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Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities in Remote Communities Facing Adversity

First Nations People with Disabilities

(Australia) The Royal Commission this week heard about the struggles of First Nations people with disability living in remote communities. Approximately 66,000 First Nations people live with severe disability. About 38,500 are NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) participants and 10 per cent of those live in remote and very remote communities.   Twenty-eight witnesses, including […]