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Malaquias, Catia – Australian Journal of Education, 2022
The adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2006 and, in particular, Article 24 was a landmark in the struggle of people with disability for recognition of their fundamental human rights, including their right to education. As a legally binding treaty under international law, imposing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Childrens Rights, International Law
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Duncan, Jill; Punch, Renée; Gauntlett, Mark; Talbot-Stokes, Ruth – Australian Journal of Education, 2020
Australia has legislation in the form of the "Disability Discrimination Act 1992" (Cth) and the "Disability Standards for Education 2005" (Cth) that has the objective of eliminating disability discrimination. The purpose of this scoping review was to determine the extent to which this legislation is achieving the elimination of…
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students
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Ronksley-Pavia, Michelle – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2015
The literature on twice-exceptionality suggests one of the main problems facing twice-exceptional children is that there is no consensus on the definition of the terms "disability" or "giftedness" and, consequently, the term "twice-exceptional". Endeavoring to define these specific terms loops back on itself to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Disabilities, Comorbidity, Children