Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

A NEW website for Autism and Associated disorders.

www.raisingchildren.net.au/autism

New Training Resources Change Lives for People Living with a Mental Illness

The Changing Lives project has resulted in the establishment of a Resources Kit for job seekers living with mental illness, and training materials for Employment Consultants to develop the key skills needed to assist job seekers throughout the job search process. The skills are linked to competency standards within the national Community Services Training Package.

The changing lives resources provide:

• useful and practical information for job seekers living with mental illness
• training material for employment consultants to develop the key skills needed to motivate and assist job seekers throughout the job search process – these skills are linked to competency standards within the national Community Services Training Package
• information for employers on the benefits of employing people with mental illness

 The resource package consists of:

• “Changing Lives” DVD with job seeker case studies and employer stories
• Workshop Trainer Guide
• Workshop Learner Guide
• Pre-reading materials for Employment Consultants
• Resource booklet for jobseekers

The Changing Lives resource package is an initiative of CARE Employment, a specialist employment service for people managing their mental health. The project has been funded by the NSW Department of Education and Training’s (DET) Skills Enhancement Program and the resources kit and trainer/learner materials were developed by Essentra Learning.

For more information or to order the Changing Lives – Provide Job Support (Mental Health)

Resource Kit contact SkillsOnline www.skillsonline.net.au (02) 9244 5073

Transition Planning website

The WA Transition Planning website is now live through the Department of Education and Training’s Inclusive Education website. 

The site has extensive information about transition planning within the WA education and disability sectors. 

http://det.wa.edu.au/inclusiveeducation/transition/

Disability Awareness Training - ‘In my shoes’

‘In my shoes’ facilitates access for learners with disability.  This staff awareness/staff induction training program looks at issues in adult education for people with disability from the perspective of the person with disability and the perspective of the staff person.  ‘In my shoes’ is designed to include the key messages and objectives of the Disability Standards for Education, through demonstrations of ‘real-life’ scenarios and practical, problem-solving questions.  The training is designed for teaching staff, administrative staff, and disability support staff across the adult education sector.

The facilitator’s guide and interactive training program are available at http://www.wodonga.tafe.edu.au/ndco/resources_and_publications.htm

New LSAY website launched

The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) website has arrived.

Access this site to gain a wealth of information about the choices young people make between leaving school and starting their careers. This information is gathered from national surveys that annually track about 21 000 people aged between 15 to 25 years from across the country.

http://www.lsay.edu.au

VET Information Portal

This portal provides access to over 300 Australian and international research resources related to research in the field of vocational education and training. It offers the user a 'road-map' for locating information found in databases, search engines, citation indices, books and library catalogues, journals, dictionaries, glossaries and organisations and government departments websites.

http://www.vetinformationportal.edu.au/

VOCED: Landmark reports now digital

VOCED now contains a digitised version of many of the older print-based landmark reports. Visit the landmark collection at:

http://www.voced.edu.au/landmark/index.html

Disclosure Resources For Youth

These fact sheets of specific interest to youth with disabilities, their families, and the professionals who work with them are available on the web site of the Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy. All of the fact sheets provide guidance and explore issues related to disclosing one's disability.

"The Why, When, What, and How of Disclosure in an Academic Setting, After High School" http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/wwwh.htm

"Youth, Disclosure, and the Workplace: Why, When, What, and How"

http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/ydw.htm

"Advising Youth with Disabilities on Disclosure: Tips for Service Providers"

http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/advising.htm

Equity@Work Audio Interview Series

The audio interview project was developed to enhance the provisions of Equity@Work and further assist students with disabilities with the jobsearch process.

The following interviews give students insight to the knowledge and experiences of various graduates, employers and experts, and their personal strategies for overcoming common barriers.

The project was funded by the UTS Equity and Diversity Unit Disability Projects fund.

For the interviews go to http://www.ssu.uts.edu.au/careers/resources/equity/audio/index.html

For further UTS Equity and Diversity Unit Disability Projects go to http://www.equity.uts.edu.au/manager/disability/project.html

CloseUp: Disability and Employment

A useful collection of American Disability and Employment links.

http://www.accessibilitynewsinternational.com/?p=321

Peer Support in the Face of Depression and Mental Illness

It is anticipated that with the current economic climate the number of individuals impacted by anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns could increase in response to looming financial insecurity. Depression and mental illness can be particularly daunting when individuals remain unaware of the range of services available. In particular, the valuable benefits of peer support are often overlooked. Working Well offers a safe and supportive online peer support network environment where employees, employers and colleagues can seek support for mild and moderate depression via message boards and discussion rooms. This unique service includes content moderation and a peer support process that is facilitated by trained Peer Support staff and volunteers.

