Join Knox City Council Disability Services and Youth Services for this parent webinar presented by Jon Adams, Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice.
Open to parents, carers and educators.
In 2020 the Disability Standards for Education 2005 was reviewed by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment.
The Review’s final report is now available on the department’s website. It is accompanied by a short summary document, which is available in Auslan, Easy Read, and 11 community languages.
Work to implement recommendations will be progressed by Australian Government and state and territory education and skills officials. Consultation and co-design with people with disability, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability, will inform implementation of the Review recommendations. Changes will also be made with help and advice from educators.
The Government has committed to publicly reporting each year on progress against implementing the Review’s recommendations. This will make it clear to the community what actions have been taken and where further work is required.
Hear from the Australian Network on Disability, and alumni from the Stepping Into internship program, about their programs for students with disability.
This webinar is recommended to all Monash students who identify as having disability, chronic illness or mental health conditions.
DATE: Thursday 11th March, 2pm-3pm. This webinar will be held via Zoom and you can access the meeting here.
AND’s Stepping Into program can help you gain paid, hands-on work experience with leading Australian businesses.
View a list of available internship positions for Winter 2021 here. It is likely that more roles will be added over the coming weeks, so don’t forget to check back regularly and follow us on Facebook for updates!
“What I gained from the experience was more than what you gain from a job – I gained confidence. It’s something I now carry through my daily life and will throughout the rest of my career. Confidence to own my disability and talk about it. I can have conversations to create opportunities for myself and other people with disability” – Devni, Stepping Into intern at Arup
Internships will generally last 4 to 8 weeks (with the opportunity for flexible work hours to manage your disability or other commitments).
Read the details on our information page for students and complete our online application form by 4th April 2021
The Programs Team are happy to reconsider previous applicants of the Stepping Into program.
The Monash Careers Expo, hosted by Career Connect is one of the largest university careers events in Australia, and we’re proud to be continuing to provide this fantastic event to our students with this year’s Virtual Expo!
The Expo will be easy to navigate, visually immersive and completely interactive.
Students will be able to explore opportunities available with major organisations, speak directly to recruiters, participate in employer information sessions and join Q&As.
Tennis Australia, Monash University and AKQA have launched Action Audio, an online audio stream designed to make the Australian Open broadcasts accessible for almost 600,000 Australians and 285 million people living with blindness or a vision impairment.
Action Audio allows people with blindness or vision impairment to stay connected to the tennis experience throughout the entire match, and follow it in real-time.
Action Audio uses Tennis Australia’s real-time ball position data to make the ball ‘audible’ to blind audiences.
The GradWISE Industry AccessABILITY Week was a huge success.
GradWISE had 15 of their industry partners present information about their graduate programs and provided students with critical advice to help their graduate applications stand out from the crowd!
GradWISE employer partners shared loads of helpful tips, including:
If you would like to talk to a member of GradWISE to get this information or find out about the program please email Chardee at Chardee.McEwan@wiseemployment.com.au or Grace at Grace.Mackley@wiseemploymen.com.au or check out the GradWISE Website here!
Don’t miss your chance to work with a professional mentor towards your career goals and employability skills!
Apply now on the AND website, or simply email the Programs Team with your expression of interest if you have applied for PACE in the last 12 months.
Contact the AND Team on 03 9621 2276 or applications@and.org.au if you have any questions.
Mentors from the following organisations are also participating in the Autumn cohort:
AND are excited that this round, there is the option to participate in PACE Mentoring virtually as well as face-to-face. This means that no matter where you are in Australia, they can connect you with a mentor!
AND are also pleased to announce that regional mentors from Rabobank will be participating in PACE Autumn 2021, which means there are even more opportunities for jobseekers from regional Australia to participate!
If you would like to participate in the program virtually, simply select the ‘Other/Virtual’ option on the application form.
This February there were some fascinating articles from the Centre for Inclusive Design newsletter.
Highlighted below are a few you might find interesting.
Recently Nike launched a new shoe that takes accessible fashion to a whole new level.
The Nike GO FlyEase features a bi-stable hinge, making it possible to get into the sneakers without the use of hands, and midsole tensioner, which allows the shoe to remain secure once it’s on.
This article explores the letter Matthew Walzer wrote to Nike, which inspired the shoe. It’s a great story about why Inclusive Design works.
Lego Braille Bricks allow children with vision impairment to learn maths and literacy by touch.
The Lego kits each contain 304 bricks featuring letters, numbers, punctuation and symbols in braille, together with the printed version.
Vision Australia has been gifted 1,000 kits of the braille bricks by the Lego Foundation and will be distributed to schools that have students with vision impairment across the country.
View the full story by ABC here.
The Accessibility Factsheets were commissioned by Australian Government and have been released under Creative Commons.
The factsheets have detailed information on how to make certain content accessible.
AccessibilityOz worked with the Australian Government to develop these readable interpretations of how to make forms, images, interactive maps, mobile etc accessible, along with information on how inaccessible content affects people with disabilities.
Monday 15 March to Saturday 21 March 2021
In May 2019 over 300 schools and colleges and 294,000 students participated in Neurodiversity Celebration Week. This year schools and universities from around the world are participating in Neurodiversity Celebration Week.
In New Zealand and Australia local members of the Autistic Collaboration Trust with the support of S23M are assisting schools with neurodiversity education resources leading up to the event.
For more information see: