Word list

This list explains what the bold words in this document mean.

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Discrimination

Discrimination is when someone treats you badly because of something about you that you can’t change.

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Diversity

Diversity is what makes people different from each other.

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Inclusive

When the tertiary education system is inclusive, everyone can:

  • take part and learn
  • feel like they belong.

This includes disabled learners.

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Policies

A policy is a plan for how we should do things.

Policies are where rules come from.

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Reasonable adjustments

When organisations make reasonable adjustments, they change things about their organisation to suit what a disabled person needs.

For example, how they share information.

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Rights

Rights are rules about how everyone should be treated:

  • fairly
  • equally.

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Tertiary education system

The tertiary education system includes places people go to learn or train when they:

  • leave school
  • finish school.

People can go to these places at any time in their life.

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Vocational education

Vocational education is learning and training for people:

  • who leave or finish school
  • at any stage of their life.

They learn skills they need to do certain jobs.