Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training

• Not sure what you want to do?
• Need to know more about what courses and training options are on offer?
• Are you preparing for employment and are unsure about what strategies you could use to highlight your abilities to prospective employers?
• Are you aware of the services available to assist you when you are studying or trying to gain employment?
• Do you want to know more about your legal rights and responsibilities regarding disclosure of your disability to education providers or prospective employers?
• Do you need to find someone to help you navigate your way "through the system"?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions and are looking for specific information about post school pathways, options, support, employment and legal services that are available , and a whole lot more, then you've come to the right place. We aim to help you keep up to date with what's available and people you can contact for assistance. We invite you to visit us frequently as resources will be regularly updated.

Not sure how to start planning for your education, training or employment?

There are excellent resources out there to help you but there are a lot of them, to help you make a start, here are number of links to resources judged by students as being helpful.

Pathways Planning

• Leaps & Bounds – Self-help Planning Guide to post-school education and TAFE training in Tasmania for prospective students with disabilities and chronic medical conditions.
• Pathways to Work through Vocational Education & Training Part 1 Part 2
• What’s the Difference – School vs VET vs Uni

Studying with Disabilities/Medical conditions

• Towards Success in Tertiary Study included in this series of booklets are:
  • discovering your learning style
  • with acquired brain injury
  • with asperger's syndrome
  • with deafness
  • with learning disabilities
  • with ongoing medical conditions
  • with psychiatric conditions
  • with vision impairment: (word format available)
• Keys to success – strategies for managing university study with a psychiatric disability.
  Opening All Options II – Learning Disability resource

Connecting with other students

• ANSWD – Australasian Network of Students with Disabilities

Career Planning/Employment

• Myfuture - Australia’s Career Information Service
• Choosing Your Path – Disclosure: It’s a Personal Decision
• Employment Fact Sheet Series
  • Writing an application letter [pdf]  [word]
  • Where can you find assistance [pdf]  [word]
  • Disclosure [pdf]  [word]
  • Interview preparation [pdf]  [word]
  • Networking [pdf]   [word]
  • Resumé preparation [pdf]  [word]
  • Selection criteria [pdf]  [word]
  • Telephone interview [pdf] [word]

Can’t find what you need?

You can always contact the National Disability Coordination Officer in your region:

 Go to Top

This resource was created by the NSW and ACT National Disability Coordination Officers (NDCOs).    It is a short video that aims to raise awareness of the wide scope of disability, and that you do not need to have an obvious or significant disability in order to seek support and assistance to achieve Your Own Path To Success. It introduces the supports and assistance that may be available to assist people who have a disability to participate actively in their community, particularly in education and employment.

You can also view the video on the website www.yourownpathtosuccess.com.

Transcript of  ** Your Own Path To Success **

Everyone has their own path to success

This is a time to be fearless

To do what you believe in and to make the most of life 

There are so many choices and decisions and sometimes it is the small things that hold us back the most.

My boyfriend got me this great mp3 player from overseas, it looks fantastic and does everything I could ever want, but the instructions only come in Japanese. So I've only managed to download one song.

My computer only has a little bit of memory. It is enough to check and send emails but not much else. It works, works fine, but there is just so much more I would like to do with it.

I learnt to pirouette at home watching these cows spin around and around but it was only when I got help learning technique that discovered how much more there was to dance .

This is my favourite airplane it is responsive, it is comfortable and it is beautiful to fly. Controls, check.  Flaps, check.  Fuel pump, Oh Oh, fuel pump is not working.

My guitar has a string missing without the I can play a few songs with the string there are so many good songs I can play.

Having a disability isn't always obvious but it can stop from doing the things you want to do or doing them as well as you can

You dont have to call yourself a person  with a disability for disability support services to help you achieve what you want in life

Whether you want to go to TAFE, Uni, get  an apprenticeship or find a job - We can help you get a fair go.

As you pursue your own path to success

Check out our website for more information

www.yourownpathtosuccess.com 

Thank you very much