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The #DisabilityRC has published their findings about people with an intellectual disability working in ADEs (supported employment) after the hearing last year.
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They have also published the responses from the Australian Government, Bedford and National Disability Services (the peak for service providers). #DisabilityRC
Finding 1 is "it is open to the Royal Commission to find that for some people with disability their employment opportunities are limited to working in an ADE. The limited options mean there is no genuine choice and control in employment
opportunities." #DisabilityRC
opportunities." #DisabilityRC
The #DisabilityRC Letters Patent were amended 13 September 2019, to give the Chair unprecedented & substantive power over other Commissioners, including the only 2 disabled Comm'rs, and the conduct of the inquiry. Royal Commissions before & since have NOT adopted this approach 1/
This 13 September 2019 amendment to the #DisabilityRC Letters Patent was effected by the Morrison government without appropriate explanation and in the absence of consultation with the disability representative groups. @MarkDreyfusKCMP @billshortenmp @AmandaRishworth 2/
You can read our thread here, exploring this issue and how this unprecedented enhancement of the #DisabilityRC Chair's powers may had an impact on the inquiry and resulted in the disempowerment of the 2 disabled Commissioners: 3/
Gee, imagine what the #DisabilityRC could have uncovered/found out/got justice for if it was even a quarter as effective as the #RobodebtRC has been in drilling down to who did what and why.
Worth asking some questions about why this has happened.
Worth asking some questions about why this has happened.
Three years, $500m budget, and we're heading into a hearing next week about 'inclusion', with no clue what the #DisabilityRC is going to do to STOP VIOLENCE against us, which was the whole damn point of it.
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The #DisabilityRC has made no interim recommendations in those three years, so we have no idea what direction they are going in. They have been hostile to disabled people and disability organisations, and have insisted on 'both sidesing' core issues, like group homes.
Spoiler: It doesn't.
My experience is not having a business strategy of trying to disregard, impinge upon - or even worse - seek to reduce the rights of disabled people makes them better, but who the fuck am I lmao #NDIS #DisabilityRC
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Thank goodness that systems like rego make providers of services better lmao
Thank goodness that systems like rego make providers of services better lmao
I'll tweet a bit from the #DisabilityRC today, with the first witness being @DrDebraKeenahan. Watch along on the DRC home page, and please feel free to mute the tag. It's going to be a lot.
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Starting with the usual opening address from the Chair, outlining the scope of the hearing - public meaning both outside places, and online. #DisabilityRC
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This hearing came from some of the responses to the Rights and Attitudes issues paper that heard about barriers caused from community attitudes, assumptions and biases. Yep. #DisabilityRC
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This has happened to me over and over again, and happens to so many disabled people. Listen in to disabled people telling their stories about abuse in public and online at the #DisabilityRC this week.
@esioul @thisgirl_writes @cathmcalpine
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@esioul @thisgirl_writes @cathmcalpine
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Sam Millard, President of Short Statured People of Australia: "It's just as simple as words, people taking photos and sharing them through social media, or physical acts of either aggression. But it puts people in significantly unsafe situations." #DisabilityRC
People with an intellectual disability are called the R-word, and other slurs while out in public and online. #DisabilityRC
#DisabilityRC has released the legal opinion it sought from eminent Int’l Human Rights Law Emeritus Prof @acbyrnes_andrew re Art 24 #CRPD. It concluded Aus is obliged to (1) build an inclusive general education system AND (2) abolish segregation for student with disability 1/ 
In his expert opinion for #DisabilityRC, Prof Byrnes also confirmed that the interpretation of Article 24 of the #CRPD set out in General Comment No. 4 is “the one that would be reached by the proper application of the accepted rules of treaty interpretation” (p.1). 2/
