Can an education provider be required to move a course or event from an inaccessible venue to an accessible one?
Yes, where this is reasonably achievable. In the DDA case of Kinsela v Queensland University of Technology , decided by the Commission in 1997, the University was required to move its graduation ceremony so that a student who uses a wheelchair could participate fully and on equal terms with other students. The Commission found that the amount of additional expense and possible administrative inconvenience involved was not sufficient to make it reasonable to refuse to arrange for equal access in this way. Compare, however, the decision in Mrs J (on behalf of herself and A.J.) v A School , decided by the Commission in 1998. A.J. had hip disease making it difficult and dangerous for her to climb stairs. The Commission found the school had not imposed an unreasonable condition or requirement in refusing to move AJ’s classes to downstairs classrooms. This would have involved disrupting the arrangements for 200 students and AJ had been offered the option of moving into a different but equiva
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