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Disability royal commission finds Queensland government ‘could and should’ have done more to prevent abuse of brothers with autism – ABC News

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The Queensland Government should consider compensating two young men with autism found in a locked room at their Brisbane home severely malnourished and naked, the disability royal commission has recommended.

 

In a 222-page report into the brothers’ case, handed down today, the commission also recommended the State of Queensland apologise to the siblings, known by the pseudonyms Kaleb and Jonathon, for “omissions in preventing violence, abuse, neglect and deprivation of their human rights”.

 

 

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