Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training

PowerPoint. Inclusive Approaches – Teaching and Learning for Trade Students with Intellectual Disabilities – K. Alton & S. Berry

This bulletin analyses the patterns of transitions by people with intellectual disability into and out of school education and their needs for services and assistance. It also presents an overview of ...

The 'We Belong' report was released by Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) in May 2012 and investigates the experiences, aspirations and needs of adults with Asperger's disorder and high functioning au...

Malcolm Lobban: Taking their Place: People with Intellectual Disability at University

Training People with Intellectual Disabilities in Vocational Skills – a multifaceted approach. Cassie Sheehan & Fiona Shearman

RTF document. Inclusive Approaches – Teaching and Learning for Trade Students with Intellectual Disabilities – K. Alton & S. Berry

Having completed the overview you now have a basic understanding of the key issues. To find more detailed information and resources in ADCET you can...

The term 'intellectual disability' refers to a group of conditions caused by various genetic disorders and infections. These conditions result in a limitation or slowness in an individual's general ab...

Copyright is the exclusive right given to authors and makers of original material to do and to authorise others to do certain specified acts in relation to that original material.  Reproducing co...

This is Part 1 of the papers presented at the Pathways 6 Conference, 2002. Each paper opens in a new window. Matt Laffan: Our Opiate of Choice Malcolm Lobban: Taking their Place: People...

Impairments result from injury, illness or genetic disorders. Many people have more than one impairment which can be variously disabling depending on the provisions that society makes for the person's...

Once upon a time, it was impossible to get some universities in Australia to incorporate intellectual disability within their disability policy.  It stood to reason, so called learned academics a...

Many Australians have difficulty reading a standard printed document. This may be for a variety of reasons: Learning difficulty, such as dyslexia Visual-processing difficulties English as a seco...

This is Part 3 of the papers presented at the Pathways 8 Conference, 2006 Keynote Presentation: Careers & Employment  Seeing the potential not the disability: from probability to p...

Anne was 20 and was vision impaired. She wore thick glasses and could see a little only if she held the paper very close to her eyes. She was able to write. Anne did not want any help; she was fierc...

Asperger's syndrome is an autistic spectrum disorder caused by a neurological dysfunction. People with syndrome are likely to have the same range of intellectual skills as the general population, thou...

The definition of ‘Disability’ under the Federal Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) is very broad to encompass physical, sensory, mental and intellectual disability. 'Disability', in rel...

Students have different learning styles and a range of academic, cognitive and physical abilities. Universal Design benefits all students and limits the adjustments required to accommodate disability-...

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) imposes legal obligations on institutions not to discriminate against people with disability and has three aims: eliminate discrimination ensure equal treat...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures indicate that one in five people in Australia (3,958,300 or 20.0%) have one or more disabilities and that this proportion is increasing, in parti...

Language both reflects and constructs the way we think about people with disability. According to the social model for disability, people are disabled by the extent to which society makes provisi...

The term learning disabilities refers to a variety of disorders that affect the acquisition, retention, understanding, organisation or use of verbal and/or non-verbal information. These disorders...

This is Part 1 of the papers presented at the Pathways 5 Conference (Canberrra ACT), 2000. Each paper opens in a new window. Keynote Address: Graeme Innes: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commis...

While many students with disability may learn in different ways, this does not signify inferior intellectual capacity. There is no need to dilute curricula or to reduce  course requirements ...

Inclusive Practice Is Good Practice aims to promote understanding of the needs of students with disabilities. It is a comprehensive resource package that provides concise reference information and...