Disabled woman given eviction notice as sister was reputational risk,royal commission told

Disabled woman given eviction notice as sister was reputational risk,royal commission told

Sunnyfield Disability Services chief executive Caroline Cuddihy told the commission the termination attempt was not made because of any fault of the client.

  • byJosh Dye

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Mother of blind son in care home feared for his life,royal commission hears

Mother of blind son in care home feared for his life,royal commission hears

Carl*,24,is blind and has a severe intellectual disability and lives with two other residents in the care home in western Sydney.

  • byJosh Dye
Disability royal commission hears of eviction attempt on severely disabled woman

Disability royal commission hears of eviction attempt on severely disabled woman

A Sydney-based disability care provider is facing allegations of physical abuse and neglect of vulnerable clients under its care.

  • byJosh Dye
‘Abject failure’:Fewer than 1000 disability residents vaccinated against COVID-19

‘Abject failure’:Fewer than 1000 disability residents vaccinated against COVID-19

The disability royal commission heard in some states less than 10 people living in residential homes had been vaccinated,three months into the vaccine rollout.

  • byRachel Clun andAisha Dow
Disability royal commission calls hearing into vaccine rollout with just 101 care homes receiving first dose

Disability royal commission calls hearing into vaccine rollout with just 101 care homes receiving first dose

Despite being included in phases 1a and 1b of the vaccine rollout,few people with disabilities or disability care workers have been vaccinated so far.

  • byRachel Clun
Secret documents show department inserted chapter into NDIS review
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Secret documents show department inserted chapter into NDIS review

The independence of a controversial NDIS recommendation is in doubt after drafts appear to reveal the relevant chapter was inserted by the department.

  • byRob Harris
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Disability royal commission presented with ‘alarming’ violence statistics

Disability royal commission presented with ‘alarming’ violence statistics

New research into the nature and extent of violence against people with disability has found they are under-represented or excluded from data collections.

  • bySarah McPhee
‘Their human rights are being violated’:Disabled people at risk of over-medication

‘Their human rights are being violated’:Disabled people at risk of over-medication

The Disability Royal Commission is hearing that people with a disability are over-medicated because medical staff aren’t trained to communicate with them,or even recognise that they exist in some cases.

  • byJulie Power
In seclusion,Melanie was so alone that she wrote on the walls in her own blood

In seclusion,Melanie was so alone that she wrote on the walls in her own blood

The use of seclusion in the criminal justice system is counterproductive,according to experts,yet it is often used. Melanie was locked up by herself for about 23 hours a day for seven years.

  • byJulie Power
Fewer than one in five NSW teachers recently trained for kids with disabilities
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Fewer than one in five NSW teachers recently trained for kids with disabilities

NSW government figures show in 2017 there were 150,000 children with disabilities,such as autism,ADHD and dyslexia,in the state's public schools alone and this is forecast to increase 50 per cent by 2027.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
'Serious failure':disability royal commission condemns COVID-19 response

'Serious failure':disability royal commission condemns COVID-19 response

The commission made 22 recommendations to the federal government,the first of which was that its advice be acted on as a matter of urgency.

  • byMary Ward