Disability Inclusion Profile

Changes to the Disability Inclusion Profile in 2027

Revised profile

In Term 1 2027 the department will introduce a revised Disability Inclusion Profile (profile). The revised profile will be used for all profile meetings from 2027 onwards.

The revised profile will include 26 activities across 5 domains, reduced from 31 activities across 6 domains. Some activity names and definitions will also be updated.

The revised domains and activities are:

1. Learning and School Tasks
   • Watching
   • Listening
   • Engaging with the Curriculum
   • Undertaking tasks and routines
   • Responding to stress
   • Responding to change
2. Communication
   • Producing non-verbal messages
   • Understanding spoken messages
   • Understanding non-verbal messages
   • Using expressive language
   • Conversing with others
3. Self-care
   • Drinking
   • Eating
   • Dressing
   • Toileting
   • Washing
   • Keeping healthy
   • Keeping safe.
4. Interpersonal interactions
   • Identifying and responding to emotions
   • Forming relationships
   • Regulating within interactions
   • Interacting with others
5. Mobility
   • Moving objects
   • Using fine motor skills
   • Moving between places
   • Adjusting and maintaining body position

To see the revised domains and activities represented visually, go to Revised Disability Inclusion Profile Domains and Activities (PPTX)(opens in a new window).

Students who are currently eligible for Tier 3 student-level funding and whose current funding period extends into 2027 will have their existing profile results mapped to the revised profile to determine funding for 2027. This process will occur automatically and does not require schools to complete another profile. For more information, read the updated 2027 Student Resource Package indicative guide.

What is not changing

While the profile tool is changing, the process remains fundamentally the same:

• The current tier 3 student-level funding eligibility threshold and validation settings remain unchanged. For more information see: Disability Inclusion tier 3 funding eligibility (DOCX)(opens in a new window).
• The Levels of adjustment decision-making framework (PDF)(opens in a new window) remains the key tool facilitators use to finalise the level of adjustments ratings.
• The supporting information requirements will not fundamentally change. Schools must continue to show the personalisation, intensity and frequency of adjustments in their existing school-based documentation (supporting information). Supporting information should show the planning, implementation and monitoring of adjustments.
• Schools must continue to meet their legal obligations to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate students with disability. These obligations apply to all students with disability, not just those who are eligible for support under targeted funding programs. Schools have a range of resources to draw on to assist them in meeting these needs.

Support and training

• To see the revised domains and activities represented visually, go to Revised Disability Inclusion Profile Domains and Activities (PPTX)(opens in a new window). Further details will be provided in mid-November 2026.
• A new Disability Inclusion Profile Guide will be published in Term 1, 2027. It will replace the current Supporting Information Guide and place greater emphasis on how adjustments are implemented, rather than detailing supporting information requirements.
• The Disability Inclusion Profile: TIPS (DOCX)(opens in a new window), will be strengthened to help schools identify students for the profile process.
• Area-based information sessions will be held in Term 4 2026 and Term 1 2027. Further information will be communicated via area leadership and Disability Inclusion Branches (formerly the Regional Implementation Teams).
• An information sheet for parents and carers about Disability Inclusion and the 2027 changes is available on the Resources page.