The commission’s final report contains 222 recommendations for governments,institutions and the community. Here’s what you need to know.
The lack of unity over how to end segregation – and even what it means – shows there is much work to be done over how to include people with disabilities.
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten flagged he would more immediately move to address criticisms of the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s safety regulator.
The final report of the Royal Commission into Violence,Abuse,Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability can be a path to a better future for the 4.4 million Australians with a disability,but only if the will exists to transform Australia into a more inclusive society that supports their independence and right to live free from abuse.
The disability royal commissioners – and the community at large – are divided over the future of special schools in Australia,which some see as segregation.
The disability royal commission is divided over the future of special schools,with some commissioners to recommend they be phased out completely over the long term.
It is impossible to explain the devastating impact of this horrific act of violence in our community. But this royal commission report will,we hope,be a game-changer.
A 2020 video of Quaden Bayles weeping about school bullies touched hearts across the world. Now his experiences have informed the findings of Australia’s long-awaited royal commission into disability.
Horrific revelations of abuse and exploitation of the country’s most vulnerable people will be brought to the fore in an upcoming Royal Commission report.
In 2020 the boys were found virtually naked in a bedroom with the door handles removed,with their dead father in a nearby room.
The Disability Royal Commission found the state government could and should have done more to help Jonathon and Kaleb over two decades.