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Transport to school, college, or university
Accessible education is not only about the classroom. If transport is unreliable, unsafe, or inaccessible, attendance and energy can fall apart quickly.
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Accessible education is not only about the classroom. If transport is unreliable, unsafe, or inaccessible, attendance and energy can fall apart quickly.
- Record the transport barrier and how it affects attendance.
- Ask who is responsible: council, school, college, university, or provider.
- Check wheelchair access, passenger assistance, escorts, and backup plans.
- Keep a log when transport fails.
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- 1Record the transport barrier and how it affects attendance.
- 2Ask who is responsible: council, school, college, university, or provider.
- 3Check wheelchair access, passenger assistance, escorts, and backup plans.
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Accessible education is not only about the classroom. If transport is unreliable, unsafe, or inaccessible, attendance and energy can fall apart quickly.
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- Record the transport barrier and how it affects attendance.
- Ask who is responsible: council, school, college, university, or provider.
- Check wheelchair access, passenger assistance, escorts, and backup plans.
- Keep a log when transport fails.
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- Check wheelchair access, passenger assistance, escorts, and backup plans.
- Keep a log when transport fails.
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Guide summary
- Record the transport barrier and how it affects attendance.
- Ask who is responsible: council, school, college, university, or provider.
- Check wheelchair access, passenger assistance, escorts, and backup plans.
- Keep a log when transport fails.
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- Record the transport barrier and how it affects attendance.
- Ask who is responsible: council, school, college, university, or provider.
- Check wheelchair access, passenger assistance, escorts, and backup plans.
- Record the transport barrier and how it affects attendance.
- Ask who is responsible: council, school, college, university, or provider.
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