{"id":20949,"date":"2026-08-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=20949"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:09:58","slug":"learn-about-disability-and-accessibility-support","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/learn-about-disability-and-accessibility-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Support that adapts to you: Disability and accessibility support at Curtin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every student&#8217;s university experience is different, and so are the kind of support they may need to thrive. Whether you&#8217;re living with a disability, managing a long-term health condition, neurodivergent, or supporting someone with disability as a carer, Curtin&#8217;s AccessAbility Services offers tailored support that adapts to your individual needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From personalised study adjustments to accessible learning support, the service is designed to help you participate fully in university life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How can the AccessAbility team help you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curtin&#8217;s AccessAbility team provides a range of services, facilities, and mobility assistance options to help you succeed in your studies. This ranges from assistance with managing your studies to alternative examination arrangements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/disability\/help\/\">View the AccessAbility services and support available<\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Develop a Curtin Access Plan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Curtin Access Plan (CAP) is a personalised plan that outlines reasonable adjustments to help you participate equitably in your studies and assessments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll develop this together with an AccessAbility advisor, who will negotiate the content of the CAP with you. You also get to choose what information is shared with your teaching staff, including information about your disability\/medical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/disability\/cap\/\">Learn more about Curtin Access Plans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Register for disability and accessibility support<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a disability, medical or mental health condition is affecting your studies or you&#8217;re a carer of someone with disability, reach out to AccessAbility Services and explore the support available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/disability\/register\/\">Make an appointment with AccessAbility services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Discover Limitless at Curtin<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking for more ways to connect with the Curtin community? Discover resources, events, student stories and initiatives designed to help you connect, participate and thrive at Curtin through the<a href=\"https:\/\/curtin.info\/m\/limitlessatcurtin\"> <strong>Limitless at Curtin page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin\u2019s AccessAbillity services provides a range of support to help you at university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4412,"featured_media":32011,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"7301,8432,4623,5164,5807,8030","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[146,149],"class_list":["post-20949","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-student-life","oasis-categories-wellbeing"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}},"post_components":false},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AccessAbility-1920-x-1080-px-1000x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Louis","last_name":"Humberstone","display_name":"Louis Humberstone"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-23 07:34:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/20949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/20949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=20949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}