Source: www.workingwell.org.au

(Diversity@Work, Just The Facts: Diversity Update #110)

A Diverse Picture of a Nation

City slickers, secular and university qualified - These are just some of the trends linked to each successive Australian generation. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released a comprehensive report using nearly a century’s worth of census data to paint a vivid picture of Australian diversity. The analysis explores Australian trends by comparing life-cycle groups (people in similar situations such as one parent families, lone persons, families with and without children) and generational groups (birth cohorts such as Baby Boomers, Generation X and Y or the iGeneration). Organisations and individuals alike can use these comparisons to enhance their understanding of the diversity that exists within their own environment as well as plan for future expected workforce trends.

Source: www.abs.gov.au

(Diversity@Work, Just The Facts: Diversity Update #110)

"headspace centres: Someone else to go to"

headspace, Australia's Youth Mental Health Foundation, has launched a major media campaign aimed at overcoming the barrier of resistance to seeking help that stands between young people and the excellent services that are now available to them through the 30 headspace centres recently established in every state and territory. These centres offer free or low cost help for general health, mental health and counselling, education, employment and alcohol and other drug issues. Chris Tanti, headspace's CEO, believes that the campaign's launch marks a major milestone in helping the community to recognise the importance of youth mental health problems and the need to take them seriously. The headspace campaign highlights the fact that all to often, young people who reach out to others can receive unhelpful advice, and that headspace offers "something different, a physical service with someone else to go to and receive help and advice for whatever struggle the individual may be encountering". A range of ways for young people to become aware of headspace have been launched, and YFX readers might consider playing a part in promoting these through, for example:

* On YouTube, at: http://www.youtube.com/user/headspace7

* On Facebook, at:

http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=34009891860 (To add the Facebook application to your Facebook profile, see:

http://tinyurl.com/5vswsf  or

http://apps.new.facebook.com/causes/26670?h=shb&m=e4612a2f&recruiter_id=7331784)

* On MySpace, at:

http://www.myspace.com/whatsinyourheadspace

More at: http://www.headspace.org.au ; the headspace media campaign website is at: http://www.headspace.org.au/home/my-headspace/downloads/second-campaign/ , or get there via: http://tinyurl.com/65tjnp .

Note: The headspace media release of 8 November ('headspace centres: Someone else to go to') includes the useful citation to the 2005 article by D. Rickwood and others, titled 'Young people's help-seeking for mental health problems', which appeared in the 'Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health', v.4, n.3 (supplement).

Territory DVD: Stories of Indigenous people with a disability 

An inspiring new DVD designed to raise the profile of Indigenous people with a disability will be launched on December 3, International Day for people with a disability.

YouthWorX NT Local Community Partnerships, in collaboration with the National Disability Coordination Officer, NT located in Support and Equity Services at Charles Darwin University, has worked within a series of remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities to identify Indigenous perspectives on “disability”.

These perspectives have been compiled into a DVD and include often moving interviews with Indigenous people with a disability, whose stories display their strength of character and belief in their own selves and their circumstance.

National Disability Coordination Officer for the NT, Liz Reid said: “Every single person in the DVD is totally inspirational. How they see themselves as an individual and how they have approached adversity – they are truly amazing.”

“We wanted to highlight and raise the awareness that Indigenous people with a disability are contributors like any other person. They have the right to education and employment; to be professionally and personally valued as members of society,” Ms Reid said.

The DVD will be used as a resource for registered training organisations, schools, career pathway advisors, business and industry, government-funded Indigenous bodies and community organisations to:

Improve transition for Indigenous Australians with a disability from their school or community into post-secondary education, training and subsequent employment.

Increase participation by Indigenous Australians with a disability into higher education, vocational education and training and employment.

Establish better links and understanding between schools, universities, vocational education and training, training providers and disability service providers so they can work collaboratively to provide the best possible assistance for Indigenous people with a disability.

