Without change, trauma of Disability Royal Commission will have been for nothing | ABC News

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Sexual assaults in group homes, physical violence by support workers, children being removed from their parents and constant discrimination. These are just some of the shocking realities that have been exposed by the Disability Royal Commission.

This week the inquiry hands down its final report and hopes are high in the community for long-awaited change.

Those who have given evidence say if that doesn’t happen now, reliving their trauma will have been for nothing.

This story from National Disability Affairs reporter Nas Campanella.

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