Disability advocate wants law overhaul

Violence is ''scarily common'' in residential accommodation for people with disabilities and is systemically accepted, according to a disability advocacy group.
In a submission to the ACT government, Advocacy for Inclusion has called for an overhaul of domestic violence laws to provide greater security for people with disabilities, including those living in disability group homes or relying on paid or unpaid carers.
''People with disabilities live with daily violence. It seems to be systemically accepted, or staff are simply inured to it after years of having no alternative to violence,'' the submission said.

Advocacy for Inclusion general manager Christina Ryan said violence was extremely common in group homes for people with disabilities.

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