Ms Nicola Hart:

The Senator mentioned the percentages to which Ms Dempsey referred. Those percentages are unlikely to change because what we are seeing at the moment is children who are not getting the resources and supports they need to function effectively in an inclusive education. Perhaps people are not so much objecting to the idea of having inclusive education or a child with a disability in the classroom, as to having a child who has not been well supported to succeed in that classroom. That needs to change, along with the attitude. The attitude change will come if that change is made.