The use of restraints on people with disabilities conjures up images from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. And while the Disability Royal Commission heard stories of similarly horrific treatment – ...

Not enough is being done to prevent children being denied enrolment at WA schools because of their disability, advocates say.

A South Australian government aged care home, which looks after 23 people with dementia or complex disabilities, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Disability service providers used unauthorised restraints, such as locking people in their homes and administering potentially harmful ...

The use of restrictive practices in Irish mental health centres has decreased by almost 50% in the past five years, according to a report by the Mental Health Commission (MHC). Restrictive practices ...

Children and young people should never be shut in a room alone and prevented from leaving, according to the Department of Health. That is according to newly-published departmental policy on ...

Special education in public schools was tenuous even before the Trump administration cut staff at an office that administers funding.

Australian schools are continuing to physically restrain and seclude students with disabilities two years after the Disability Royal Commission called for it to be outlawed. The Victorian Department ...

A long-awaited review of Western Australia’s outdated School Education Act will be tabled in parliament on Thursday.

Moves to abolish restrictive practices for young people in psychiatric care would lead to gardaí or security personnel being required to staff mental health units, a leading psychiatrist has warned.