WWDA Response To Group Homes Issues Paper

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)  submission in response to the Royal Commission’s Group Homes Issues Paper. In the context of living arrangements for people with disability, including group homes, the Royal Commission should recognise article 19, Living independently and being included in the community, as wide-ranging and all-encompassing of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) , and as critical to the prevention of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.