Inclusive Education In Australia

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Inclusive education is acknowledged as a basic right that seeks to remove the exclusion and segregation of students with a disability, and to provide equal education for all students, despite their level of disability (ARACY, 2013), (Konza, 2008). During the mid 1970’s, Australian schools began integrating students with disabilities into mainstream classrooms, which was followed by various legislations including the Disability Standards for Education (2005), further ensuring the rights of students to enrol and participant in mainstream schools. These changes were in response to a shift in attitudes amongst Western societies, altering their opinions on how people with disabilities should be educated and live. By allowing students to be educated