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New Story Collection captures growing up with disability in Australia Disability Support Guide 7/12/2018
Project offers regional tertiary students with disability paid internships Disability Support Guide 8/11/2018
Awareness day highlights condition affecting an average of two children per classroom Disability Support Guide 19/10/2018
Inaccessible classrooms in NSW schools The Saturday Paper, 22/09/2018
Survey reveals alarming bullying figures The Educator, 6/06/2018
Has bullying of disabled students reached a crisis point? ABC Radio, 06/06/2018
Concerns for students with disabilities as national report reveals widespread bullying, assaults and suicide taunts ABC News, 06/06/2018
An adaptive controller created by Microsoft will enable accessible gaming for people with disability… and that’s only the beginning.
Disability Support Guide, 04/06/2018
Action must be taken to stop bullying of students with disability Pro Bono, 21/05/18
Concerns over NDIS funding being tied to big business taxes ABC Radio, 26 April 2018
Leading Learning 4 All website questioned by peak disability groups The Canberra Times, 13/01/18
Mainstream schools discourage inclusion of students with disability Pro Bono Australia, 06/11/17
Discrimination claims against Australia’s education system National Disability Guide, 06/11/17
'It's completely disgusting': Locked gate leaves family out of school community The Age, 17/8/2017
Policy & Reform: Students with Disability The Australian Education Reporter, Term
3 2017
Playing the numbers game The Sunday Mail July 2017
As claims rise, Labor fears Gonski disability funding will suffer The Australian, 17/7/2017
Children with behavioural disorders in mainstream schools in 'harm's way' says education head The Daily Telegraph, 26/6/2017
Gonski 2.0 special education Panel – Radio National Breakfast, featuring CYDA CEO Stephanie Gotlib ABC, 23/6/2017
Experts reject Pauline Hanson’s anti-mainstreaming comments The Early Learning Review, 22/6/2017
Gonski 2.0: Pauline Hanson's insensitive remarks aren't the only bad news for disabled students – Opinion Piece by Stephanie Gotlib
ABC News, 22/6/2017
Secret data on school restraint and seclusion to be exposed The Age, 9/06/2017
It is a lonely experience’: the students barred from camps and excursions The Age, 29/5/17
Centrelink debt recovery chaos hits people with disabilities, advocates say Canberra Times, 30/3/17
Teachers ‘overwhelmed’ helping special needs students The Educator, 17/3/17
Judge slams NSW education interrogation protocols after school peer rape case ABC News, 3/2/17
‘Urgent and critical reforms’ needed The Educator, 13/1/17
Mornings 774 ABC Melbourne, 21/12/16 (Interview at 14 minute mark).
Disabled boy pressured into sex act on fellow student on school bus, 7 News, 21/12/16.
Disabled teenager instructed to perform sex act on school bus by another disabled student, ABC 7.30, 20/12/16
Australia's disabled children at risk of being denied promised funding after counting stuff-up, Sydney Morning Herald, 20/12/16
School student disability survey ‘fails credibility test,’ The Australian, 20/12/16
Royal commission continues to investigate issues within criminal justice system, ABC Radio, 30/11/16
Initiative creates toys to reflect children living with disabilities, SBS News, 30/10/16
Children with a disability lose out on funding as they move into high school, The Age, 24/9/16
New report highlights alarming treatment of children with disabilities in Queensland schools, Courier Mail, 10/8/16
How schools are failing some of NSW's most vulnerable students, Sydney Morning Herald, 9/8/16
Epileptic boy strapped to chair could prompt disciplinary action, Brisbane Times, 29/7/16
UN asked to probe ‘school system in crisis’, The Educator, 25/7/16
UN asked to investigate 'abuses' of disabled students in Australian schools, The Age, 21/7/16
Sex abuse claims a 'PR problem to be managed': Royal commission, Sydney Morning Herald, 19/7/16
NDIS child protection standards need work Royal Commission hears, ABC Radio National, 19/7/16
NDIS 'a new risk' for disabled kids, 7 News, 19/7/16.
