Save the disability degree at RMIT! Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-the-disability-degree-at-rmit.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:06 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Nicky McDonald [Signature #1012] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11312760?utm_medium=rss The level of training in the field of disability is so short of what is actually needed it is almost laughable - if it wasn't such a serious matter. Please, on behalf of the people who are trapped in the twisted bodies, consider their futures worth fighting for. This course is essential.

]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:52:02 UTC 11312760 Mrs Sue Markos [Signature #1011] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11242919?utm_medium=rss This is a sad day for Victoria...it's wrong on so many levels!

]]> Sat, 1 Oct 2011 07:22:12 UTC 11242919 Ms Anonymous [Signature #1010] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11219272?utm_medium=rss Australians have always prided ourselves ' giving everyone a fair go'.
Are we not impelled to stand firm and speak up for our much loved children, friends and fellow aussies who cannot do so for themselves. Socates the ancient greek philosopher, believed that the measure of how civilized a society is is clearly reflected in how they treat the most vulnerable. Lets stand for them!!!

]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:24:48 UTC 11219272 Miss Samantha Rouvray [Signature #1009] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11218774?utm_medium=rss We need more disabiity educators, we are in high demand in this area. This needs to be promoted not disregarded.

]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:57:54 UTC 11218774 Ms Linda Saunders [Signature #1008] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11206170?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:32:20 UTC 11206170 Chise Sinclair [Signature #1007] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11198135?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:23:28 UTC 11198135 Mrs Nicole Milne [Signature #1006] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11193600?utm_medium=rss people with disabilities require special care in terms of their needs. That requires education!

]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:47:34 UTC 11193600 Ms Mira Henery [Signature #1005] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11188607?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:52:11 UTC 11188607 Dr. Joanne O'Mara [Signature #1004] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11187546?utm_medium=rss Maybe the title of the degree should be re-wrked to change "Disability" to "Bachelor of Applied Science Inclusion:

]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:05:09 UTC 11187546 Dr Radhika Santhanam-Martin [Signature #1003] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11187423?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:15:45 UTC 11187423 Mr Carlo Raniolo [Signature #1002] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11187313?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:42:31 UTC 11187313 Mrs Beverley Raniolo [Signature #1001] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11187307?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:39:57 UTC 11187307 Mr Senaka De Silva [Signature #1000] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11187277?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:30:52 UTC 11187277 Ms Lily M [Signature #999] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11187255?utm_medium=rss Another dumb decision by a government bureaucracy that further disadvantages the already disadvantaged has to be remedied with more help for the disabled and not less.

]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:22:18 UTC 11187255 Mr Mark Geary [Signature #998] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11184148?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:37:54 UTC 11184148 Mrs Antoinette Hammond [Signature #997] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11184005?utm_medium=rss To discontinue such a course would be a major backward step for society. Disability is real, is here, is not going away, and we as a society have a responsibility to ensure we are trained, educated and resourced to cope with all of its implications. The first step to compete inclusion is to diminish the anxiety precipitated by difference. This occurs by EDUCATION and EXPOSURE. Please reconsider any decisions made on the basis of numbers and money and instead consider need, and humanity.

]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:12:30 UTC 11184005 Ms Anonymous [Signature #996] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11183406?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:46:20 UTC 11183406 Mrs Shirley Geladas [Signature #995] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11182452?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:15:35 UTC 11182452 ms Sue Blandford [Signature #994] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11182447?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:11:45 UTC 11182447 Ms Rachael Elliott [Signature #993] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11182380?utm_medium=rss Given the paucity of skilled practitioners in some areas of disability such as Down Syndrome I strongly believe this course should be supported by the university as an important area of study in the future.

]]> Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:34:44 UTC 11182380 mrs natalie graham [Signature #992] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11182117?utm_medium=rss disability specific training for our educators is integral in assisting children with disabilities in mainstream education. you CAN NOT discontinue this course

]]> Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:40:50 UTC 11182117 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #991] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11182089?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:25:39 UTC 11182089 Mrs Cate Sayers [Signature #990] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11181965?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:27:49 UTC 11181965 Miss Alice Hill [Signature #989] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11181733?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:32:33 UTC 11181733 mr n trivedi [Signature #988] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11178554?utm_medium=rss please cont the course..its very imp for family's like us.

]]> Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:04:01 UTC 11178554 Ms Andrea Day [Signature #987] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11175674?utm_medium=rss As a parent of a yound child with Down Syndrome I know first hand that there is still a long way to go to improve much needed early interventions services and programmes which support inclusion and diversity in our community. Without these important RMIT courses I believe standards will only fall behind rather than continue to be raised.
I implore you to reconsider this decision to discontinue these important courses for the sake of children like my daughter & for society as a whole! Thank U

]]> Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:02:09 UTC 11175674 Dr Buzz Palmer [Signature #986] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11174887?utm_medium=rss It is important that a Victorian Educational Institution provides opportunities that cover a broad spectrum of courses. Reducing these opportunities, especially a course that offers such community benefit and professional aid is some what concerning.

