25 December 2014
ACHRE has joined a coalition of national peak organisations of and for people with disability in Australia to request Prime Minister’s leadership and action to establish an independent National Inquiry into violence and abuse perpetrated against people with disability in institutional and residential settings in Australia.
The evidence suggests that violence and abuse perpetrated against people with disability in institutional and residential settings is an epidemic in Australia. This epidemic affects some of the most vulnerable, marginalised people in our communities, with specific implications for women and children with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with disability and people with disability from non-English speaking and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. It remains Australia’s hidden shame. The evidence is extensive and compelling. It is a deeply shameful blight on our society and can no longer be ignored.
See the letter prepared by the Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) on behalf of the coalition here .