The DVD will be screened on the first day of the National Pathways 9 Conference in Melbourne, and in Alice Springs, Batchelor, Darwin, Groote Eylandt, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Yirrkala on International Day of People with a Disability, December 3 2008.

“The Yirrkala screening will prove particularly poignant as it (the DVD) is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr Marika Mununggiritj, a guiding light throughout the journey of this project,” Ms Reid said.

Liz Reid, National Disability Coordination Officer

Phone: 08 8946 6288

Email: elizabeth.reid@cdu.edu.au

NEW PUBLICATION OFFERS INSIGHT INTO DISABILITY FOR BUSINESS

The Australian Employers’ Network on Disability has developed a new publication, ‘Opportunity’, which articulates the business case for including people with disability in all areas of business.  This publication and a complementary website www.disabilityconfidence.org.au will be launched by Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services Bill Shorten in Sydney on Tuesday 18th November 2008.

Almost 4 million people in Australia have some kind of disability.  However, until now, there hasn't been a resource that helps business understand this sizeable market segment. Public and private sector members of the Australian Employers Network on Disability have pooled resources to develop a booklet that articulates the business case for including people with disability as customers and employees.  The 'Opportunity' booklet shows great examples of how Australian businesses have maximised their markets as well as tapped into talent.

The combined knowledge and experience of Employers’ Network members have contributed to checklists that will make it easy for other businesses to identify barriers they may have to people with disability as customers and employees.  Featuring quotes by reknowned business leaders including Westpac CEO Gail Kelly, McDonald’s CEO Peter Bush, and leading futurist and partner at KPMG Bernard Salt,, “Opportunity” has been developed specifically for the Australian business community, and is written from a business perspective.

Suzanne Colbert , CEO of the Employers’ Network on Disability, said, “Real progress can be made when employers get together and share experience and knowledge about their journey towards disability confidence. 'Opportunity' helps other businesses see what's possible. Importantly, it also helps organisations identify barriers to inclusion that may represent substantial business and reputational risks”.

‘Opportunity’ is available free of charge from the Employers’ Network on Disability.  A complementary website www.disabilityconfidence.org.au contains additional information about how businesses can develop their own disability confidence, and proactively include people with disability as employees and customers.  For more information please contact Rachel Butler on 1300 363 645 or email Rachel.Butler@aend.org.au

Guide for Students using Screen Readers in how to complete Web Accessible forms

Staff from the University of Melbourne department of Melbourne Experience Instructional Design have developed a guide for students using screen readers in how to complete web accessible forms.

Web link follows:

http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/meid/forms/

All New ...   Creating Accessible Teaching and Support (CATS) Web Resource     

Creating Accessible Teaching and Support (CATS) web based resource has been completely re-written and is now available on line at http://www.adcet.edu.au/cats

The resource aims to provide information to assist staff in higher education to better teach and support students with disability. 

CATS now includes:

• introductions to the key issues impacting on the educational and employment success of students with disability
• video content covering disability awareness,  student / staff case studies, accessibility and assistive technology
• improved access to our comprehensive database of fact sheets, articles and web links
• really cute graphics!!

Each page provides a Wiki type function giving users  the opportunity to comment, suggest additional content or engage in debate.

CATS is a work in progress and there is much more content and functionality (and transcripts of videos) yet to be added but we would really appreciate your critique and suggestions as to how we can further develop the resource as a tool for improving outcomes for students with disability.

We would also appreciate suggestions as to content (particularly short videos) that we could include.

You will also notice that the ADCET website has also been redeveloped.  http://www.adcet.edu.au/

Assistive Technology Collection

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/assistivetechnology/

Atomic Learning's Assistive Technology Collection includes short, show-and-tell video tutorials that empower educators to use and apply assistive technology. The foci of these tutorials are:

Special education software

• Assistive technology devices
• Software accessibility training tutorials
• Examples of tutorials: Boardmaker 6, Overboard, WordQ, SpeakQ, Co:Writer, Inspiration, Kidspiration, as well as accessibility features in Leopard, Windows XP and Vista.

View the list of tutorials currently available in the Assistive Technology Collection

The Assistive Technology Collection is a supplemental subscription to Atomic Learning’s current Technology Skills Collection. It can be purchased either as a separate entity or as an add-on to an Atomic Learning Technology Skills Collection Subscription.

Livewire

Livewire is a free online social networking website for young people aged 10 to 18 years with a chronic illness or disability, living in Australia.