Professor Byrnes @acbyrnes_andrew specifically considered – and REJECTED - the (previous) Australian Government’s interpretation of Article 24 #CRPD & int’l law obligations (set out in its submission to #DisabilityRC) that it can continue to allow segregated special schools: 3/
Further to comments made by disabled leaders and disabled persons organisations about enhanced powers given to the Chair of the #DisabilityRC and the resulting distortion/disempowerment of other Commissioners, we add: 1/ @MarkDreyfusQCMP @SenCarolBrown
The original #DisabilityRC terms of reference were in 4 April 2019 Letters Patent & set out inquiry scope, 6 Comm'r & one to be Chair “AND We appoint you, the Honourable Ronald Sackville AO QC, to be the Chair of the Commission". Standard Letters Patent 2/ disability.royalcommission.gov.au/about/Pages/Te…
Important to note that of those 6 Commissioners appointed by the Morrison Government, only 2 were disabled - Dr Rhonda Galbally AO and Alastair McEwin AM former Disability Discrimination Commissioner - and trusted are trusted and respected disability community leaders 3/
As Day 1 comes to a close we welcome this #DisabilityRC public hearing as an opportunity to talk how we can make education inclusive for everyone, and not set young people on a lifelong pathway to segregation. 🧵 #IncludeUsFromTheStart (1/5)
Many students with an intellectual disability don’t go to a mainstream school. Instead, they are told they have to go to a segregated school. When students with an intellectual disability go to a segregated school, they rarely go back to a regular school. #DisabilityRC (2/5)
This means people don’t mix with or get the same education as students without disability. As a result, they are more likely to end up living in a group home and going to day services, or working in a sheltered workshop for pay rates below the minimum wage. (3/5)
Over 2 days we've heard harrowing #DisabilityRC evidence from Mzia, a former DES participant with AimBig & employee in their BusyBeans program
We also heard from Matthew Ting, the AimBig manager who hired her for the job
Today's bullshit will be brought to you by DSS from 10am
We also heard from Matthew Ting, the AimBig manager who hired her for the job
Today's bullshit will be brought to you by DSS from 10am
State manager of AimBig Ms Romero has given statements to kick things off today.
We'll here from Rick Kane from Disability Employment Australia, and later from the Department of Social Services. It's going to be a big day..
We'll here from Rick Kane from Disability Employment Australia, and later from the Department of Social Services. It's going to be a big day..
Romero is the CEO of Arriba Group, who oversees AimBig, Rehab Management (Mzia's employer).
Today at the #DisabilityRC AimBig & employment services peak body @DisabilityEmplt will appear to tell us some bullshit justification for the disgusting practices we heard from Mzia yesterday (🧵below)
You can follow from 10am on the @DRC_AU website: disability.royalcommission.gov.au
You can follow from 10am on the @DRC_AU website: disability.royalcommission.gov.au
We're also going to see a lot of hand wringing about how hard it is for workers. That's true.
But to pretend these orgs aren't directly responsible for it is a joke. They're also responsible for hiring unqualified ppl & allowing staff to inflict horrible abuse on disabled folks.
But to pretend these orgs aren't directly responsible for it is a joke. They're also responsible for hiring unqualified ppl & allowing staff to inflict horrible abuse on disabled folks.
"75% of people in the BusyBeans program had a positive experience" – this is from EIGHT surveys out of 100s of participants.
Also, how many people had a positive experience BECAUSE of the work Mzia did to help them in a failing program? #DisabilityRC #AbolishMutualObligations
Also, how many people had a positive experience BECAUSE of the work Mzia did to help them in a failing program? #DisabilityRC #AbolishMutualObligations
Today's witness will be Mzia* (pseudonym)
She will speak about her experiences as a trainer at AimBig, but also as a former DES participant. #DisabilityRC #AbolishMutualObligations
She will speak about her experiences as a trainer at AimBig, but also as a former DES participant. #DisabilityRC #AbolishMutualObligations
"In 2020 to 2021 only 13.4% of the ~410,000 people in DES had sustained employment for 6 months." – Ronald Sackville, Chair
#DisabilityRC #AbolishMutualObligations
#DisabilityRC #AbolishMutualObligations
Low labour force participation has been stagnant for 20 years.
