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Royal Commission report on failing disability employment provider may just be the beginning, say advocates

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A Royal Commission has been examining the experiences of people with a disability since it was established in April 2019. The Commissioners have now released a report on a disability…

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Diversity, dignity, equity and best practice: a framework for supported decision-making

Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Tuesday 24th January, 2023

Supported decision-making needs to be implemented across all sectors to ensure people with cognitive disability are empowered to make their own choices, says a new report commissioned by the Royal…

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Australia’s disability royal commission has faced near media silence – and left politicians unaccountable Elly Desmarchelier

Elly Desmarchelier
Guardian Australia
Sunday 18th December, 2022
Ending violence against people with disability requires a detailed plan on how we make housing, education, health and transport equal for us. So it brings me great sadness as a
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People from migrant and non-English backgrounds tell royal commission of challenges accessing disability services

Elizabeth Wright and Celina Edmonds
ABC
Saturday 29th October, 2022
The irony was not lost on Ms Rooble that, on her way to the inquiry, the lift at Melbourne's Southern Cross station was out of order and she almost didn't
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Bangladeshi refugee describes ‘humiliating’ treatment because of disability while detained on Nauru

SBS News
Thursday 27th October, 2022
A disabled Bangladeshi refugee has told the Disability Royal Commission he often went hungry during his detention on Nauru because he was unable to stand in the food line for
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‘They yell at you’: woman with dwarfism reveals ‘deeply offensive’ abuse received in public

Luke Henriques-Gomes
Guardian Australia
Monday 10th October, 2022
A woman of short stature has told an inquiry she is abused and harassed by strangers once a month on average, with people calling her names, laughing at her, taking
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Expensive, cruel and ineffective: disability royal commission hears of costly mistreatment in prison

Amber Schultz
Crikey
Friday 23rd September, 2022
This week the disability royal commission heard tales of abuse and neglect from people with disabilities in youth detention and adult prisons. One woman described being constantly dropped while being
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99 per cent of rentals out of reach for Australians on disability pension, royal commission hears

Elizabeth Wright
- ABC News
Tuesday 30th August, 2022
On any night there's an estimated 116,000 homeless people in Australia and the majority of them have a disability. "Having nowhere to go after hospitalisation … that's one of the
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Indigenous boy featured in NDIS promotional material placed in state care after funding cut

Luke Henriques-Gomes
Guardian Australia
Monday 11th July, 2022
Among the witnesses was a Warumungu woman, Daisy*, whose three children include 18-year-old Joziah, who lives with quadriplegia and dysphagia. While Daisy lives in Tennant Creek, Joziah now lives 500km
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Disabled Indigenous boy in NDIS ‘stolen’

Aaron Bunch
Canberra Times
Monday 11th July, 2022
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has turned its attention to the treatment and experiences of thousands of Indigenous people with disabilities in
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Australia’s ‘dual-track’ education system is failing young students with disability, advocates say

Celina Edmonds and Elizabeth Wright
ABC News
Monday 6th June, 2022
But Ms Sayers argues separating students into mainstream and special schools is "a form of segregation", as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Thomas “Marksey” Marks – This Is My Story

Grampians Disability Advocacy
Wednesday 13th April, 2022
Proud Indigenous man Thomas Marks tells his story of being Stolen Gen, incarceration and turning his life around through art. This is his story told in his own words for
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