Great critique of Federal govt's Response to DRC. 👇 “When you segregate children at age 5 by separating students with an intellectual disability from their age peers, it’s no surprise that negative attitudes develop that need to be addressed in the future." #EndSegregation

Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess has urged the Federal Government to make a stronger commitment to the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations, if the vision for a more inclusive Australia is to ever be achieved. Read more: loom.ly/ToNP1iM

ACIE member orgs echo the disappointment of Australia's DROs but commend the leadership of WA and SA governments in committing to progress their systems towards genuine #InclusiveEducation for students with disability Tony Buti Blair Boyer MP READ MORE: acie.org.au/wp-content/upl…

We thank WA and SA for recognising the significance of the policy change needed and the work and time required, without seeking to avoid a commitment to that course and to their duty as a government to ensure the human rights of students with disability.

It's imperative all other governments that are currently weak or oppositional in their stance to the human right to inclusive education reconsider and change their course. The experiences exposed by the #DisabilityRoyalCommission call for effective action not delay or resistance.

Four & half years of deeply personal & traumatic evidence and the underwhelming response is ‘business as usual’ #DisabilityRC #DisabilityRoyalCommission #CRPD Australian Human Rights Commission humanrights.gov.au/about/news/med…

The Australian government's response to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation allocated no additional funding for inclusive education despite professing to embrace a vision for an inclusive Australia ... and now this. Really?!

“Students with disability are the only priority equity cohort conspicuously excluded from Improvement Measurements…”   cyda.org.au/new-education-…

Read CYDA's statement 👇Report card on this Federal Govt's priorities in education equity? spoiler.. “One in 10 primary and secondary school students in Australia have disability, and yet they are referenced only four times throughout the 38-page, 106-clause document. " Fail!

“People need to know the government has taken the evidence they provided seriously, with the intention to act on key recommendations - no matter how complex or challenging.”

As Commissioner Rosemary Kayess has said, it is now time to plant the seeds of transformative change for disabled people, and that includes committing to phasing out segregation of people with disability and ensuring equality and human rights for all. The time is NOW!

Will your government Anthony Albanese Mark Dreyfus Amanda Rishworth MP @billshortenmp @jasonClare do the right thing, embrace principles to which we committed under international human rights law, heed 2 Royal Commissions, so disabled people can live safe included lives? #EndSegregation

Thread.👇 "The time is NOW!" #EndSegregation #InclusiveEd

Family Advocacy & People with Disability Australia's briefing paper urges the NSW govt to work with us to implement key recommendations, centering the voices of people with disability. Read here: bit.ly/BackgroundBrie… #DisabilityAdvocacy #NSW

Megan Spindler-Smith Deputy CEO, People with Disability Australia "Our role is to ensure equity for all people. Segregated settings can and do cause harm. Inclusive school opportunities are the core of our future. Change is imperative." #Parliamentary Forum

"Education builds resilience to and pathways out of poverty and disadvantage." Rosemary Kayess, Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission #ParliamentaryForum

Ms Liesl Tesch AM, MP Parliamentary Secretary for Disability Inclusion "Make sure students have a less discriminatory journey in their education at school... we want to make sure customised employment is part of the journey. I really appreciate the work of PWDA and Family

We've been down this path before, and we can't afford to stay silent startingwithjulius.org.au/when-is-the-le…

**NEW POST** The increasingly open devaluation of people with disability and neurodivergence ... poses serious risks to the rights of people with disability worldwide." startingwithjulius.org.au/when-is-the-le…

"At the Royal Commission, we found that if you go to a special school, your chance of ending up in a group home and sheltered employment is much higher" - Dr Rhonda Galbally AC, former Disability Royal Commissioner, on why inclusive education is preferred over special schools in