CRU) – QLD
• Down Syndrome Australia – National
• Enabled Youth Disability Network – National
• Family Advocacy – NSW
• First People’s Disability Network (FPDN) – National
• Grandparents Victoria/Kinship Carers Victoria (GPV/KCV) – VIC
• Imagine More – ACT
• Inclusive Educators Australia – National
• JFA Purple Orange – SA
• National Union of Students (NUS) – National
• People With Disability Australia (PWDA) – National
• Queensland Advocacy For Inclusion (QAI) – QLD
• Queensland Collective for Inclusive Education (QCIE) – QLD
• Sa4i – Student Alliance 4 Inclusion – National
• Square Peg Round Whole – National (with dedicated NSW, WA and SA Chapters)
• Star Victoria – VIC
• Starting With Julius – National
• Tasmanian Disability Education Reform Lobby – TAS
• Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) – National
• YDAN Youth Disability Advocacy Network – WA

Pledge Signatories

In addition to ACIE’s Member organisations and many individuals, other organisations who are not Members of ACIE have also endorsed Our Pledge for Inclusive Education to indicate their commitment to the goal and principles of Inclusive Education, a fundamental human right of every person. They include:

• Institute of Child Protection Studies – Australian Catholic University
• Journey To Learn
• Living Well Regardless
• Right4me
• Side by Side Advocacy
• The Parenthood
• Toward Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Valuing Children Initiative

ACIE’s Guiding Principles

ACIE is guided by a human rights and evidence-based approach to inclusive education. We look to the principles embodied in United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the most authoritative expression of the human rights of people with disabilities, including the right to inclusive education under Article 24 and General Comment No. 4 (Right to Inclusive Education).

When we talk about Inclusive Education, we mean the delivery of education to all students grouped by relevant age range, in general education classrooms in a way that addresses and responds to their diverse characteristics as learners, provides reasonable accommodations and supports to ensure an equitable and participatory learning experience and respects their fundamental human rights, including, in the case of students with disability, the right to an inclusive education in accordance with Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and General Comment No 4.   

Inclusive Education does not include the delivery of education in separate, segregated, or self-contained environments or programs designed or used to respond to a particular or various impairments or learning difficulties and in isolation from students without disabilities, either in school or in community-based learning opportunities, including in separate educational institutions, separate classrooms or subsections of classrooms.

Our Pledge for Inclusive Education

“We pledge our support to the goal and principles of inclusive education as a fundamental human right of every person, and the elimination of barriers and discrimination against children and young people with disability in education and in society as a whole.”

Read More about Our Pledge here.