Kelly Vincent – Vision Australia Interview on Plans for 2016 and Changes to SACE Merit Awards

On Wednesday 10th February 2016, Kelly Vincent was interviewed on radio station Vision Australia to discuss Dignity for Disability’s plans for 2016 and the recent changes to SACE Merit Awards to recognise excellence in a modified curriculum. Here is the audio...

Keynote Address to the Australian Curriculum Studies Association

Hon Kelly Vincent MLC Dignity for Disability KEYNOTE ADDRESS ACSA [Australian Curriculum Studies Association] Thursday 1st October, Adelaide Hello, and thanks for inviting me along today.  I’m Kelly Vincent, Dignity for Disability’s member of the Legislative Council.  I acknowledge that...

Kelly Vincent – Vision Australia Interview on the Education Select Committee & SACE Certificate Changes

On 2nd September 2015, Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent was interviewed on Vision Australia radio station to discuss the Select Committee on Disability and Access to Education as well as the changes to the discriminatory wording on SACE certificates....

Changes to SACE Certificate Wording a Victory for Students with Disabilities:

Changes to SACE certificate wording a victory for students with disabilities: Kelly Vincent ABC online 29.8.2015 The South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) board has agreed to remove discriminatory wording from the award certificate presented to students with intellectual disabilities....

The Writing is on the Wall for Discriminatory Wording in SACE

Dignity for Disability welcomes the decision from the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) Board to remove the words "this student has completed a modified curriculum due to intellectual disability" on future SACE certificates. Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent...