Mayor Khal Asfour says they are “shameful statistics” and cannot be ignored.
A collaborative consisting of a number of local organisations – such as Australian Foundation for Disability, Bankstown Women’s Health Centre, Canterbury Bankstown Council, Chinese Australian Services Society, Diversity and Disability Alliance, Disability Services Australia, Ethnic Community Services Co-operative, and several others – has been formed to examine and formulate an action plan to deal with this issue.
That collaborative of skilled frontline workers, is developing protocols, best practice guidelines, communications at responding to issues and identifying the risk factors that lead to the abuse of adults with disability in their family, home and community.
“What they have come up with will go a long way in ensuring those many victims who are suffering in silence, will be heard and cared for,” Mayor Asfour said.
The plan will also align key outcome areas with other collaboratives, and the Ageing and Disability Commission, to protect adults with disability from abuse, neglect and exploitation.
