School-aged children with disabilities bullied, refused enrollment, excluded

Children with disability in Public schools

teacher helping pupils in classroom at the elementary school Source: iStockphoto

About a quarter of disabled children have been restrained or secluded from class mates in the past year at Australian schools. That’s one of a number of the findings by the main group representing disabled students after a survey of parents and carers, released ahead of next week’s Royal Commission.


More with disability activist, Sameha Makok


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