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

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.