Select Committee on Access to the South Australian Education System for Students with Disabilities

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I move: That the time for bringing up the report of the select committee be extended until Wednesday 30   November   2016. Motion carried.

Disability ‘Apartheid’ Exists in Australia as Community ‘Looks for the Wheelchair’, Dignity for Disability MP says

Australia has created a type of apartheid in its treatment of people with a disability, the country's first Dignity for Disability MP says. Kelly Vincent, who was elected to South Australia's Upper House in 2010, says the community's treatment of...

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...

Kelly Vincent’s Select Committee on Disability and Access to Education

Kelly Vincent advises that as a result of her motion a Select Committee of the Legislative Council has now been established to inquire into and report on access to the South Australian education system for students with disabilities, their families,...