Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD.
Employers fear asking workers if they have a disability,making data collection on employment rates tricky,a royal commission has heard.
People with disabilities make up just 1 per cent of the workforce of the nation’s 10 largest employers,a statistic Graeme Innes believes visibility could fix.
Women with disability are twice as likely to experience sexual violence in a year as those without but often struggle to be believed when reporting abuse or assault,the disability royal commission has heard.
A damning report found the federal health department failed to appreciate the unique challenges associated with vaccinating people living in residential disability accommodation.
The state agency responsible for child protection repeatedly placed a young Aboriginal boy in unsafe and culturally inappropriate environments.
The counsel assisting also recommended 23 adverse findings against a Sydney-based care provider accused of failing to prevent violence and abuse towards vulnerable clients.
It is forecast to grow bigger than Medicare,but the National Disability Insurance Scheme answers to neither federal nor state governments. This is one the most serious governance failures in Australian politics.
The funding,included in this month’s state budget,also covers a new court-diversion program for defendants accused of low-level offences.
Caroline Cuddihy defended Sunnyfield’s inability to spell out abuse allegations against two employees in their termination letters.
The eviction notice against a disabled woman is also yet to be withdrawn three years after it was issued,Sunnyfield’s chief executive conceded.