Why do students with disability go to ‘special schools’ when research tells us they do better in the mainstream system?

Catherine Smith

By Catherine Smith
Community contribution / June 10, 2022

This week, the disability royal commission is looking at the experiences of children and young people with disability in different schools across Australia. This includes mainstream schools as well as so-called “special schools”.

An estimated 10 per cent of school students (aged 5–18) in Australia have a disability, although this number is much ...

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