The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (DRC) completed 3 Public Hearings in November and December 2020, releasing 3 Issues Papers and 2 reports.

The 3 Public Hearings included

• ‘The Experiences of First Nations People with Disability and their Families in Contact with Child Protection Systems’
• ‘Pathways and Barriers to Open Employment for People with Disability’
• ‘Education and Training of Health Professionals in Relation to People with Cognitive Disability‘.

Further information on these can be found at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/public-hearings/our-public-hearings.

The 3 Reports included

• Report on the key elements of the legislative framework affecting people with disability – details at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/report-key-elements-legislative-framework-affecting-people-disability.

• Report Public Hearing 5: Experiences of people with disability during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – details at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/report-public-hearing-5-experiences-people-disability-during-ongoing-covid-19-pandemic.

• Report Criminal Justice Issues Paper Overview of Responses – details at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/criminal-justice-system.

The 3 Issues Papers released include ‘Promoting Inclusion’, ‘Violence and Abuse of People with Disability at Home’ and ‘Safeguards and Quality’:

• Safeguards and Quality – details at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/safeguards-and-quality.

• Violence and abuse of people with disability at home – details at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/violence-and-abuse-people-disability-home.

• Promoting Inclusion – details at https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/promoting-inclusion.

All issues papers are open for all members of our community to respond to, not just organisations.

If you want to complete a response to one of these issues papers and would like support to do so, please contact Chelsea Arnold on 8273 7100 or [email protected].

Alternatively, if you would like to access the many supports available head to the DRC website: https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/.