Governments have failed us again and again, and DES should never have been allowed to continue in its current form as long as it has. #DisabilityRC #AbolishMutualObligations
Governments have failed us again and again, and DES should never have been allowed to continue in its current form as long as it has. #DisabilityRC #AbolishMutualObligations
NDIA CEO Martin Hoffman, #NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds, @FPDNAus, @AfdoOffice, @inclusionoz, John Walsh AM are appearing before the #NDISJSC today from 9am. #HandsOffOurNDIS
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First up at the #NDISJSC is @dameadvocate. He is outlining @FPDNAus' 10-point-plan for the implementation of the NDIS in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities: fpdn.org.au/ten-priorities…
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In closing Maria Scharnke provides the #DisabilityRC her key message:
“Disability is not something that should need to be accommodated for. This sounds ridiculous, but hear me out…
It should be accepted as part of the natural spectrum of human diversity.
In closing Maria Scharnke provides the #DisabilityRC her key message:
“Disability is not something that should need to be accommodated for. This sounds ridiculous, but hear me out…
It should be accepted as part of the natural spectrum of human diversity.
There should be no need whatsoever to go above & beyond to ensure children with disability have access to an education. Because, there shouldn't be a system, a world, a country or department that perpetuates systematic inequities, inequalities & discrimination.
#DisabilityRC
#DisabilityRC
There should be no need to have to go out of one’s way.
No matter how much effort one puts in to ensure a PWD has their right to an education being met (or to anything at all being met) this should not be seen as great achievement, or as going above & beyond.
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No matter how much effort one puts in to ensure a PWD has their right to an education being met (or to anything at all being met) this should not be seen as great achievement, or as going above & beyond.
#DisabilityRC
Cmr Mason: "There’s been sig. work for last 10yrs on Closing the Gap. Education is always a fundamental area of change. We are in an era of evidence based practice. In your experience, what’s the likelihood of us being able to draw on consistent data across States/ Territories?"
Prof. Graham: "We don’t have the data we need to do it properly. It is my fervent hope that this #DisabilityRC can make this [access to data] happen.
Interesting observation by Prof.Graham "When I was looking at Closing the Gap I saw 'attendance' is a goal, yet it’s not one we’ve made any progress on in last 10yrs. Meanwhile 'Exclusion/Suspension' is not mentioned, nor is reducing exclusion/suspension a goal.
#DisabilityRC
#DisabilityRC
While we have great respect for Prof McCallum and his legacy and appreciate this is research paper is an ambitious task of incredibly broad scope, we are surprised by assertions made about Article 24 #CRPD #DisabilityRC @DRC_AU
Prof McCallum’s #DisabilityRC paper seeks to provide an overview of complex subject matter requiring deep knowledge of all articles of #CRPD & treaty body jurisprudence that has clarified and elaborated on their meaning in the 15 years since the 2006 adoption of the CRPD @DRC_AU
This statement on p.119 is, in our view, incorrect. It is inconsistent with General Comments No.4 & No. 6, Australian CRPD review Concluding Observations in 2013 & 2019, evidence by @UN experts at #DisabilityRC and another @DRC_AU research paper by @RosemaryKayess @therese_sands
Getting ready to live tweet the last day of the #DisabilityRC hearing into the use of psychotropic medication and chemical restraints.
It's been a tough week, so if you need to mute this thread of the hashtag, we do understand.
It's been a tough week, so if you need to mute this thread of the hashtag, we do understand.
If you feel impacted by anything you read here today, remember you can always call Lifeline on 13 11 14.
You can also call the National Counselling and Referral Service (specifically set up to support people impacted by anything related to the #DisabilityRC) on 1800 421 468.
You can also call the National Counselling and Referral Service (specifically set up to support people impacted by anything related to the #DisabilityRC) on 1800 421 468.
We have been very disappointed so far with the lack of people with disability giving evidence at this hearing, and we'd like to start this thread today by sharing three blogs written for us by people with lived experience of the mental health system. #DisabilityRC
Getting ready to live tweet the #DisabilityRC again this morning. Thanks to everyone following along this week. Some of the testimony is confronting to hear, and we appreciate everyone engaging with us this week.
As always, if you need support, you can reach Lifeline on 13 11 14.
You can also call the National Counselling and Referral Service, set up to support anyone impacted by anything related to the #DisabilityRC, on 1800 421 468.
You can also call the National Counselling and Referral Service, set up to support anyone impacted by anything related to the #DisabilityRC, on 1800 421 468.