Maitland mum calls for better support for children with disability in mainstream schools, Maitland Mercury, 23/6/16
Leaky, cramped and forgotten. Specialist schools receive urgent funding boost, The Age, 18/4/16
NDIS: Landmark disability reform a step closer after funding pledge, The Age, 24/3/16
Bendigo special school that put student in pen cleared of wrongdoing, The Age, 23/3/16
One in five students has a disability: confidential data, The Australian, 12/3/16
Mum inspires adaptive clothing line for children with disabilities, ABC News, 24/2/16
We must do more to protect and educate children with disabilities, Education Review, 11/2/16
ACT government faces calls for more psychologists in Canberra schools, Canberra Times, 1/2/16
Drive, 774 ABC Melbourne, 21/1/16. Interview at 1 hour, 10 minute mark
Disabled children shut out of private schools, The Age, 20/1/16
Senate says schools failing kids with disability, The Educator, 19/1/16
Senate inquiry finds 'disgraceful' treatment of schoolchildren with disabilities in Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, 16/1/16
Australian schools failing children with disabilities, Senate report finds, 7.30 (ABC), 15/1/16
Schools failing students with disabilities, teachers need more training: Senate committee finds, ABC News, 15/1/16
Children with disability getting raw deal at schools, parents tell Senate inquiry, The Guardian, 15/1/16
Education for disability kids 'like Lotto,' 7 News, 15/1/16
Calls for royal commission into abusive teachers, The Educator, 17/12/15
Police investigate school's treatment of autistic child, ABC News, 16/12/15
Calls for Royal Commission into abuse of autistic children in NSW schools, ABC Radio, 16/12/15
Delay on student disability funding ‘just cruel,’ The Australian, 15/12/15
Calls for child sex abuse royal commission to investigate sterilisation, Sydney Morning Herald, 16/11/15
Boy with autism locked inside cell-like room...again, The Educator, 29/10/15
Hervey Bay boy with epilepsy strapped to school chair with seatbelt: Mum, Brisbane Times, 29/10/15
Call for teachers to be fired, charged over treatment of boy with autism, Courier Mail, 29/10/15
Boy with autism allegedly placed in locked room in Queensland school, ABC Radio, 28/10/15
Child locked in room: Disability group hits out, Fraser Coast Chronicle, 28/10/15
School puts boy with autism in ‘cell-like’ room, Courier Mail, 28/10/15
Minister causes offence after thanking 'lucky stars' his kids are not disabled, The Age, 22/10/15
Parents forced to homeschool children with autism because of lack of understanding in mainstream schools, advocates say, ABC News, 20/10/15
Children with autism home-schooled because of a lack of school places, ABC Radio, 20/10/15.
