Search
Search results
-
Video
Pathways15: Collective of Chronically Ill, Neurodiverse, Impaired or Disabled (candid) Students at La Trobe. Making University More Supportive, Because We Can, So We Did
Kathy Wilton, Laena D'Alton and Lyndel Kennedy, Latrobe University
This presentation will discuss the impetus behind, the focus of and the resources required for the development of a peer support group for ChronicAlly ill, NeuroDiverse, Impaired or Disabled (CANDID) students at La Trobe University. The presenters will outline their roles within CANDID, and the planning, development and projected outcomes of the group and discuss how it was initiated, promoted to students and took flight during this time of rapid change.
-
Video
Pathways15: Conference Closing - Cathy Easte
Cathy Easte
Pathways15 Conference Closing
Cathy Easte has worked with Griffith University, since 2010 where she started as Disabilities Service Officer, Coordinator and now Manager, Student Disability and Accessibility. Cathy is currently vice-president of ATEND. She has extensive experience in support for students who study online / distance or externally and she actively works on ways to embed accessibility and inclusion principles into curriculums. Cathy is deaf and was one of the first deaf persons to graduate as a Teacher of the Deaf in Griffith's Deaf Student Support program.
-
Video
Pathways15: Conference Closing - Graeme Innes
Graeme Innes
Pathways15 Conference Closing Keynote
Graeme has been a human rights practitioner for more than thirty years and was a Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission for nine years, responsible for issues relating to disability, race and human rights. Graeme Innes was set to give the closing ceremony of Pathways15 but due to internet issues was unable to join us. Graeme was keen to share his speech with us and recorded it the following week.
-
Video
Pathways15: Creating places of belonging for those living with disability: Going beyond diversity and inclusion in post-secondary education
Dr Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes, University of Sydney
It wasn't until after I graduated, that the concepts of ‘cultural competence’, ‘cultural responsive’, ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ have become familiar terms. In this presentation I will draw upon my experience of being Australia’s only known Aboriginal female academic living with vision impairment. Achieving and maintaining this position requires persistency, innovativeness, and collaboration with allies. I will share with you why I argue that goals of diversity and inclusion are not enough. That instead we need to be creating places of belonging for those who have been marginalised and understood as being in deficit, a problem to be fixed and not understood as an asset for success.
-
Video
Pathways15: Department of Education, Skills and Employment - Higher Education
Rajan Martin, Assistant Secretary, Governance, Quality and Access Branch, Higher Education Division
The Australian Government wants to ensure that students with disability can access and participate in higher education on the same basis as students without disability.This presentation looks at the changes occurring this year to the DSP (Disability Support Program) designed to reduce the administrative burden on universities, the review of the Disability Standards for Education, and the establishment of the Equity in Higher Education Panel (EHEP), to provide advice and make recommendations relating to improving student equity in higher education.
-
Video
Pathways15: Disability and the HE ‘Anxiety Machine’: Fitting your own oxygen mask first
Prof. Sally Kift, President, Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows
With the higher education (HE) sector in turmoil, and warnings now that the long-term mental health impact of COVID-19 must not be ignored, attention to HE mental wellbeing is now more urgent than ever before. This presentation will highlight that the wellbeing of disability practitioners deserves our sector’s care and consideration for three reasons in particular. Firstly, because all staff in the university community matter. Secondly, because disability colleagues have shouldered much of the burden as ‘first responders’. And thirdly, because, in increasingly precarious workplaces, it is salutary to remember that the wellbeing of staff impacts the wellbeing of students.
-
Video
Pathways15: Embedding Wellbeing and Inclusion at Griffith University
Lisa Chiang, Griffith University
The need for practices that support wellbeing, inclusion and accessibility has become more urgent and brought into the spotlight as new strategies are needed for this new world. We have spread the word at Griffith University on inclusion and inclusive practices through online disability awareness training, involvement in teaching and learning forums, creation of step-by-step accessibility resources and participating in university wide conversations. Putting wellbeing and inclusion on the map has also meant that we have been engaging and collaborating with the academic community towards buy-in and embedding these into curriculum For example, by building academic content that is accessible, inclusive and explicitly covers wellbeing from the ground up.
-
Video
Pathways15: Engaging with people with disabilities from multicultural backgrounds
Susan Beard, Gary Kerridge, Devan Nathan and Isabel Osuna-Gatty, NDCO Program
Research has shown that disability carries a high level of stigma in multicultural families and it is very unusual for these communities to accept tertiary education or even employment as an option for a person with a disability. The aim of this presentation is to share information, provide strategies and share innovative best practice methods and approaches which will strengthen engagement, organisational capacity and service delivery for tertiary education providers when working with students with a disability from multicultural communities.
-
Video
Pathways15: Equitable learning spaces and deep consultation with students and staff, low impact sensory spaces for optimal design and functionality
Gemma Dodevska, University of Melbourne
Students on the autism spectrum face challenges with their social-communication which can often mask their academic potential and impede their participation in University life, including progression to graduation and transition to employment. The aim of this presentation is to share our experiences of developing low impact sensory friendly study spaces with students on the autism spectrum. Throughout this process we discovered multiple applications across different student cohorts including people with chronic fatigue, people who have experienced trauma and people with a diverse range of physical and mental health challenges.
-
Video
Pathways15: External Support Workers in Tertiary Settings Launch
Orientation for External Support Workers in Tertiary Settings Resource: - e-Learning Program Launch
This resource was launched on the International Day of People With Disability
This program is designed to focus on the roles and responsibilities of workers who are externally employed (paid or unpaid) by individuals and organisations to provide support to students with disability in tertiary settings. The program aims to develop your understanding of how you can best provide this support and manage your responsibilities.
More results may be available to members