Disability Royal Commission Project into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
The Disability Royal Commission was established in April 2019 and ran till September 2023. It was called in response to community concern about widespread reports of violence against, and the neglect, abuse and exploitation of, people with disability.
The Disability Royal Commission investigated:
- preventing and better protecting people with disability from experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation
- achieving best practice in reporting, investigating and responding to violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability
- promoting a more inclusive society that supports people with disability to be independent and live free from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
To learn more about it, you can click on Disability Royal Commission website.
WWILD’s Policy Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission
WWILDCLA Disability Royal Commission SubmissionFinal_2019
WWILD SVP Assn Inc. Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper Response – DRC – 2020
WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association – DRC Justice Issues submission 2020
Recommended Disability Royal Commission’s Research Reports and Issues Papers:
Violence and Abuse of People with a Disability – Issues Paper, Published December 2020. Click here for Easyread version
Police Responses to People with Disability (2022) – Research report written by Leanne Dowse, Simone Rowe, Eileen Baldry and Michael Baker from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Published October 2021. Click here for Easyread version.
Economic cost of violence, neglect and exploitation of people with disability – Research report written by James Vincent, Dennis McCarthy, Hugh Miller, Kirsten Armstrong, Sarina Lacey, Grant Lian, David Qi, Nansi Richards, Tomas Berry. (2022), Published by Taylor Fry. Click here for Easyread version
Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of LGBTQA+ people with disability a secondary analysis of data from two national surveys. – Research report – Hill, A. O., Amos, N., Bourne, A., Parsons, M, Bigby, C., Carman, M., & Lyons, A. (2022). Melbourne, Australia: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. Click here for Easyread version.
Complaint mechanisms: Reporting pathways for violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation – Research report – Associate Professor Dinesh Wadiwel; Dr Claire Spivakovsky; Associate Professor Linda Steele. (2022) Published by University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, University of Technology Sydney. Click here for Easyread version.
Rapid Evidence Review: Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability – Research report -Joel Koh, Dr Gayatri Kembhavi-Tam, Dr Vanessa Rose, Dr Rebecca Featherston and Professor Aron Shlonsky (2021) Published by Centre for Evidence and Implementation and Monash University. Click here for Easyread version.
Nature and extent of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation against people with disability in Australia – Research Report – (2021) Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH). Click here for Easyread version.
Diversity, dignity, equity and best practice: a framework for supported decision-making: Research Report (2023) The Living with Disability Research Centre, La Trobe University. Bigby, C., Carney, T., Then, S-N., Wiesel, I., Sinclair, C., Douglas, J., & Duffy, J., (2023). Diversity, dignity, equity and best practice: a framework for supported decision-making. Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Click here for Easyread version.
Care criminalisation of children with disability in child protection systems: Research Report (2023) Written by: Dr Susan Baidawi (Project Lead), Rubini Ball (Consultations Co-Lead), Lena Turnbull (Ethics and Survey Co-Lead), Emeritus Professor Rosemary Sheehan (Child Welfare Consultant), Jade Purtell (Lived Experience Consultations). Published by Monash University Melbourne, University of Western Sydney, Centre for Evidence and Implementation. Click here for Easyread version.
Final Report (2023): The Royal Commission has made 222 recommendations on how to improve laws, policies, structures and practices to ensure a more inclusive and just society that supports the independence of people with disability and their right to live free from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
The Final Report consists of 12 Volumes plus an additional introductory volume, which includes the Chair’s foreword, our vision for an inclusive Australia, an executive summary and the full list of recommendations. All volumes of the Final Report are available in various accessible formats. The final report was first published on 29 September 2023.
Click on DRC FINAL REPORT to read the report.
