PSY5017 · Disability and inclusive practice

Overview

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2024) estimates that around 1 in 6 Australians experience disability. In this unit, you will further your understanding of ableism, disability and inclusion. You will have the opportunity to develop skills that are relevant to working in varied contexts with people with disability, and those who support them. This learning will be positioned within key frameworks to allow for a thorough examination of wide-ranging barriers to inclusion and their impacts. You will learn about the importance of developing solutions to these barriers that take a human rights approach to disability. This unit will help you understand disability as an aspect of diversity and work towards being more inclusive.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Analyse different experiences and impacts of disability, and the intersection of disability with mental health.
2. Demonstrate communication skills which include and empower people with lived experience of disability.
3. Identify individual and systemic barriers to the inclusion of people with lived experience of disability.
4. Apply knowledge of key frameworks, policies and systems in support of people with lived experience of disability.
5. Specify possible solutions to societal and workplace barriers to inclusion for people with lived experience of disability.

Workload

You should expect to spend 20-24 hours per week on this unit to achieve the learning outcomes: • 5-6 hours self-directed learning journeys • 4-5 hours readings or activities • 7-8 hours skills-based assessment tasks Each week there will be an optional Zoom session.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.