Physical abuse, including assault, was the most common type, followed by psychological abuse such as verbal harassment.

Disability rights organisations say while they are unlikely to be surprised by what the royal commission uncovers, many Australians will be. The $528 million, three-year inquiry has a broad scope, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Experts have been telling the Disability Royal Commission today that the philosophy of group homes ...

Women and girls with disability are far more likely to suffer physical and sexual abuse but are frequently disbelieved when they ask for help to stop it, the disability royal commission has been told.

A transgender woman with disability has shared a powerful message to her abuser at the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. HER SPEECH >> Every ...

The percentage of fans citing disability abuse as a barrier to attending sports events was at the highest level recorded in the four years that the Level Playing Field charity has conducted annual ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A mother of five children with disabilities has told the disability abuse royal commission that one of her sons took a knife to school ...

Women and girls with disability are at vastly higher risk of physical and sexual abuse but are frequently disbelieved when they ask for help to stop it, a royal commission has been told.

Numbers released by the NSW Ageing and Disability Commission reveal between 2019 and 2024, they received a staggering total of 13,775 reports of alleged elder and disability abuse. Disturbingly, the ...

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability says it is anticipating "thousands and thousands" of submissions and has defended its preparedness to ...

People with disabilities have shared accounts of the online abuse they face, after MPs backed a petition by model Katie Price calling for new laws. More than 220,000 people signed reality TV star Ms ...