Disability = “A persons ability to do dis”
Do you have a disability and want to go to University or TAFE? Let’s do dis then!
Disability Support at University and TAFE
There are Disability Liaison Officers (DLOs) at every TAFE and university in Victoria. Their job is to assist students who have a disability with their studies.
Available help will depend on the disability and specific needs of the student.
Help may include:
- Enrolment and campus orientation
- Academic Support Workers (for example, note takers, interpreters, readers)
- Adaptive technology (for example, voice activated software)
- Alternative format course materials (for example, Braille, electronic)
- Liaison with lecturers/teachers
- Alternative arrangements for assessment (for example, additional time, scribe, reader)
- Physical access to facilities
- Referral to other support services (for example, counselling, health, housing, financial aid, learning skills unit)
If you have a disability, and are thinking about studying at a TAFE or university, you should contact the Disability Liaison Unit (DLU) to find out how they might be able to assist with your course.
When accepted into a TAFE or university course, you should contact the DLU again to let them know that you will be studying there.
The contact details for Disability Liaison Units (DLUs) at TAFEs and universities in and around Melbourne are listed below:
TAFE – Disability Support Contacts
| Box Hill Institute of TAFE Disability Liaison Service Ph: 9286 9893 E: dls@boxhill.edu.au Web: www.bhtafe.edu.au/students/services/Pages/disability-liaison-service.aspx |
Holmesglen Disability Support Services Ph: 9564 1972 E: disability.officer@holmesglen.edu.au Web www.holmesglen.edu.au/services/student_services/disability_support_service |
| Kangan Institute Disability Support 9279 2511 E: disability@kangan.edu.au Web www.kangan.edu.au/en/students/student-support-and-recreation/disability-support |
NMIT Disability Liaison Unit 9269 1401 disabilitysupport@nmit.vic.edu.au Web www.nmit.edu.au/current-students/student-services/student-disability-support-service/ |
| RMIT Disability Liaison Unit Ph: 9925 1089 TTY: 9925 3673 E: dlu@rmit.edu.au Web www.rmit.edu.au/disability |
Swinburne Disability Support Services Croydon Ph: 9210 1181 E: ldavey@swin.edu.au Web www.swinburne.edu.au/stuserv/disability |
| Hawthorn Ph: 9214 6964 ltouzeau@swin.edu.au Web www.swinburne.edu.au/stuserv/disability |
Victoria University Disability Services Ph: 9919 4000 E: disability@vu.edu.au Web www.vu.edu.au/disability |
| Sunraysia TAFE – Mildura Disability Liaison Advisor Ph. 50223629 E: jnunn@sunnitafe.edu.au Web: www.sunitafe.edu.au |
William Angliss Institute of TAFE Disability Liaison Ph: 9606 2232 E: angiec@angliss.vic.edu.au Web. www.angliss.edu.au/component/k2/item/38-disability-support |
| Sunraysia TAFE – Swan Hill Disability Liaison Officer Ph. 50360225 E: kkelly@sunnitafe.edu.au Web: www.sunitafe.edu.au |
Bendigo TAFE Disability Liaison Officer Ph. 54341526 E: disabilityofficer@bendigotafe.edu.au Web: Bendigo TAFE |
| Goulburn Ovens TAFE Disability Liaison Officer Ph. 1300468233 E: KFrost@gotafe.vic.edu.au Web: www.gotafe.vic.edu.au |
University – Disability Support Contacts
| Australian Catholic University Equity and Disability Unit Ph: 9953 3413 E: disabilityadviser.pat@acu.edu.au Web http://students.acu.edu.au/office_of_student _success/equity_and_disability_unit_edu |
Deakin University Disability Resource Centre Ph: 9244 6100 E: drcentre@deakin.edu.au Web www.deakin.edu.au/disability |
| LaTrobe University Equality and Diversity Centre Ph: 9479 1510 E: equality@latrobe.edu.au Web www.latrobe.edu.au/equality |
Monash University Disability Liaison Unit Ph: 9905 5704 E: dlu@adm.monash.edu.au Web: www.monash.edu/social-justice/disability/index.html |
| RMIT University Disability Liaison Unit Ph: 9925 1089 TTY: 9925 3673 E: dlu@rmit.edu.au Web www.rmit.edu.au/disability |
Swinburne University Disability Support Services – Hawthorn & Prahran Ph: 9214 8500 E: ltodes@swin.edu.au Web www.swinburne.edu.au/stuserv/disability |
| The University of Melbourne Disability Liaison Unit Ph: 8344 7068 E: dlu-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au Web www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability |
Victoria University Disability Services Ph:9919 4000 E: disability@vu.edu.au Web: www.vu.edu.au/campuses-services/student-support/disability-support |
For a comprehensive listing of Disability Contacts at TAFE and University visit the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on the Education and Training (ADCET) website:
