Mr Wallace has been a disability activist for decades, but he hasn’t yet spoken out about this incident, even though it happened almost 40 years ago. He is sharing it now to explain why some members of the disability community are deeply fearful of a new government plan to introduce an independent assessment process for access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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- Case study, NDIS, Systemic Advocacy, violence, Abuse and Neglect
- Author:
- Sally Whyte
- Source:
- Canberra Times
- Date published:
- Sun 6th Sep, 2020