the right to an education is articulated in both the convention on the rights of the child (CRC) and the convention on the rights of persons with a disability (CRPD) consistent with ratifying these convention, the australian government to inclusive education in an array of documents and policies including the national disability strategy the australian curriculum the australian professional standards for teachers the national quality framework and the early years leaning framework for australia each of these documents recognises the importance of responding to student diversity and ensuring the participation of all students as learners however while children who experience disability continue to be denied equal access to inclusive education from early childhood through to adulthood the requirements of these conventions are not being upheld