Members can make new friends, engage in chat events, have their say in forums and check out all the latest in movies, music, games etc.

The website is a closed community with chat hosts available from 12noon to 8pm daily. Host oversee proceedings, support newcomers and ensure a fun and safe environment,

Members are divided into age categories to different sites (10-12, 13-15, 16-18), with age-appropriate content in each.

Every application is authorised with written parental consent and proof of ID.

Livewire is run by the Starlight Foundation.

See: www.livewire.org.au

Critical Bridges Meeting Challenges at Points of Transition in Education Free DVD by Working Together

Hosted by the Disability Council of NSW and the NSW Department of Education and Training, this 6 hour series shows people with personal and professional experience who discuss, debate and inform about three important stages of educational transition, including:  children’s transition to school; re-adjustment after acquiring a disability later in life; transitioning to post-school destinations.  See https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/communityed/disabilityacces/critbridges.pdf.  For a copy of the DVD (as long as stocks last), phone Coordinator, Transition Post School, Disability Programs, DET NSW on 9244 5085, email disability.programs@det.nsw.edu.au Or the Disability Council of NSW, on 9211 2866, email infodisabilitycouncil@dadhc.nsw.gov.au

Source:  Infoxchange 5 September 2008 & Warringah Disability Newsletter 25 September 2008

For a list of New Resources click here

The Australian Adapted Technology User Group

AATUG aims to facilitate the use of adapted technology in the education and employment environments. It’s a discussion list for disseminating and promoting information about the use of adapted technology by people with a disability.

The AATUG discussion list aims to promote the:

• discussion of the pros and cons of various pieces of adapted technology,
• appropriate use of adapted technology, and
• evaluation of new pieces of adapted technology.

It is also a place to advertise adapted technology related news and events as well as answering people’s inquiries about adapted technology.

How to join the AATUG discussion list:

To subscribe to the list, send a message to:

aatug-list-subscribe@answd.org

To remove your address from the list, just send a message:

aatug-list-unsubscribe@answd.org

Or e-mail thart@med.usyd.edu.au with “AATUG list” in the subject line

'Get ready for uni' : Students with disability

This information kit is a 'kick start' for high school students with disability thinking about going to uni. There are sections to help prepare for uni, with tips, hints and links.

http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/rdlo/getready/

The Adaptech Research Network

The Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org maintain a library of free or inexpensive software that have been found to be useful to students with disabilities - click on Downloads.

New Voice of Families launched

Family Voices Magazine, launched this month by the Australian Association for Families of Children with a Disability (AAFCD), aims to be a valued link to what is happening at a national level for families of children with a disability. The magazine features family stories that ‘tell it like it is’ as well as information about AAFCD’s work to achieve better services and support for families.

Two editions of Family Voices Magazine are planned each year and contributions from across Australia will be welcome. The magazine’s first edition is available from the AAFCD website http://www.aafcd.org.au as well as national updates and news on what’s happening for families in between editions of the magazine.

Helping children with autism update

The recently updated fact sheets are available at www.dest.gov.au/schools/autism

Career Moves

www.careermoves.net.au

The Career Moves web portal provides a powerful new information resource to support NSW students with disability in their transition from school to further study, work or other goals.

Career Moves provides access to current, accurate online information for students with disability, their parents and teachers. It contains links to programs, services and other helpful resources that can support them in planning and moving toward their career and future goals. The web portal is designed for those who are unsure about their interests or potential career options as well as for those who have a clear understanding of their career goals and need information and support to achieve them. Career Moves includes search facilities which enable users to easily target their individual requirements. Career Moves aims to get young people with disability thinking about their future beyond school. It is available at www.careermoves.net.au

Second Edition of The Road Ahead: Transition to Adult Life for Persons with Disabilities

Transition from school has been particularly difficult for youth with disabilities. The vast majority are either unemployed or underemployed with low wages and no benefits. The Road Ahead provides strategies and ideas for improving the lives of these young adults. Edited by Keith Storey, Paul Bates and Dawn Hunter, nationally recognized experts in transition from school to adult life, this book is for youth with disabilities and their families and those who help them move toward adulthood.

This newly updated resource features 21 experts in 11 chapters that include transition planning, assessment, instructional strategies, career development, adult employment, community functioning skills, social life, quality of life, supported living, and post-secondary education. Each chapter begins with a group of key questions that are addressed in the text.

