Students with disabilities in school

[kiskisbella]

I'm writing a report on whether Australia can still be considered an egalitarian society, and the group I'm focusing on are people with disabilities. Thought this would be the best place to gather primary evidence from students. So if you're an Aussie and you have a disability, then step right up and tell me your stories about how the school you go to deals with your disability, both good and bad!

[James Comey]

I'm not Australian but I was forced into special education programs and IEPs against my will.

Not sure how that works in Australia.

[Gwedin]

we don't have any australians here, i'm the closest thing to one.

perhaps something of interest to you but only kinda related to your topic is the somewhat recent controversy over the treatment of mental health patients in the northern territory. it's not a stretch to consider the mentally ill to be disabled, surely?

[James Comey]

I thought mentally ill was a disability, at least in poo ess ayy

[kiskisbella]

(05-24-2017 04:07 AM)Hansgrohe Wrote:  I thought mentally ill was a disability, at least in poo ess ayy

Being mentally ill would count as a disability, anything that hinders you from doing something would count as one, another example would be having dyslexia, but unfortunately I can't use your story as primary evidence since my report is based on the land down under, but thanks anyway for replying