I recently received my OAM for 25 years of service to my beloved Disability Community. Many years of which were spent campaigning for the #NDIS
I also helped expose the sexual abuse at #Yooralla via 4 Corners program 'In our care',
#DisabilityRC #DisabilityRoyalCommission 1/2
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability held it's ceremonial closing in Sydney today.
#DisabilityRC #ClosingDRC
Dietitians Australia is hopeful today marks the start of a future where people with disability in Australia are well supported with proper food and nutrition and dietetic support to achieve their utmost health potential. #ClosingDRC #DisabilityRC #NutritionRights
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the Disability Royal Commission. For sharing your stories, revisiting your trauma and making sure our community was heard. It is now up to all of us to make sure your voice was not wasted #DisabilityRC
QAI welcomes the release of the #DisabilityRC final report and its historic call by Commissioners Bennett, Galbally and McEwin to end the segregation of people with disability.
Read our media release here: mailchi.mp/8c4fc7b6318a/d…
The #DisabilityRC exposed what people with disability and families know: students with disability are failed by our education systems, and segregated practices have much more to do with systemic factors than student characteristics. Inclusive education is a human right of ALL.
On ABC The Drum, Dan Bourchier led a superb discussion re the #DisabilityRC Report with excellent contributions from advocates Elly Desmarchelier & Damian Griffis and ABC News' journalist Nas Campanella.
Pity the discussion of the media's coverage was so brief. 👇 #auspol #TheDrum
Easy Read version of some of the big DRC recommendations, thank you Inclusion Australia
We agree with #EndSegregation but #28YearsIsTooLong . We must act with urgency to ensure not even one more generation of kids experience segregation, let alone two!!
#DisabilityRC
A week ago the disability royal commission released its report. Our experts have examined the recommendations that have ignited debate & the ones that have gone under the radar. Read the series here. More to come ... theconversation.com/au/topics/disa… #disabilityRC #DisabilityTwitter
These 2 boxes arrived on my doorstep this morning. Some bedtime reading anyone? Thanks for all the work Australians with disability, advocates, Commissioners, researchers… this is where the work begins! #disabilityRC
In a desperate bid for attention I'm offering up this media friendly selfie of my headless wheel body reading the #DisabilityRC report - feel free to clap (which is actually all you can do like this)
Commissioner @DanStubbs is set to appear at the #DisabilityRc today at 11:45 AEST. He will speak about Victoria’s regulatory scheme providing protection for people using disability services and promoting a high-quality workforce. Read our submission: vdwc.vic.gov.au/disability-roy…
Commissioner Dan Stubbs appeared at the #DisabilityRC hearings today.
He reinforced that the Disability Service Safeguards Code of Conduct covers all disability workers in Victoria not just NDIS funded workers.
Read our media release here vdwc.vic.gov.au/about/news-res…
Prof Geoff Hanmer That #pwd was unvaccinated bc there was no vacc at that stage and by the time there was they had bought into anti-vaxxer rhetoric. The #OPA had simply wanted vcat’s consent to absolve itself of liability by dropping PG. they didn’t care abt the eugenics approach💡
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New from Carly Findlay OAM (she/her) ahead of International Womens Day:
The Disability Royal Commission found people working in ADEs are paid as low as $2.27 an hour (the national minimum wage is $23.23 per hour).
#NobodyDeservesPoverty
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Looking at the #DisabilityRC reports sitting on my desk and bookshelf, filled with thousands of hours and people's stories of pain and abuse, and then back at the ministers who are yet to respond in a meaningful way... you don't want a Royal Commission
1. Today the #DisabilityRC Report will be released. It is the culmination of 32 hearings, & testimony from 837 witnesses. It documents evidence of widespread violence, abuse, neglect & exploitation plus recommendations for change.
Please do not use today to defend the status quo