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Archive for September 17th, 2021
Disabled boy detained from age 10 in NT
A disabled Aboriginal teen has been intermittently imprisoned in the Don Dale detention centre since the age of 10, the Disability Royal Commission has heard. September 17, 2021 A Northern Territory Indigenous teenager with disability has been intermittently imprisoned in the Don Dale detention centre since the age of 10, an inquiry has been told. […]
Hearing on Indigenous kids with disability
Indigenous children suffer disabilities at more than double the rate of non-Indigenous children, public hearing 16 of the Disability Royal Commission has heard. September 17, 2021 First Nations children suffer disabilities at more than double the rate of non-Indigenous children and account for almost half of all children in care despite only making up six […]
Disability inquiry on Indigenous children
Public hearing 16 of the Disability Royal Commission will examine the experiences of Indigenous children with a disability in out-of-home care. September 17, 2021 The royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability will focus on the experiences of First Nations children with disability in out-of-home care. The 16th public hearing […]