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Andrew Brown and Kat Wong

'Kick in the guts': shock at disability report response

Marayke Jonkers described the government's response to a major disability report as devastating. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Thousands of people with disability have spent four years telling their stories, hoping to spark change.

But the government's response to their testimony fails to match the scale of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation these Australians experience every day, disability groups say.

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