Our plan

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A student studying with their support dog next to them. A tutor is helping the student.

All tertiary education staff must provide learning support for disabled learners.

A student giving 2 thumbs up, a laptop with a document up on the screen, and an Easy Read document.

For example, having course information that is easy to understand.

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A man supporting a student to read a document next to the tertiary education icon.

All parts of the tertiary education system must support disabled learners.

This includes having inclusive:

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  • plans

A professor in a wheelchair teaching a class.

  • leaders.

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A tertiary education staff member using Auslan to help teach a class.

Tertiary education staff must have support to work with disabled learners.

A tertiary education staff member supporting a student with disability. There is a thumbs up icon above them.

This includes making it easy for other staff to work with disabled learners.

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An arrow pointing from the tertiary education organisation icon to a disability support worker supporting a student.

Tertiary education organisations must give disability support workers what they need to support disabled learners.

A woman helping a student write a document.

This can help disability support workers help disabled learners who need extra support.

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The tertiary education organisation icon and a woman giving a thumbs up.

Tertiary education organisations must build strong relationships with disabled learners.

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This will help tertiary organisations understand what disabled learners might need.

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A speaker standing in front of and teaching a group of staff.

Tertiary organisations must help train their staff how to support disabled learners.

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The training should include how to make information that’s easy to:

  • find and use
  • understand.

A person with disability raising his hand to speak and a speech bubble.

And disabled learners should have a say about what is in the training.

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A group of tertiary education staff in a lecture.

Tertiary organisations must have training about supporting disabled learners.

A man gesturing to stop.

This includes how to stop 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 explaining a document to a man.

All staff must also support disabled learners to know about their rights.

A rights document.

Rights are rules about how everyone is treated:

  • fairly
  • equally.

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A rules document and the accessible icon.

All tertiary education organisations must follow a list of rules that makes all parts of education more accessible.

A man in a wheelchair wearing a headset and using a computer.

When education is accessible, everyone can:

  • take part and learn
  • find and use information they need.

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A man writing on a clipboard with a document of a student's profile.

All tertiary education organisations must keep track of how well disabled learners are going.

This helps tertiary education organisations work out what they:

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  • are doing well

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  • can do better.

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A woman writing on a clipboard. Next to her is a stack of calendars with an arrow pointing into the future.

Tertiary education organisations must plan for the future.

A group of people with disability.

This includes working out how many disabled learners will take part in tertiary education.

A hand icon supporting a disability icon.

All the plans should include ways to support the different needs of disabled learners.