00:01Ari Bennett is enjoying his first weeks at Tanambit Primary.
00:06When I drop him off at school, he is excited.
00:11Mwah! Bye!
00:13Ready, come on.
00:14The four-year-old is deaf and blind.
00:19So he needs support to engage with what's around him through touch.
00:23His first few weeks have been really good.
00:25Jamie chose this school because other students here use Auslan,
00:30but was told he couldn't have one-to-one assistance in a supported class.
00:35He really needed that one-to-one support.
00:37After the ABC reported Ari's story and following Jamie's advocacy,
00:42the New South Wales Education Department created a class structure
00:46just for deafblind students.
00:48There is now a process and a system that other students can look at
00:53as a model for accessing education.
00:56Yay!
00:57Under that, the school hired a proudly deaf teacher who uses sign language.
01:02Nose!
01:03And a learning support officer.
01:05They also remodelled the drop-off zone and improved various parts of the school.
01:11So the thing about putting in a ramp for students like Ari means the school
01:14is now accessible for a range of other students too.
01:17This will mean that those students have an easier transition into school
01:21and will have better life outcomes.
01:23Ari's mum thinks welcoming more students with disability
01:26will be good for the whole school.
01:29Being raised around disability and it just being a normal thing
01:33makes them better people.
01:34One mother's win benefiting many.
01:38Of course, they are out there by representing the library.
01:40They have a great print and a lot of students,
01:40to learn more students as well.
01:40The students life's benefit from the community.
01:40The students life's benefit from the community,
01:41And if you've got a free subject for the kids,
01:41They're going to take a short break.
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