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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery, inequality reporter

Disability advocates urge faster phase-out of segregated education following royal commission report

Amanda Rishworth and Bill Shorten holding the disability royal commission final report.
Social services minister Amanda Rishworth and NDIS minister Bill Shorten release the disability royal commission final report, which includes 222 recommendations. Photograph: Jacob Shteyman/AAP

Advocates for people with disabilities have urged Australian governments to expedite phasing out segregated education systems, as recommended by some commissioners in the disability royal commission’s final report.

The final, 12-volume report of the royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability was made public on Friday after four-and-a-half years of hearings, reports, submissions and powerful testimony from people with disabilities and their loved ones.

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