Disability education lacking amid pandemic

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published August 19, 2020

The single mother of a NSW student with Down syndrome felt her daughter was treated like an afterthought when her high school shut due to coronavirus, a royal commission has heard.

Kate Eastman SC says the Government's pandemic plan for people with a disability was inadequate.

The woman, who wants to remain anonymous, said educational resources provided by the school were cartoonish and her daughter wasn't ...

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