ADCET news
The Centre for Public Policy will be hosting a conference on the topic of Partnerships for Social Inclusion in October, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. Until July 31, the conference partners invite you to offer a paper or presentation for consideration.
The Rudd Government will introduce legislative amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act in the Spring sittings of Parliament to implement recommendations made by the Productivity Commission in its 2004 review of the Act.
A great day for Australians with disability, but there is still much to achieve. HREOC announces that Australia has become a party to the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and called for governments to act to make the rights in the Convention a reality.
Scottish students with disabilities have helped overturn a planned ban on an indispensable exam aid, which would have affected thousands of their fellow learners.
Mr Graeme Innes AM has been appointed Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Mr Tom Calma has been appointed as Race Discrimination Commissioner, both after acting in the positions for a number of years.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities is December 3 and this years theme is: "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and justice for all of us".
The sad news of the untimely death of Associate Professor Christopher Newell was announced yesterday, 24 June, 2008
ATEND request that feedback to the 'What is the Matter with Personal Care' Survey be sent to their ATEND State/Territory representative by 30 June, 2008.
More children suffer from an innate condition that renders them incapable of understanding arithmetic and numbers than those who suffer dyslexia or "word blindness", according to a study of 1,500 school pupils.
CHERI is holding a 2 day conference in September, called "Making Sense of Autism and Strategies that Succeed". This conference is being held on 4 and 5 September 2008 at Westmead Hospital. Please find below information on the conference
The new Australian Social Inclusion Board is chaired by the former Secretary of the Victorian Department of Human Services, Patricia Faulkner.
The National Vocational Education and Training (VET) Disability Advisory Taskforce (NVDAT) is conducting a feasibility study on the efficacy of developing a Study Access web site to provide a one-stop-shop to improve access to vocational education and training for people with a disability.
The Australian Autism Education and Training Consortium (AAETC) has been awarded the $11.3 million contract to deliver the education component of the $190 million Helping Children with Autism package.
The 2008 Federal Budget being handed down last night, Tuesday 13 May. The implications for education and disability services are summarised in these websites.
Live webcast and archived videos of United Nations meetings and events.
Australia's Human Rights Commissioner Graeme Innes has welcomed the coming into force of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention was ratified by 20 UN members on 3 April 2008, and came into force 30 days after that date.
The ACE Annual Disability Employment Network Conference will be held 4-6 June, 2008, at the National convention Centre, Canberra.
HREOC welcomes the announcement of a Discussion Paper on access to electronic media for Australians with a disability
The 9th International Mental Health Conference "Managing the Psychologically Injured Worker. Research, Knowledge, and Practice" Will be held at the Holiday Inn - Gold Coast from 14 - 16 August 2008
Funding is available to support national and international disability conferences held within Australia.
The 9th Biennial Pathways Conference, focusing on the participation of students experiencing disability in post compulsory education will be held at the Sofitel in Melbourne between December 3 and 5 2008.
Graeme Innes, Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner has released a statement for International Day of People with Disabilities (Monday 3 December 2007).