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National Lists
AusTED Listserv
The austed listserv is an initiative of the Australian Tertiary Education Network on Disability (ATEND). It aims to facilitate discussion and information sharing primarily amongst disability support services personnel and teachers in tertiary education and training. austed-list will also contain information and ideas of interest to students with disabilities, their families and members of the general community.
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For more information go to http://www.adcet.edu.au/view.aspx?id=4365
Australasian Network of Students With Disabilities (ANSWD)
ANSWD is a student organisation, advocating, promoting, lobbying and campaigning on disability issues. Seeking to achieve equality, access, and representation of students with disabilities in the tertiary education sector.
If you are a student with a disability whom is either studying at TAFE or University, or you are a potential tertiary student with a disability, who plans to commence tertiary studies in the following year you are strongly encourage to join the ANSWD discussion list.
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For more information go to http://www.answd.org/discussion.html
Australian Inclusive Technology User Group (AITUG)
AITUG aims to promote the appropriate use of Inclusive Technology by people with disability in the education and employment environments. By promoting best practice, research, appropriate education and teaching methods, discussing the pros and cons of various Inclusive Technologies and through the dissemination of information, to assist practitioners to effectively integrate Inclusive Technologies into their setting.
To join the AITUG discussion list go http://groups.google.com/group/AITUG/about
Australian Learning Disability Discussion List -- AusLD-list
The AusLD-list is a discussion list for discussing issues regarding Learning Disability, and related neurological disorders in schools, TAFE, Universities and Employment across Australia.
The AusLD-list aims to promote:
• the discussion of issues related to LD
• answer people’s inquiries regarding LD
• and disseminate news and events related to LD in Australia
The discussion list is open to anybody wishing to discuss LD in Australia.
To subscribe to the AusLD-list to go to
http://mailman.med.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/ausld-list and follow the instructions at the bottom of the page.
Disability Employment Policy-List (DEP-List)
The DEP-List is a dissemination and discussion list on the employment of people with a disability, set up for those who have an interest in the employment of people with a disability in Australia and/or Internationally.
DEP-List is a resource, a network to enable the sharing of information and ideas, to improve communications between those interested in the employment of people with a disability, to assist in discuss possible solutions and develop strategies.
There is no DEP-List membership fee.
You can subscribe and unsubscribe by going to the following webpage http://mailman.med.usyd.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/dep-list
OZAdvocacy
OZADVOCACY is an information dissemination and discussion list for the Australian disability rights movement.
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For more information go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OZAdvocacy/
State lists
NSW-disability Mailing List
The NSW-disability mail list was developed to foster cross-sectoral liaison and networking between disability practitioners across NSW and ACT universities and TAFEs.
For more information on how to subscribe go to http://deaninc.org.au/content/view/43/93/
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Discussion Lists