Commute a trial for kids, Herald Sun, 10/10/15
Children and Young People with Disability Australia chief executive Stephanie Gotlib says special-needs students face low expectations, Courier Mail, 5/10/15
Students with disability 'tied to chairs' at school, Senate inquiry told, The Australian, 14/9/15
Teachers lack resources to help students with a disability, Senate inquiry told, The Guardian, 14/9/15
Principal banned after school cage inquiry, Sky News, 8/9/15
Widespread bullying and abuse of children with disability at school: report to federal senate inquiry, Sydney Morning Herald, 4/9/15
When the urge to 'protect' a child is really a judgement, Daily Life, 23/7/15
Senate go ahead for inquiry into students with disability, Pro Bono, 18/6/15
Senate may probe schools’ policies, The Educator, 20/5/15
One in four disabled kids in Australia are refused school enrolment - crisis situation, Team Around the Child, 20/5/15
Educating Jake and Cooper, ABC Radio National, 17/5/15
Students with disabilities: One in four refused enrolment, most get inadequate support, survey shows, Sydney Morning Herald, 15/5/15
Survey finds one in four children with a disability have been rejected by a school, ABC Radio National, 15/5/15
Helping teachers to help their kids with learning difficulties, The Australian, 3/5/15
Disability funding 'vital for children': parents travel to Canberra seeking support, St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader, 16/4/15
Inadequate system failing students with disabilities, The Educator, 9/4/15
Call for safeguards for students with disability , Pro Bono News, 7/4/2015
Labor backs disability schooling review, Education Review, 7/4/2015
Disability groups back call for inquiry into education of children with a disability, Sydney Morning Herald, 7/4/2015
Special needs boy placed in cage by Canberra school, The Australian, 3/4/15
Urgent call for targeted funding to prevent abuse at school, Sydney Morning Herald, 3/4/2015
Mistreatment of disabled kids ‘shocking’, Nine News, 3/4/2015
Mistreatment of disabled kids ‘shocking’, SBS News, 3/4/2015
Claims use of cage for boy with autism not an isolated case, as reports of other incidents emerge on social media, ABC News, 3/4/2015
Shock and sadness at ‘cage’ for Canberra school boy with autism: Ricky Stuart, Canberra Times, 3/4/2015
Cage built to lock up an autistic child was operational for 17 days, The Herald Sun, 3/4/2015
Canberra principal suspended after ‘cage built for autistic student’, The Daily Telegraph, 3/4/2015
Children with autism caged and abused at school, Sydney Morning Herald, 2/04/2015
Mum in fight for disability funding, Sunshine Coast Daily, 25/3/15
Students with disabilities lobby Government ahead of May Budget, Radio National (ABC), 24/3/15
Principals report 'crisis' in funding for disabled students, SBS, 24/3/15
New AEU report shows most principals can’t meet needs of students with a disability, News.com.au, 24/3/15
Union 'scaring parents of disabled kids,' SBS, 24/3/15
The most needy kids missing vital early learning: report, SBS, 20/2/15
Call for wider probe into disability abuse, Yahoo/7 News, 25/11/14
Parents fear cuts to class aid for students with disability, The Mercury, 6/11/14
'Special needs' a funding pitch, The Australian, 4/11/14
Alice-Ann Meyer's plea for son Jameson and children with disabilities goes viral, The Age, 1/10/14
Agency pulls ad for school aides with martial arts training, The Age, 13/8/14
Review starts on jobs for young people with disabilities, Pro Bono, 1/8/14
Ending Uncertainty, The Australian Educator, Winter 2014 edition
Parents of disabled children hit out at budget cuts, Radio National (ABC), 16/5/14
Row over increased funds for disability, The Australian, 16/5/14
Disabled miss out on funds boost with promised extra funding overlooked in Federal Budget, The Mercury, 15/5/14
Disabled students needs full Gonski reforms, say advocates, ABC News, 12/5/14
Learning difficulties, Lateline, 17/4/14
Inclusion of students with disability best for all: study, Illawarra Mercury, 23/10/13.
Australia must do more to educate children with a disability, Radio National,
23/10/13.
Call for equality for students with disability, Pro Bono,
22/10/13.
Dyslexia counted as disability under Better Schools plan, The Age, 23/8/13.
Raising inclusive kids, Essential Kids,
16/8/13.
Fears disabled left behind, The Australian,
16/4/13.
The Education Debate, Q and A, 11/3/13.
Disability advocates query Victoria’s school alternative, The Age, 2/3/13.
Disabled children at higher risk of abuse and neglect, Radio National, 4/12/12.
State defies experts’ advice on Jacob’s autism, The Age, 19/6/12.
Disability education could be boosted by Gonski report, Radio National, 21/5/12.
Pushing the boundaries on autism in the mainstream, The Age, 22/3/12.
Too costly to help disabled at school, The Age, 26/8/2011.
When special needs skew the score, The Age, 28/3/11.
Inclusion in Education, Network Ten, 12/10.
Anger as disabled pupils spend up to four hours a day on bus, The Age, 15/8/10.