The commissioner said the enormity of the inquiry meant they needed until September 2023 to complete the task.
A royal commission heard the case of five-year-old Sam,who had been suspended seven times in his first 13 months of school.
"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.
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.
Indigenous people with a disability are the most disadvantaged in Australia. The royal commission on disability wants those affected to tell their stories.
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.
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.
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.
The former resident of notorious disability institutions is now living independently. But he is one of the lucky ones.
The use of chemical and physical restraints on people with disabilities does not cause outrage,instead it's widely overlooked,
“Sickening” incidents of sexual violence,abuse and neglect in Victorian group homes have been traumatic and caused deep psychological scars.