The use of restraints on people with disabilities conjures up images from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. And while the Disability Royal Commission heard stories of similarly horrific treatment – ...

A review has been published into the care for adults with learning disabilities The normalisation of restrictive practices and and mismatch of accommodation were among issues identified in a review of ...

There has been poor progress on minimising the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation in health and care services in England, 4 years after a major review was launched into the area. In 2018, the ...

Government-commissioned review follows BBC investigation which showed sharp rise in restrictive practices in inpatient settings amid ongoing concerns around care for this group The government has ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on the Exposure Draft - Aged Care Bill 2023. It follows our submission of September 8, 2023, to the Public Consultation: Foundations of ...

In short: Former judge Jennifer Boland found the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission failed to take action to close a program that was unlawfully restraining children with disabilities. The review ...

Restrictive practices in mental health settings—such as physical restraint and seclusion—are meant to be a last resort, used only when patients pose a risk to themselves or others. In 2021 and 2022 ...

The Health Information and Quality Authority found a number of young people with disabilities were living in a highly restrictive environment when inspectors visited earlier this year. The findings ...

Australian schools are continuing to physically restrain and seclude students with disabilities two years after the Disability Royal Commission called for it to be outlawed. The Victorian Department ...

Kathy Cologon currently receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Commonwealth Department of Education. Kathy is a member of CYDA, Early Childhood Australia, and an academic ...