Accessibility and Disability

If elected to the guild, elevate YOUR VOICE will fight for:

· Make disability training mandatory.

· Mandatory disability/accessibility training for teaching staff.

· Curtin Access Plans.

· Reasonable adjustments.

· Neurodiversity.

· Invisible and fluctuating disabilities.

· Accessible assessment.

· Inclusive communication.

· Accessible learning materials.

· Students should not have to repeatedly explain or justify needs that have already been formally approved.

· Make it mandatory for Guild representatives to do disability and accessibility training.

· Representatives should understand accessibility, Access Plans, reasonable adjustments, neurodiversity and invisible disabilities.

· Accessibility should be part of how the Guild runs events, advocacy and representation.

· Make approved adjustments mean something.

· Clearer pathways when Access Plan adjustments are not properly implemented.

Identify:

· Inaccessible routes.

· Broken lifts.

· Inaccessible classrooms.

· Seating problems.

· Accessibility barriers in events.

· More daytime events.

· More all-ages events.

· Free and low-cost activities.

· Accessible venues.

· Online or hybrid participation where it actually works.

· Clear accessibility information before events.

· A broader spread of event times and formats.