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Driving change: A roadmap for achieving inclusive education in Australia

The Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education (ACIE), of which Family Advocacy is a core member, has released ‘Driving change: A roadmap for achieving inclusive education in Australia’:

“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 with disability. These pillars are drawn from the evidence base and embed the rights of students as set out in the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).”

The Roadmap for achieving inclusive education in Australia has two key sections:

the outcomes that need to occur, stepped out over the next 10 years; and
the key levers for change needed to realise these outcomes.

Download the Roadmap here.

ACIE is an initiative bringing together organisations that share a commitment to advance inclusive education in Australia and across state and territory education systems, including government and non-government schools.

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The ‘Driving change: A roadmap for achieving inclusive education in Australia’ has also been endorsed by the following organisations:

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Disability Royal Commission Final Report: Inclusive education for students with disabilities must involve a responsible transition and the phasing out of segregation

Posted 14 March 2024

Support for Recommendations for mainstream reforms and an inclusive education roadmap. Family Advocacy has actively participated in the work of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation (Disability Royal Commission) through submissions, public hearings, and various consultations.
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NDIS Review update

Posted 2 January 2024

Whilst there are certainly some positive initiatives to come from the NDIS Review to ensure the NDIS and broader system supports deliver equitable access and participation for people with disability, we have received a number of calls and emails from Family Advocacy members who have expressed their concerns around the...
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Isolated and Ignored: NSW Government's Draft Policy Leaves Students with Disabilities suspended

Posted 28 August 2023

The NSW government is stuck in the dark ages as their draft behaviour policy continues to harm children and families and lacks acknowledgement of the current education systems failing in meeting the needs of students with disability.
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Support our Inclusive Education Election campaign!

Posted 27 February 2023

The 2023 NSW election is almost upon us. Go to our Election Campaign website to see how you can help!
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Students with disability are struggling to receive an inclusive education as some NSW Schools aren’t playing ‘by the rules’.

Posted 6 February 2023

Family Advocacy (FA), in collaboration with Disability Advocacy NSW (DA), is releasing “Falling behind: A need for inclusive education”, an investigative paper exposing the depths of exclusion, frustrating complaints processes and the impacts of systemic disadvantage on both students and schools within the NSW education system.
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National Disability Conference will show employment is achievable for all people with disability

Posted 11 August 2022

Resourcing Inclusive Communities, an initiative of Family Advocacy, is holding their National Disability Employment Conference – Securing Futures, Shifting Mindsets at the Parramatta Novotel on Wednesday and Thursday the 14th and 15th of September.
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Talking Disability Royal Commission Podcast now live!

Posted 22 July 2022

We are very pleased to launch our 'Talking Disability Royal Commission' Podcast! This Podcast talks about why it’s worth engaging with the Disability Royal Commission and also how to do it.
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NSW Inclusive Education Policy: Good intentions are not enough

Posted by Family Advocacy, 22 April 2022

Recently, the Department released the long-awaited Inclusive Education Policy. Family Advocacy has been one of the lead organisations seeking this policy development and was deeply disappointed to see that the policy is missing critical components
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Family Advocacy presents evidence at Disability Royal Commission hearing on Education

Posted 19 November 2020

In October 2020, The Disability Royal Commission held a public hearing on "Barriers to accessing a safe, quality and inclusive school education and life course impacts". Our Executive officer, Cecile Sullivan Elder, was part of an expert panel on day 1 of the hearing.
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NSW Inclusive Education Statement welcomed, but still raises red flags

Posted 27 August 2020

The NSW Department of Education has just released their Inclusive Education Statement for students with disability. We are heartened to see that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disability (UNCRPD) is firmly stated in the overview
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