@FrancesPWDA is live tweeting this morning's #DisabilityRC sessions. You can follow the thread here:
Good morning everyone!
It's day 2 of the Disability Royal Commission into "the use of psychotropic medication, behaviour support and behaviours of concern". We'll be live tweeting from here again today using the hashtag #DisabilityRC
It's day 2 of the Disability Royal Commission into "the use of psychotropic medication, behaviour support and behaviours of concern". We'll be live tweeting from here again today using the hashtag #DisabilityRC
We heard some harrowing testimony yesterday and we encourage everyone to look after yourselves as we go through this together.
We invite you to follow along on the journey with us, but also remember you can temporarily mute the hashtag or a thread if you need to. #DisabilityRC
We invite you to follow along on the journey with us, but also remember you can temporarily mute the hashtag or a thread if you need to. #DisabilityRC
@FrancesPWDA will be live tweeting for us from her account this morning. Check out the thread here:
#DisabilityRC
#DisabilityRC
The 6th Disability Royal Commission hearing on "the use of psychotropic medication, behaviour support and behaviours of concern" starts today at 10am, and we will be live tweeting the proceedings from here.
We'll be using the hashtag #DisabilityRC if you'd like to join us.
We'll be using the hashtag #DisabilityRC if you'd like to join us.
If you want to watch along, the livestream will be paying from here: disability.royalcommission.gov.au
If you feel impacted by anything you hear today, remember you can always call Lifeline on 13 11 14
You can also call the National Counselling and Referral Service on 1800 421 468 (set up specifically for people impacted by the #DisabilityRC).
You can also call the National Counselling and Referral Service on 1800 421 468 (set up specifically for people impacted by the #DisabilityRC).
The NDIS Commission has told the royal commission eight NDIS participants have died from Covid-19 during the pandemic. One NDIS worker has also died. #disabilityrc
The Commission is getting a bit of a pasting here for not being proactive in checking that providers are meeting their obligations, particularly during the pandemic
Oh dear. The commission's registrar, Samantha Taylor, is asked if "procedures and practices during the time of the coronavirus pandemic have not materially changed since pre-coronavirus?" She says: "That is correct"
Day 4 of the #DisabilityRC hearings has now begun.
We'll be live tweeting throughout the day using the hashtags
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC.
You can also watch here:
disability.royalcommission.gov.au
We'll be live tweeting throughout the day using the hashtags
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC.
You can also watch here:
disability.royalcommission.gov.au
The first witness is Simon Cotterell, the First Assistant Secretary for the Primary Care Division of the Department of Health.
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
Eastman asks how many people with disability have contracted COVID-19 since January.
Cotterell responds says there is no clear data so we do not know. There is some data from the NDIS Q&S Commission.
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
Cotterell responds says there is no clear data so we do not know. There is some data from the NDIS Q&S Commission.
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
Good morning!
The #DisabilityRC will be kicking off in 5 minutes.
We'll be tweeting along all day using the hashtags:
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
If you would like to avoid the content, we suggest muting these hashtags.
You can also watch along here: disability.royalcommission.gov.au
The #DisabilityRC will be kicking off in 5 minutes.
We'll be tweeting along all day using the hashtags:
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
If you would like to avoid the content, we suggest muting these hashtags.
You can also watch along here: disability.royalcommission.gov.au
If you missed yesterdays hearing, here's some articles covering the discussion around education, isolation, and emergency planning:
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We've started with the first witness, Professor Anne Kavanagh.
She is the Chair of Disability and Health at the University of Melbourne.
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
She is the Chair of Disability and Health at the University of Melbourne.
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
The Royal Commission is back from recess and we will be live tweeting from here for the next few hours.
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
Rachel Spencer from @CIDvoice (Senior Manager Inclusion Projects) is now giving evidence. Ms Spencer describes her role overseeing projects promoting the inclusion of people with intellectual disability #Covid19 #DisabilityRC
@CIDvoice focuses on health, transport, education and safety for people with ID (intellectual disability). The majority of the board are people with ID.
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
#Covid19 #DisabilityRC
