The rights of disabled learners

A rights document.

Rights are rules about how everyone should be treated:

  • fairly
  • equally.

A student with vision impairment reading from a book in braille.

Disabled learners have the right to take part in education like other learners.

2 people talking about and poinitng at a person with disability.

But some disabled learners might experience discrimination.

A young woman in a wheelchair with her arms crossed. Behind her is a group of people who are talking about her

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

A woman with disability pointing to herself and raising her hand. There is an application document with a cross on it next to her.

Discrimination includes when disabled learners can’t apply to take part in a course because of their disability.

A woman supporting a student and a cross.

Discrimination also includes when disabled learners:

  • take part in a course

but

  • they don’t have the supports they need to learn.