]]> Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:19:59 UTC 11174887 Mrs Suzanne Easteal [Signature #985] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11174442?utm_medium=rss Why is it that the people most need of assistance get the least?.

]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:15:52 UTC 11174442 Dr Trent Bosma [Signature #984] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11171295?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:48:00 UTC 11171295 MS Anonymous [Signature #983] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11171203?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:31:05 UTC 11171203 Dr Misato Miyamasu [Signature #982] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11171138?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:21:13 UTC 11171138 Michelle vangraas [Signature #981] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11170702?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:14:22 UTC 11170702 Sandra Murray [Signature #980] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11168917?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:49:30 UTC 11168917 Janice Jeffries [Signature #979] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11168863?utm_medium=rss Please keep this course going!

]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:42:53 UTC 11168863 Ms Abigail Elliott [Signature #978] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11168765?utm_medium=rss Please do not cancel this course - as the parent of a child with a disability I am all too aware how few people are skilled to work with people with disabilities - this course is very important in terms of upskilling people and giving more importance to the skills required to work with people who have disabilities.

]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:28:10 UTC 11168765 Mr John Portelli [Signature #977] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11132207?utm_medium=rss Save the Disability Degree at RMIT

]]> Thu, 8 Sep 2011 12:45:59 UTC 11132207 Mr Peter Koens [Signature #976] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11127275?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 05:32:18 UTC 11127275 Ms Danni Webb [Signature #975] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11124355?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 06:00:06 UTC 11124355 Ms Rosie MADDICK [Signature #974] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118879?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 11:22:42 UTC 11118879 ms liz white [Signature #973] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118639?utm_medium=rss please increase these courses. With earlier intervention and more available support so many like my brother might be living a reasonable life and contributing to society rather than the tragedy his life has become. This effects all of us.

]]> Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:23:41 UTC 11118639 Miss Jessie Gatley [Signature #972] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11114533?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 04:30:41 UTC 11114533 Monty Ryan [Signature #971] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106877?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 01:00:21 UTC 11106877 Marie Zoleta [Signature #970] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11106235?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 06:52:55 UTC 11106235 Ms Anonymous [Signature #969] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11103345?utm_medium=rss Our community needs graduates from this course! Re-think your decision RMIT!

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2011 07:39:00 UTC 11103345 Ms Lyn Campbell [Signature #968] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11102114?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 03:44:11 UTC 11102114 Ms kate Wilkie [Signature #967] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11101658?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 02:21:59 UTC 11101658 Ms Sarah Fordyce [Signature #966] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11101555?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2011 01:55:04 UTC 11101555 Ms Sarah Hancock [Signature #965] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11101171?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:45:19 UTC 11101171 Ms Linda Pandita [Signature #964] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11100709?utm_medium=rss How can we expect to provide high quality support for people with a disability in the future if we do not prepare the workforce today?

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:14:37 UTC 11100709 Mrs Marg Angel [Signature #963] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11100609?utm_medium=rss We need passionate, informed people to promote equality and empowerment to those with a disability. Those who cannot speak out for themselves have now lost a valuable voice. Who will fight for them now???

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:58:09 UTC 11100609 ms lily polic [Signature #962] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11100510?utm_medium=rss I this area not growing but lacking qualified workers so why would you close it down??

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:37:16 UTC 11100510 Ms Amy Mashado [Signature #961] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11096316?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:14:55 UTC 11096316 Mrs cathy watson [Signature #960] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11094907?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:27:28 UTC 11094907 Anonymous [Signature #959] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11094181?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2011 04:07:41 UTC 11094181 Suzanne O'Neill [Signature #958] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11093541?utm_medium=rss I have a disability & receive carer support at home.

I feel for anyone with a disability who cannot speak. If this course is dropped from RMIT, these people will get sub-standard support.

Disability organisations are understaffed & under resourced as it is & a further lack of trained people will only make things worse for people with a disability in Victoria.

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:47:51 UTC 11093541 Janice Chan [Signature #957] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11093234?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2011 02:04:59 UTC 11093234 Ms Sally Collett [Signature #956] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11093134?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:47:22 UTC 11093134 mrs anne brett-ivanyi [Signature #955] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11093028?utm_medium=rss do not axe any courses for the good of people less frotunate than ourselves

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:27:17 UTC 11093028 Mrs Kerrie Duff [Signature #954] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11092820?utm_medium=rss More professionals are needed to ensure the rights of people with disabilities are upheld. Such an advocacy linked course as this potentially offers those with lived experiences of disability to gain skills and play an active role in society themselves, both via the support received from students who have graduated or from graduating from the course themselves with enhanced skillsets that enable indivudals to be active in the workforce.

