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Disability and Higher Education: The Australian Experience

In November 2000 Mike Adams (Principal Co-ordinator of the HEFCE-funded National Disability Team) and Paul Brown (SHEFC National Co-ordinator for Students with Disabilities) undertook a study visit to Australia from the UK. This report of their visit primarily focus on the impact of disability discrimination legislation on Australian higher education policy and practice, recognising the similarities to current UK legislative proposals.