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national disability affairs reporter Elizabeth Wright and the Specialist Reporting Team's Celina Edmonds

Parents of 11yo autistic boy grieve his 'entirely preventable' death in care of Civic Disability Services

Dale Raichman and Sharon Braverman's son Alex died in 2018 after escaping from the care of a disability service provider (ABC News: Brendan Esposito)

When her 11-year-old son Alex died almost five years ago, Sharon Braverman said she lost her life's purpose.

"It's worse than anything I can imagine … the pain is just underneath the rage and the feeling of injustice," she said.

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