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:33:12 UTC 11092820 Ms Melanie Baker [Signature #953] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11087553?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:16:11 UTC 11087553 Ms Kylie Scoullar [Signature #952] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11085859?utm_medium=rss As a past postgraduate student at RMIT (Master of Applied Science, Psychology - completed 1995) I think the continuation of Disabilities Studies is critical to the field.... RMIT leads the field in this area and surely demand in the field will only grow. Please reverse this decision.

]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:41:21 UTC 11085859 Ms Jacqueline Clement [Signature #951] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11084697?utm_medium=rss As an educator we inspire and enthuse our kids to keep trying and to go further. We tell them that if the work hard they can achieve thier goals. It is hard enough for people, let alone those with disabilities. Please don't make it any harder or take their limited opportunities away.

]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:02:24 UTC 11084697 ms Jessie Cairns [Signature #950] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11083707?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:53:58 UTC 11083707 Ms Carly Watson [Signature #949] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11083514?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:18:25 UTC 11083514 Ms Catherine Watson [Signature #948] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11082957?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:05:54 UTC 11082957 Ms Nicola Wilkinson [Signature #947] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11082889?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:38:59 UTC 11082889 mrs Dianne Andrews [Signature #946] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11082139?utm_medium=rss With improvements in medicine, more prem babies are being saved. Some of these will have serious disabilities, so doesn't it make sense to train people to care for them?

]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:57:54 UTC 11082139 Ms Michelle Lock [Signature #945] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11081925?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 06:17:37 UTC 11081925 Ms Breanna Ryan [Signature #944] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11081761?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:40:51 UTC 11081761 Mr Iain Nicholas [Signature #943] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11081760?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:40:33 UTC 11081760 ms dorothy slater [Signature #942] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11081456?utm_medium=rss this is a disgrace as there are so few of these specialised courses. just because funding is short wont make disabilities go away.

]]> Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:36:29 UTC 11081456 Aaron Keomanikhoth [Signature #941] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11080101?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:11:27 UTC 11080101 Jenny Norbury [Signature #940] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11077357?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:18:50 UTC 11077357 Ms Karlie Italia [Signature #939] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11077161?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:31:01 UTC 11077161 B Blake [Signature #938] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076910?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:25:18 UTC 11076910 Ms Carol O'Dwyer [Signature #937] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076885?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:12:54 UTC 11076885 Miss Sarah Fraraccio [Signature #936] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076766?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:55:49 UTC 11076766 Mrs Olivia Bailey [Signature #935] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076458?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:36:24 UTC 11076458 Mrs Stephanie Cousins [Signature #934] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076453?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:35:17 UTC 11076453 Mr Daniel Angus [Signature #933] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076452?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:34:49 UTC 11076452 Mrs Courtney Hay [Signature #932] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076448?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:34:02 UTC 11076448 Mr Daniel Alexander [Signature #931] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076447?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:33:38 UTC 11076447 Mrs Helen Alexander [Signature #930] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076446?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:33:09 UTC 11076446 Mr Tammy Bailey [Signature #929] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076444?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:32:35 UTC 11076444 Mr Brandon Bailey [Signature #928] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076443?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:31:47 UTC 11076443 Mr Darren Bailey [Signature #927] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076441?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:31:05 UTC 11076441 steve boucher [Signature #926] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11076426?utm_medium=rss This is unsurprising coming from a university which refuses to accept that people with disabilities should have more than a token place in it or in the wider community

]]> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:19:13 UTC 11076426 Mikaela Bradley [Signature #925] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11074330?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:50:48 UTC 11074330 Mr Corey Leslie [Signature #924] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11074260?utm_medium=rss I only wish that I had the chance to undertake a such a course at my University. You will be doing a great disservice to yourself and to the community by cutting this program.

]]> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:21:07 UTC 11074260 Kate Crerar [Signature #923] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11074221?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:10:23 UTC 11074221 Mrs Elizabeth Sadler [Signature #922] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11074213?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:08:08 UTC 11074213 Miss Leah Adams [Signature #921] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11074172?utm_medium=rss Everyone deserves a fair chance with equal opportunity no matter their circumstances.

]]> Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:53:50 UTC 11074172 Caroline Hawker [Signature #920] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11074031?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:58:30 UTC 11074031 miss Charleen Murphy [Signature #919] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11073973?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:31:19 UTC 11073973 Miriam Combs [Signature #918] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11073954?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:22:29 UTC 11073954 Carolyn Neville [Signature #917] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11073907?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:01:17 UTC 11073907 Dr Genevieve Dwyer [Signature #916] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11073857?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:39:00 UTC 11073857 Ms Anonymous [Signature #915] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11073843?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:35:24 UTC 11073843 Emily Clements [Signature #914] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11073822?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:27:36 UTC 11073822 Miss Alyssa Marrinon [Signature #913] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11073813?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:22:08 UTC 11073813