Higher Education Disability Support Program

• provide funding support to eligible higher education providers to assist with high costs incurred in providing educational support and/or equipment to students with disabilities with high cost needs; and
• encourage efficient and effective use of equipment and resources to support students with disabilities.

Applications from eligible higher education providers for ASSD funding should be submitted on the application form:

• ASSD Application Form (RTF)    (177.8 KB)

The Australian Government provides funding under the Higher Education Disability Support Program to maintain the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) website  .  ADCET is a comprehensive website that provides information and other resources designed to promote inclusive practices for people with a disability. The ADCET website is currently hosted by the University of Tasmania and can be accessed at http://www.adcet.edu.au/.  

The objective of the Performance-Based Disability Support Funding component of the Disability Support Program is to encourage higher education providers to implement strategies to attract and support students with disabilities. 

In 2007, $1,316,169 was distributed across 39 Table A providers in accordance with the allocation formula set out in the Disability Support Program guidelines for the Performance-Based Disability Support Funding component.  

Performance-based Disability Support funding allocations 2007 

Table A Provider	Allocation
Charles Sturt University	$44,722
Macquarie University	$39,799
Southern Cross University	$21,688
University of New England	$35,134
University of New South Wales	$38,280
University of Newcastle	$53,292
The University of Sydney	$33,175
University of Technology, Sydney	$34,096
University of Western Sydney	$65,672
University of Wollongong	$65,107
Deakin University	$26,193
La Trobe University	$46,536
Monash University	$59,874
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	$41,974
Swinburne University of Technology	$15,758
The University of Melbourne	$48,574
University of Ballarat	$5,898
Victoria University	$15,988
Central Queensland University	$33,921
Griffith University	$56,128
James Cook University	$31,574
Queensland University of Technology	$63,911
The University of Queensland	$44,317
University of Southern Queensland	$24,466
University of the Sunshine Coast	$9,770
Curtin University of Technology	$26,851
Edith Cowan University	$16,798
Murdoch University	$30,571
The University of Western Australia	$32,735
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education	$2,489
Charles Darwin University	$10,139
The Australian National University	$36,045
University of Canberra	$10,113
The Flinders University of South Australia	$35,304
The University of Adelaide	$27,884
University of South Australia	$77,020
Australian Maritime College	$862
University of Tasmania	$43,393
Australian Catholic University	$10,118
Total	$1,316,169

For further information see the Higher Education Equity Support Program guidelines  or email disability.support@deewr.gov.au.

National Disability Coordination Officer Program (NDCO) The National Disability Coordination Officer (NDCO) Program replaces and expands the Regional Disability Liaison Officer Program (formerly a component of the Higher Education Disability Support program) and the Disability Coordination Officer Program. The NDCO Program funds a national network consisting of 31 coordination officers. These officers provide information, coordination and referral services for people with a disability who are interested in, or enrolled in, post-school education and training. Under the Program, funding of an additional $8.7 million will be provided over four years to assist people with a disability access post-school education and training.  For more information visit the National Disability Coordination Officer page.