THE Tasmanian Disability Education Reform Lobby has disputed claims by Education Minister Nick McKim that students with disabilities received more support than those interstate.
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During the week both a government spokesman and Mr McKim said that on a per capita basis public school students with disabilities received more support than those interstate.
A survey of 77 families with children with disabilities released earlier this week by the lobby group showed overall that 60 per cent were not happy with their level of support from the Education Department.
The group's founder, Kristen Desmond, yesterday said Mr McKim had to talk to families who had moved to Tasmania from interstate as "they will leave him in no doubt" that his comments were "untrue and misleading".
She said she would like to know how the government could claim it adequately supported all students with a disability when it did not know how many were in Tasmanian schools.
The group wants the state government to undertake an independent review of disability support.
"It's time for the government to stop talking and take action," Ms Desmond said.
Mr McKim said the department was involved in a national review.
"We're currently working with the federal government and other states on nationally consistent assessment standards for students with disabilities," he said.
"We're committed to working and consulting with stakeholders as we implement national standards, to help provide a system that's as just and targeted as possible."
He said he and the department were considering the findings of the survey.