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CADET is free, downloadable caption-authoring software that enables anyone to produce high-quality caption files that are compatible with any media player that supports the display of captions. CADET can also be used to generate audio-description scripts. CADET does not require an internet connection in order to operate: it runs locally in any Web browser, so users do not need to upload private videos or proprietary content to servers or video-hosting sites in order to create captions.

This evidence-based resource collates NCSEHE funded research to inform policy and practice and improve outcomes for equity students in Australian higher education.   Current research outlined in this paper includes a focus on sub-groups of students with a disability, such as Indigenous students and students on the Autism Spectrum, which not only deals with issues facing these particular groups, but which reinforces the variety, range and individuality of students with a disability.

Doctors with Disabilities – Australia (DWDA) provides advocacy and peer support on matters associated with medical study and doctors with a disability. Their objectives are to: Create a social space where individuals with similar experiences can come together and support each other. To eliminate physical and attitudinal barriers, social stigma and disability bias among the medical profession. Provide a national advocacy and awareness making body for medical students and doctors with disability in Australia. To create resources and give professional advice on improving medical education and access to clinical workplace for medical students and doctors with disability.

My Disability Matters Club is a social network that aims to help connect the disability community across Australia and all over the world.  It is a free online resource and is a place for people affected by disability to meet, share ideas, seek advice and find support. My Disability Matters Club founder, Dale Reardon, says the site was specially designed to overcome many of the accessibility and ease-of-use issues people with disability often face with existing social networks.

This report is the culmination of a project investigating the moves towards more inclusive undergraduate teaching and learning in physics departments and the barriers that physics and other STEM departments face.

This report outlines the findings of a project ‘Social Marketing Strategy for low SES Communities Research and Strategy Phase’ which was commissioned and funded as part of the Australian Government Department of Education and Training’s National Priorities Pool 2014 round. The objective of the project was to ‘research and design an appropriate, cost effective national social marketing campaign targeted at low socio-economic status (SES) students and communities that will assist universities to increase awareness of, and raise aspiration to, higher education.

Developed as part of the Australian Government initiative, National Disability Coordination Officer Program, Disability Awareness Training is the only eLearning training freely available in Australia. Its content is ideal for someone who has minimal or no knowledge of disability, and can be used as a refresher course to be applied across the workplace and the community.

This webinar highlighted the extensive range of resources, information and support provided by JobAccess it also focused on the Employment Assistance Fund (EAF) and how to apply and showcased case studies of JobAccess in action.

Pacific Vision is a provider of hardware and software for blind and sight impaired technology users. Products include: BrailleSense, Braille Edge 40, ZoomText Magnifier/Reader, Platon Scientific Calculator, Pearl OCR Camera, Gem Software and Magic - Magnification Software with Speech.

JobsABILITY aims to improve employment outcomes for people with disability by raising awareness and supporting employers through the recruitment process. Recruiting people with disability has a 3 way benefit. That is, it benefits: The individual seeking employment; Employers; and, the Tasmanian economy.