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Kumanjayi Walker exhibited additional needs in primary school, but was not assessed until adolescence, coroner hears

The remote community of Yuendumu is home to about 800 people. (ABC News: Hamish Harty)

Kumanjayi Walker's behavioural struggles were first noticed when he was in primary school, but he wasn't formally assessed until he entered the youth justice system as a teenager, the coronial inquest into his death has heard. 

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died, used with the permission of their family.

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