Kia Ōrite Achieving Equity

Part 4 - THE POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR USING THE CODE OF PRACTICE

This section provides an overview of the status of people with impairments in tertiary education, the barriers to participation and achievement that many face, and the policy and legal framework for using the Code of Practice.

For consistency of language throughout this document, we continue to use 'people or students with impairments'. The documents referred to in this section use a mixture of 'people with disabilities' and 'disabled people'.