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Published on 05 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 7369 downloads

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DRC - OPA Response to Employment Issues Paper.docx

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Published on 30 August 2020 Modified on 07 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 7048 downloads

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DRC- OPA Submission to the Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper.docx

Recommendations

Recommendation 1
Governments and the National Disability Insurance Agency and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission should continue support for cultural-change training for disability service providers, which seeks to counter violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation, such as the zero-tolerance initiatives.

Recommendation 2
The Disability Ministers’ forum should consider the national evaluation of Community Visitors Programs and endorse its recommendations.

Recommendation 3
Governments should strengthen human rights protections by funding peer support, self advocacy and individual advocacy at a level commensurate with demand, by substantially extending the National Disability Advocacy Program.

Recommendation 4
The Australian Government should commit to funding advocacy programs as a crucial NDIS safeguard. Such programs and funding should remain separate from any funded supports that are provided to individual NDIS participants.

Recommendation 5
Governments should strengthen human rights protections to make ‘choice and control’ more meaningful by funding a range of supported decision-making initiatives. This can be achieved by making it possible for NDIS participants to purchase such supports through their NDIS plan.

Recommendation 6
The Australian Government should implement the Recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission in its 2014 report Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws.

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Published on 30 August 2020 Modified on 07 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 7365 downloads

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DRC- OPA Submission to the Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper.pdf

Recommendations

Recommendation 1
Governments and the National Disability Insurance Agency and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission should continue support for cultural-change training for disability service providers, which seeks to counter violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation, such as the zero-tolerance initiatives.

Recommendation 2
The Disability Ministers’ forum should consider the national evaluation of Community Visitors Programs and endorse its recommendations.

Recommendation 3
Governments should strengthen human rights protections by funding peer support, self advocacy and individual advocacy at a level commensurate with demand, by substantially extending the National Disability Advocacy Program.

Recommendation 4
The Australian Government should commit to funding advocacy programs as a crucial NDIS safeguard. Such programs and funding should remain separate from any funded supports that are provided to individual NDIS participants.

Recommendation 5
Governments should strengthen human rights protections to make ‘choice and control’ more meaningful by funding a range of supported decision-making initiatives. This can be achieved by making it possible for NDIS participants to purchase such supports through their NDIS plan.

Recommendation 6
The Australian Government should implement the Recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission in its 2014 report Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws.

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Published on 12 March 2021 Modified on 12 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 6947 downloads

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DRC- OPA Submission to Health care for people with cognitive disability.pdf

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Published on 05 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 7572 downloads

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DRC- OPA Submission to Health care for people with cognitive disability.docx

pdf DRC OPA Violence in Group Homes Research Report Popular

Published on 05 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 8816 downloads

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DRC - OPA Violence in Group Homes Research Report.pdf

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Published on 05 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 6944 downloads

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DRC - OPA Submission to the Emergency Planning and Response Issues Paper.docx

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Published on 05 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 6855 downloads

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DRC - OPA Submission to the Emergency Planning and Response Issues Paper.pdf

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Published on 05 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 4029 downloads

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DRC - OPA submission to the Criminal Justice System Issues Paper.docx

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Published on 05 March 2021 By Margaret Bozik In Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation in Disability Care Tagged in Commission, Disability, DRC, Royal 7328 downloads

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DRC - OPA submission to the Criminal Justice System Issues Paper.pdf