Sunnyfield Disability Services chief executive Caroline Cuddihy told the commission the termination attempt was not made because of any fault of the client.
Carl*,24,is blind and has a severe intellectual disability and lives with two other residents in the care home in western Sydney.
A Sydney-based disability care provider is facing allegations of physical abuse and neglect of vulnerable clients under its care.
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.
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.
The independence of a controversial NDIS recommendation is in doubt after drafts appear to reveal the relevant chapter was inserted by the department.
New research into the nature and extent of violence against people with disability has found they are under-represented or excluded from data collections.
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.
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.
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.
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.