For more information: http://www.trninc.com/products/roadahead.htm
Price: $39.00 plus $6.00 s/h to the continental US.

Free Mental Health DVD's Now Available From NSW Video/DVD Stores

The Mental Health Association (MHA) NSW and beyondblue: the national depression initiative recently announced their partnership to place DVDs on depression and other mental illnesses in video/DVD stores. A set of 6 DVDs is available to borrow free of charge from most video/DVD stores throughout NSW, including many Blockbuster, Civic Video and Video Ezy outlets.

The opinions of members of the public are invaluable in determining whether this project is having a positive impact on the community and worth rolling out nationally. Feedback is necessary for this so it is hoped that viewers will also complete a 5-10 minute survey afterwards. A telephone interview can be arranged by calling 1300 794 991 and an online survey is located at www.mentalhealth.asn.au/dvdsurvey

For more information on the DVDs or to find mental health support services in your area call the Mental Health Association NSW on 1300 794 991 or visit www.mentalhealth.asn.au

For information about depression, anxiety and related drug and alcohol problems call the beyondblue info line on 1300 22 4636 or visit www.beyondblue.org.au

Free Employment Manual

The employment of persons with disabilities in the private sector can be described as a rare phenomenon, since persons with disabilities are perceived as needing accommodations that are either too expensive or too time consuming to put into place. In order to dispel some of the myths associated with employing persons with disabilities, AccessAbility has produced a manual titled "Employing the Disabled," which covers everything from where to place job advertisements so that they can be read by persons with disabilities to how to conduct accessibility audits of office premises. Free download is available at http://www.accessability.co.in/files/Employing-the-Disabled.pdf

headspace http://www.headspace.org.au/

headspace is Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation. The headspace mission is to deliver improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australian’s aged 12-25. To this end, headspace aims to be the focal point for youth mental health issues across the country. This includes providing funding to improve services for young people who may be experiencing mental health and/or drug and alcohol issues and the latest information about these important health issues for young people.

headspace is aiming to achieve this through the 30 funded headspace services located in each state and territory across Australia. These services provide an entry point for young people to access a broad range of services which are available in their local community. All of whom have a focus on providing a more integrated service responses.

Getting help

There are a number of ways you can get help; this may include talking to a friend or family member, or you can visit a headspace service http://www.headspace.org.au/default.aspx?page=33 where you will find psychologists, social workers, and other health professionals. If you don't live near a headspace talking to your General Practitioner, or a counsellor is a good option.

Sometimes it may even help to talk to someone you don’t know by calling telephone help lines such as Lifeline or Kids Help Line.

Need to talk to someone ASAP?

If you need to talk to someone straight away call one of the following:

Kids Help Line

Phone: 1800 55 1800
www.kidshelpline.com.au
Kids Help Line is a 24 hour telephone and online counselling for 5 to 25 year olds in Australia.

Lifeline Australia

Phone: 13 11 14
www.lifeline.com.au
Lifeline provides 24 hour confidential telephone counselling to anyone within Australia. You can talk to them about any problem big or small!

CounsellingOnline

Free alcohol and drug counselling online 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Provides support for alcohol and other drug users, and others affected by alcohol and drug use in the community, including family members, relatives and friends.

www.counsellingonline.org.au

Details about - School to Post-School Trans. Res.- index

features information about a range of transition related resources currently in use in Australia. The majority of the resources listed here have been developed or are used by members of the national network of Regional Disability Liaison Officers and Disability Coordination Officers throughout Australia

http://www.adcet.edu.au/Uploads/Documents/Index.doc (DOC 62 kb)

Free employability resources

A set of free resources on employability skills is now available to the VET sector at the following temporary website: http://www.employabilityskillsresources.com

The resources will be moved to http://training.com.au in the near future.

The resources were designed for widespread distribution across, and use within, the Vocational Education and Training Sector.

The resources include:

• six professional development resources
• three pamphlets, one for learners, one for employers and one for RTOs
• nine articles with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation.

These resources are products of a project conducted by the National Quality Council from late 2006 - early 2008 on employability skills. The project involved the development and piloting of an approach for assessing and reporting on employability skills in Training Packages and the development of a professional development strategy and associated resources for implementing that approach.

The project also involved the development and initiation of a communication strategy, which resulted in the development of the articles and pamphlets.

