In Australia, there are many different disabilities and some of these disabilities start before and even during school. These disabilities may or may not be permanent, however, all disabilities impact the individual and their environment. Schooling is one area of life which can be affected by a disability. A broken leg or arm can be accommodated with much more ease as it will most likely be fixed and is just a temporary problem in the school and less likely cause trouble when the student transitions into adulthood. Autism, sight impairments, hearing impairments, anxiety, depression and other intellectual, physical and emotional disorders tend to be long term or permanent and cause long term and permanent issues. These issues include transitioning into education, the workforce and adulthood. The individual school and the overall education system should be equipped to help students disadvantaged by their disability, however …show more content…
Athanasiou also claims only 14.8% of people complete a bachelor degree and 47% do not complete any post school qualifications. This may be one of the reasons 16% of people are labourers apposed to 8% without a disability. There status financially is also restricted as evident again by Athanasiou with "$384 gross per week compared with $767 for those with no reported disability. The main source of income (47.8%) is a government pension or allowance." If this was the income during school, the individual would have struggled opposed to financially able individuals. The results of Athanasiou 's report indicate disadvantage for both education and employment. The author even claims "Educational achievement at school and beyond is restricted through disability" hence enforcing the limitations of disability and that even school can not fix the problem as they do not set effective