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Deaf
children learning to paint in the early 1900s.
-Photo courtesy Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children.
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Education
for children with disabilities has changed considerably over the
past 100 years since Federation.
In the first 50 years of last century, a large number of schools
were established throughout Australia for children with specific
disabilities.
Most
of these schools were operated by charitable institutions or voluntary
organisations.
During the 1970s, however, the State Governments began to take on
responsibility for education provided in Australia's special schools
and to establish special education units within regular schools
to enable children with disabilities to attend.
Today, special schools continue to provide education for students
with disabilities who require intensive support.
More
commonly, though, children with disabilities are attending regular
schools, with the assistance of special support services.
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