"I have found the move into supported accommodation resulted in extreme loss of control of my life," Dr Gibilisco told the disability royal commission on Monday. "I have found it
The lawful but “barbaric” use of chemical and mechanical restraints on people with disability should spark public outrage, but instead their use is widely overlooked, a royal commission hearing has
It’s important that as a nation we acknowledge the many lives that have been impacted by these terrible stories and do all we can to ensure they don’t happen again.
Disability Royal Commission hearings sometimes use terms that most Australians aren’t very familiar with. The ‘Jargon Buster’ is a list of these explained in plain language.
"When you say you're going to have a royal commission that's going to have disabled people at the heart of it and then you don't have a single disabled person
Some students with disability have been denied bathroom breaks and forced to sit in their own urine, while others have been forcefully dragged by their teachers, the disability royal commission
Some teachers are "resisting diversity" in their classrooms and failing to cater for disabled students, the disability royal commission has been told. Special education teachers say despite some students having
The disability royal commission in Townsville has been told while there are amazing teachers many don't want children with disabilities in their classrooms.
Counsel assisting Kerri Mellifont said some disabled students are subject to violence and bullying so severe they are forced to withdraw from the mainstream school system. "Those submissions and information
A “substantial number” of the largest NDIS providers are being ordered to provide information relating to complaints, investigations and reported incidents of violence and abuse.
