Overview
- An independent review delivered 15 recommendations to strengthen access and inclusion for students with disability in Western Australian schools.
- The government fully accepted one recommendation to update the definition of disability, supported nine in principle, and placed five under further consideration.
- Education Minister Sabine Winton announced a new disability reform unit, a review of enrolment processes and teacher training, and noted a 30% increase in education assistants since 2017.
- The review called for laws to prevent disability being used in enrolment decisions, clearer rules on restrictive practices, and highlighted indirect discrimination risks in private-school admissions such as requests for NAPLAN results.
- Advocacy groups including Square Peg Round Hole and Developmental Disability WA criticised the response as insufficient and pushed for statutory reform and an independent complaints body.