HumanWare Resource Guide CD

HumanWare Australia provides consultation, training and trials of software and other equipment for blind or vision impaired people that enable them to compete with their peers on an equal basis.

We provide a Resource Guide CD which includes easy information about solutions available to assist those with vision impairment in education. The Resource Guide includes interactive demonstrations, brochures and details of the functions of various magnification, Braille and speech aids and software to fit the needs of the individual.

HumanWare has representatives who will meet with the student and other necessary parties in the university or college, and provide demonstration and training of the required equipment. Trial opportunities are available without obligation or cost on many products, to ensure the equipment meets their needs.

If you would like a free copy of the HumanWare Resource Guide please email or call the following:

Phone: 02 9686 2600
Email: alison.muir@humanware.com
Please contact HumanWare to arrange product demonstrations for you and your students or if you wish to discuss the needs of any blind or vision impaired students you may have now or in the future.

Alison Muir, NSW Low Vision Consultant
HumanWare Australia, Suite 2, 7-11 Railway St (PO Box 944), Baulkham Hills, NSW, 2153
Ph: 02 9686 2600, Fax: 02 9686 2855, Mob: 0488 262 312, Web: www.humanware.com

Get Ready For Uni Website

"Making the move from school to university is a big change for anyone. For students with disability the change is even bigger. So how do you succeed? Prepare early, base your decisions on good information, and plan ahead for any disability supports you may need."

The 'Get Ready for Uni' website is an information kit for high school students with disability thinking about going to uni. It contains sections on career planning, finding and getting in to a course, choosing a university, alternative entry pathways, organising disability support at uni and lots more. "
To access the Get Ready for Uni website go to www.uws.edu.au/rdlo/getready

Grasp the Nettle

http://www.rmit.edu.au/ssg/dco/graspthenettle
A collection of tertiary transition experiences from people with learning disability
These recordings are taken from the Grasp the nettle CD: a project funded by the Office of Training and Tertiary Education (OTTE), and coordinated by the Disability Coordination Officer project. The CD shares the experiences of 11 individuals with learning disability who have made the transition into further education. Its aim is to aid in an improved transition experience for future students who have a learning disability.

Education to Employment Package For Graduates With Disabilities And Employers

Looking for a job can be very challenging for new graduates, including university and TAFE graduates with disabilities. Challenges may include understanding your rights and responsibilities in the work environment, when, if and how to disclose your disability and negotiating workplace adjustments with an employer.

The Education to Employment Packages also features a section for employers to assist in the process of employing people with disabilities. Some employers feel uncertain as to their role in recruiting people with disabilities such as developing appropriate recruitment processes and inclusive workplaces, implementing workplace adjustments and understanding the services available to assist them through the process.

The Education to Employer Package has been developed to address these issues by providing information, services, resources and contacts for graduates with disabilities and employers.
To access the EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE refer to the website: www.uws.edu.au/rdlo/employment

“Beyond Expectations: Profiling People with a Disability in Employment”

This DVD presents video profiles and stories of 55 people with disabilities (hearing, physical, learning / neurological, intellectual, psychiatric, vision) who are succeeding in the workforce. These can be enjoyed by case workers, teachers, family members etc. The DVD aims to assist in career planning, to increase employer awareness and expectations, and to alleviate misconceptions about OHS implications of people with disabilities undertaking certain occupations.
For information or to obtain the DVD, email toby.prentice@tafensw.edu.au
or disability.programs@det.nsw.edu.au
or phone 9244 5098 or 9244 5059 (TAFE NSW Disability Programs Unit, Level 16, 1 Oxford Street, Sydney 2010).
Or you can fill in a order form at https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/communityed/disabilityacces/da_employment.htm

The original 10 profiles can be viewed online at:
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/communityed/disabilityacces/beyondexpvideos/index.html

Adaptive Technologies News and Reviews

http://www.cli.nsw.edu.au/cli/e-learning/Adaptive_technologies/adaptive_latest.shtm

Transition to University FAQ Sheets

This resource provides information to help students with disability make a smooth transition to university. Topics covered provide the answers to frequently asked questions in the following areas

• Cost of university and available assistance with fees
• Income support for students
• Scholarships
• Accommodation options
• Transport
• Organising community support

Pathways to gaining admission to university
Click here to access the FAQ’s http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/rdlo/Index%20of%20FAQ's.doc

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