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Monthly Updates

December 2025

The accessiblemaths.org website was launched on 1 December 2025.

We held our third and final discussion forum for Australian educators on 1 December. A discussion forum for students will be scheduled in 2026.

The first meeting of the Expert Advisory Committee was held on 11 December 2025. With quarterly meetings, the Committee brings together the Mathematics Accessibility Project team members with additional experts from all of our partner organisations as well as invited experts, including people who have experienced studying mathematics with blindness and low vision. The Expert Advisory Committee will help to steer the project, ensuring that it is meeting the needs of all stakeholders, as well as serving as a point of liaison between the project team and the accessibility and education communities.

November 2025

In November we were pleased to hold our first two discussion forums with educators working with mathematics students who are blind or have low vision. Discussion forum #1 was held as part of the Statewide Vision Resource Centre’s Community of Practice with visiting teachers from the Victorian Department of Education. Discussion forum #2 was open to educators across Australia and New Zealand. We thank our attendees for openly sharing their experience and insights into current practices, barriers and needs. We were pleased to receive unanimous agreement that the planned project will be of benefit to students, along with advice that will help ensure that the project best suits the needs of the various educational settings across Australia and New Zealand.

Zoom screenshot. Melissa Fanshawe is saying "and in some ways that students with blindness and low vision are interacting with maths in the classroom". A shared slide has the heading "Discussion: Is the Project Meaningful/Useful?" with a series of numbered questions.

October 2025

In the first month of the project, we focused on bringing together the project team members to get to know one another, investigating technology advancements since the original conception of the project in 2024, and setting up administrative systems.

September 2025

The ARC Linkage Project on Mathematics Accessibility (LP240100506) officially commenced on 29 September 2025.