Disability royal commission wants more time due to COVID and workload

Disability royal commission wants more time due to COVID and workload

The commissioner said the enormity of the inquiry meant they needed until September 2023 to complete the task.

  • byRachel Clun

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New NSW schools policy will make it harder for children like Sam to be suspended

New NSW schools policy will make it harder for children like Sam to be suspended

A royal commission heard the case of five-year-old Sam,who had been suspended seven times in his first 13 months of school.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
'I felt like I was being a burden':Quaden's mum calls for better school support

'I felt like I was being a burden':Quaden's mum calls for better school support

"I honestly feel like it took for a viral video for us to be able to get the support we need,"Yarraka Bayles said at the disability royal commission on Monday.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Disabled woman gets COVID-19 after NDIA refuses sister's care

Disabled woman gets COVID-19 after NDIA refuses sister's care

A disabled woman has caught COVID-19 from a support worker after the National Disability Insurance Agency refused to allow her sister to provide care instead during the pandemic.

  • byChloe Booker andRachel Eddie
'The age of truth-telling':Disabled Indigenous people urged to speak out

'The age of truth-telling':Disabled Indigenous people urged to speak out

Indigenous people with a disability are the most disadvantaged in Australia. The royal commission on disability wants those affected to tell their stories.

  • byJulie Power
Embracing the'helicopter parent':Why parents should ignore the backlash
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Embracing the'helicopter parent':Why parents should ignore the backlash

Of all the strange things we parents are asked to do by institutions,this is the strangest. And of all the things we are asked to do by institutions,this is the one request we should ignore.

  • byJenna Price
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'How hard are you going to try?'doctor asked mother of a woman with Down syndrome

'How hard are you going to try?'doctor asked mother of a woman with Down syndrome

Christine Regan told the disability abuse royal commission she felt like she'd been"punched in the gut"when the doctor dismissed her questions about a rehabilitation plan for her daughter after a stroke.

  • byJudith Ireland
'Progress'made to get younger people out of nursing homes

'Progress'made to get younger people out of nursing homes

The National Disability Insurance Agency has flagged a new strategy to reduce the number of younger people in nursing homes,conceding more work is needed even as figures show a slight fall in the December quarter.

  • byJudith Ireland
Alan Robertson proudly displayed his door key at the Disability Royal Commission

Alan Robertson proudly displayed his door key at the Disability Royal Commission

The former resident of notorious disability institutions is now living independently. But he is one of the lucky ones.

  • byMiki Perkins
Restraining people with disabilities is'barbaric',Royal Commission hears

Restraining people with disabilities is'barbaric',Royal Commission hears

The use of chemical and physical restraints on people with disabilities does not cause outrage,instead it's widely overlooked,

  • byMiki Perkins
Royal Commission:Neglect and abuse in group homes leaves deep scars

Royal Commission:Neglect and abuse in group homes leaves deep scars

“Sickening” incidents of sexual violence,abuse and neglect in Victorian group homes have been traumatic and caused deep psychological scars.

  • byMiki Perkins