Australian children with disabilities excluded from online learning during pandemic, inquiry told

Disability royal commission hears of cases where the curriculum was not modified for students during Covid-19 outbreak

Children with disabilities have been excluded from online home learning during the coronavirus pandemic and some students have been told to do housework in lieu of a modified curriculum, the royal commission has heard.

On the second day of hearings examining the effect of the pandemic on people with disabilities, the commission was told about NDIS participants who had missed out on their supports, while another woman who had been bedridden for years expressed worry that the access she had gained to digital services would end when the crisis ended.

Continue reading…Disability royal commission hears of cases where the curriculum was not modified for students during Covid-19 outbreakFollow our global coronavirus live blogAustralian stats interactive; Vic cases map; NSW cases map; NSW hotspots listChildren with disabilities have been excluded from online home learning during the coronavirus pandemic and some students have been told to do housework in lieu of a modified curriculum, the royal commission has heard.On the second day of hearings examining the effect of the pandemic on people with disabilities, the commission was told about NDIS participants who had missed out on their supports, while another woman who had been bedridden for years expressed worry that the access she had gained to digital services would end when the crisis ended. Continue reading…