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Disability Standards for Education

The Australian Government has released 4 new information resources on the Disability Standards for Education 2005. The Standards clarify the obligations of education providers to ensure students with disability can access and participate in education on the same basis as students without disability. The resources for students with disability and their families were co-designed by people with disability, with the help of Children and Young People with Disability Australia. 

To view the resources, refer to Information products for students with disability and their parents and carers on the Australian Government Department of Education website. 

The new resources provide easy-to-use information about the Standards and offer practical advice for families on how to navigate education systems, from early childhood to tertiary education. 

The new resources are: 

• Explaining the Disability Standards for Education – what the Standards are and what they are designed to do 
• Milestones and transitions – to help students and their parents and carers through their education journey 
• Advocating with and for your child – for parents and carers of primary school students 
• Disability Standards for Education in practice: Action plan – for students who are in high school or tertiary education. 

Each resource has been translated into 'easy read' format, as well as various languages including Auslan, Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Farsi, Hindi, Khmer, Korean and Vietnamese.