Disability royal commission finds Federal Government responsible for ‘serious failures’ during COVID-19

People with disability have been “forgotten and ignored” during the pandemic, leaving them “stressed and frightened,” a Commonwealth report has found.

Disability royal commission Chair Ronald Sackville said the Government was responsible for a “serious failure” in its communications with people living with disability.

The disability royal commission held a hearing with 36 witnesses in August into the impact of the pandemic on the…