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Direct linkDone, Elizabeth J.; Knowler, Helen; Armstrong, David – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2021
This paper provides an outline of, and rationale for, an international research project that will identify commonalities and disparities in illegal school exclusionary practices in Australia and England. The aims here are to situate such practices within a global context and to map the events and processes through which children and young people,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Educational Practices
Dickson, Elizabeth – Australian Journal of Education, 2022
The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA) appears to offer powerful remedies to students who have been refused enrolment, excluded after enrolment or denied educational opportunities or benefits because of their disability. The Act prohibits discrimination on the ground of disability in the protected area of education and obligates…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Program Effectiveness, Disability Discrimination, Federal Legislation
Diesfeld, K.; McLean, M.; Phelan, T.; Patston, P.; Miller-Burgering, W.; Vickery, R. – Disability & Society, 2008
In 2005 New Zealand signalled its intention to reform legal services by contracting research on disabled people's priorities in Auckland. The Legal Services Agency reported that because many disabled people do not have access to necessary legal services in New Zealand their priorities should be identified. This article suggests that the social…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Legal Aid, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H. – 1987
This chapter reviews legislation and court litigation during 1986 that addressed the rights of handicapped students and employees. The most far-reaching legal activity occurred in the legislative arena, with the passage in 1986 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) mandating that services must be available for handicapped children between…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
