Kelly Vincent’s End of Year Wrap Up with Peter Greco

Peter Greco: Well it's been great throughout the year catching up with Kelly Vincent, she's the member for the Dignity party in the Legislative Council and she's on the line. Hi Kelly. Kelly Vincent : Hi Peter how are you....

Classroom inclusion is key to education

Wherever possible, children with learning disabilities should have the chance of mainstream schooling, writes NADJA FLEET If Canberra's Parliament House was a classroom then, in the eyes of many, Pauline Hanson would probably be a regular in the naughty corner....

SA Parliamentary Select Committee’s report on access to education system for students with a disability

Radio Adelaide Jennie Lenman: This week the South Australian Parliamentary’s Select Committee has released its report on access to the education system for students with a disability. The extensive recommendations outlined in the report seem to represent a rather bleak...

A fair go in education for students with disabilities

Dignity Party MLC Kelly Vincent has tabled the report on Access to the South Australian Education system for Students with a Disability in the Parliament. “Families, educators and representative groups from across the state made their views known through the...

Select Committee on Access to the South Australian Education System for students with disabilities

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I move: That the report of the select committee be noted. It is a pleasure to be tabling this report today. It is one that, due to a high level of interest and the number of...

Parliamentary Committee examining the education system hands down its recommendations

Schools are being told to stop defaulting to suspension or exclusion to manage challenging behaviour from children with disabilities. A State parliamentary committee has handed down final recommendations; there are more than 90 of them. It heard that students are...

South Australian students with disabilities not being ‘invested in’, Kelly Vincent says

By Lauren Waldhuter Picture Description: two young children are walking down the road with backpacks on holding lunch boxes. South Australian schools should face tangible consequences for unnecessarily restraining students with disabilities and avoid using suspension or exclusion to manage...

Committee recommendation to audit schools on how they deal with children with disabilities

ABC North and West Schools could be audited to see how they deal with children with disabilities if a key recommendation of a State Parliamentary Committee is adopted. The committee, which investigated access to the school system for children with...

Kelly Vincent – 5AA Interview on Bicycle Regulations and the Education Committee

On 2nd of November, Kelly Vincent was interviewed on radio station 5AA to discuss the new bicycle regulations and some of the concerns that have been raised by people with disabilities. Kelly Vincent also discussed the progress with the Select Committee...

Kelly Vincent – Vision Australia Interview on Disability & Access to Education Select Committee

On 14th October 2015, Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent was interviewed on Vision Australia radio station to discuss the experiences of students and families in the education system that have been heard by the Disability and Access to Education Select...