Diverse Perspectives on Physical Learning Environments. What needs to change?

Описание: Diverse Perspectives on Physical Learning Environments. What needs to change?

Sharing their diverse lived experiences, panellists will offer insights into the environmental barriers and enablers of inclusion in educational settings, and comment on what needs to change. The panellists include young people with lived experience of disability, an expert in inclusive education, a school systems leader responsible for diversity and inclusion, the head of a disability advocacy organisation, and an internationally renowned expert on designing learning spaces for neurodiversity. The session will include time for questions from the audience.

Moderated by Associate Professor Ben Cleveland


Ben Cleveland
University of Melbourne
Associate Professor

Judy Connell
Manager Education and Support
Victorian Catholic Education Authority

Hailey Barber
Lived Experience Consultant
Heads Together for Brain Injury

Kate Heine
Founder and Director
Heads Together for Brain Injury

Audrey Anderson
Lived Experience

Matthew Harrison
University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Learning Intervention

This panel session was presented as part of the 2025 Designing Learning Spaces for Neurodiversity and Disability Symposium, hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne.