Horrific revelations of assault and exploitation of the country’s most vulnerable people in disability group homes will be exposed in an upcoming Royal Commission report that seeks to provide a blueprint for how Australia can become more inclusive.
There are fears in the Australian community that disability is “infecting” and interfering with the lives of non-disabled people, a disability royal commissioner has told its closing ceremony in Sydney.
In politics, saying sorry can bring you instant headlines. It can be seen as a sign of humility that says: we’re listening. But it’s not a solution, and the Palaszczuk government’s swift apology on Tuesday following damning findings from the disability royal commission — although welcome — was lacking in detail about what happens next.
Closing date: November 10, 2023
It is critical as it gets closer to the release of the Disability Royal Commission report and recommendations that we keep the pressure up on the Australian Government to act now and end the violence against people with disability. We have set up this easy-to-use letter that we encourage you to add your own stories to and tell Prime Minister Albanese … Continued
The Disability Royal Commission was concerned about restrictive practices and wanted to know more about alternative strategies that could be used to reduce and eliminate them. We also wanted to better under the role of ‘positive behaviour support plans’ as a way of reducing the use of restrictive practices. We asked researchers from the University … Continued
The ABC highlight some of the biggest takeaways from the disability royal commission after four years of hearings.
The president of People with Disability, Nicole Lee, says the commission has shone a light on the level of violence some people have experienced.
Two brothers with disabilities were discovered severely malnourished, naked and locked in a room with no food or furniture, the disability royal commission has been told. The commission heard on Monday about the shocking case of two young men, aged 17 and 19, who authorities found living in squalid conditions in May 2020.
The research report looks at what should be done to make a more inclusive society that supports people with disability to be safe and independent. It considered several questions about inclusion and it found that inclusion is more than just being in the community physically. Inclusion is when people with disability feel welcome and know they belong, are safe and can speak up and have their say.
The submission makes 33 recommendations about how the Commonwealth and State Governments, and service providers including education, employment, health and disability services, can take responsibility to uphold human rights, ensure inclusion, and maintain environments where people with disability from diverse backgrounds feel safe and included.
As the disability sector grapples with workforce shortages, the Disability Royal Commission is examining what can be done to enhance the capacity of disability service providers to deliver safe and high quality services. CEO of National Disability Services (NDS) Laurie Leigh appeared before the Royal Commission to discuss that capacity.
The Royal Commission has published a research report titled Economic Cost of Violence, Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of People with Disability. It estimates that the economic costs of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation (maltreatment) of people living with disability is $46 billion annually, or $9,600 on average per person with disability.
A disability royal commissioner says he has been struck by the fact that “nobody seems to have been held accountable” at a disability service provider in the two years since abuse was uncovered.
Submission by the Office of Public Advocate to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
The report, Experiences of ABI and inclusion: Reflections on inclusion drawn from lived experience is part of OPA’s submission on how we can become a more inclusive society.