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The disability royal commission made 222 recommendations for change The commissioners were split on key areas like education, work and group homes The government has set up a taskforce, but gave no immediate response to the recommendations

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I impulsively bought a single bottle of a fizzy premix at the bottle shop the other day that had way more alcohol in it than I realised. I think I'll drink that tonight.

My congratulations and condolences to everyone involved in this report and the reasons behind its necessity. It is painful, grossly overdue, and simultaneously vindicating.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep absolutely feel the same way. I helped a few people make their submissions and it was a difficult but ultimately empowering process for them. I hope these stories help the wider community to understand how prevalent violence, abuse and neglect is in disabled people's lives and how we can all work towards preventing this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Brutal. Thankyou for your time and energy and emotional labour. I hope whatever you drank to celebrate/commiserate tasted much better than my impulse-purchase premix. I understand why it was discounted now.