New analysis found 43,000 people were not participating in the workforce due to neglect and 23,000 young people weren’t completing year 12 because of low expectations and bullying.
The Noongar man has told a disability royal commission he was left “broken” by his time inside Western Australia’s only youth detention centre.
Georgia Wilson told the disability royal commission that when her mother died she found her with her long hair matted and her hands,legs,neck and face encrusted with dirt.
“You have no idea what these places smell like,” said Wintringham chief executive Bryan Lipmann,whose organisation spent $24 per person a day on food,whereas the facilities he took over were spending just $2 per person.
Dylan Alcott has called for free RATs for disabled people and their carers as he vows to spend his year in the role fighting for the nation’s 4.4m people with disabilities.
The head of Life Without Barriers has apologised for abuse of residents at its group homes,but defended her actions after a resident was raped off-site.
Disability royal commission hears violence between residents was rife at a Melbourne group home run by Life Without Barriers.
The woman who lived in a group home was raped by a man and said she had little support before and felt like she was blamed afterwards.
Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD.
Employers fear asking workers if they have a disability,making data collection on employment rates tricky,a royal commission has heard.
People with disabilities make up just 1 per cent of the workforce of the nation’s 10 largest employers,a statistic Graeme Innes believes visibility could fix.