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Media Release

15 January 2016

United Voices for People with Disabilities ("UVPD") welcomes the release today of the

report of the Senate Education and Employment References Committee’s national inquiry

“Access to real learning: the impact of policy, funding and culture on students withdisability”.

We call on State governments to implement all recommendations without delay.

We urge the Commonwealth government to make its current funding to states conditional

upon implementing the recommendations.

We are disturbed that at the same time that the Senate Committee is calling for an end to

restrictive practices in schools, that such practices have been highlighted in the last year as

being common responses to the “behaviour management” of students with disabilitiesacross Australia. We are particularly disturbed at the Victorian Department of Education and

Training‘s recent endorsement of seclusion in the face of Victorian statutory authorities

calling for its prohibition.

We urge members of the Australian Public to contact their local Federal and State members

and lobby strenuously for the recommendations of the report to be accepted.

UVPD recognises that people with disabilities will never have full social inclusion until their

right to an education is upheld, and they can attend school safely, without having to endure

violence from school staff.

Enquiries to: Peter Cross

United Voices for People with Disabilities

0417 157 687