Healthy Trajectories is thrilled to be part of the team, led by Associate Professor Ben Cleveland of the University of Melbourne, that was successful in receiving grant funding for their research proposal entitled: Designing Learning Spaces for Diversity, Inclusion and Participation.

This project aims to provide evidence-based guidance on how to design and/or modify mainstream schools to make it easier for students with disabilities to participate. We aim to inform architects, educators, and policy makers about disabled students’ space requirements (what should our schools and classrooms look and be like) and to develop strategies and tools to help us co-design schools with people with lived experience of disability. The outcomes will include an inclusive learning spaces design framework.

The investigators are Ben Cleveland, Christine Imms, Wes Imms, Janet Clinton, Lorraine Graham, Ruth Aston, Christhina Candido, Kate Tregoan, Paul Loh, Laurence Robinson and Judy Connell. Partners include architect firms, education departments, the Association for Children with a Disability and Heads Together for ABI.

We look forward to keeping you updated, including where there are opportunities for you to build knowledge with us, on this important topic.