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The Honourable Ronald Sackville AO QC, Chair of the Royal Commission addresses the Townsville hearing at the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Image: Cameron Laird/AAP

‘She was petrified’: Royal Commission hears tales of abuse and exclusion

Day one of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability centred on a disturbing tale of a girl with Down syndrome whose early school years involved being excluded, segregated and abused.

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