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In this podcast, Greens Senator and disability advocate Jordon Steele-John, who campaigned for the Royal Commission, joins The Conversation to give us his take on the report.

Focusing on specialist schools for students with disability misunderstands the royal commission report’s point and misses its major implications for all schools.

The government taskforce responding to the disability royal commission recommendations needs to learn from the stories shared and also how they were communicated.

One recommendation from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, could be the game changer that will impact everything – a disability rights act.

The disability royal commission recommended providers offer redress to people who experience harm while in their care. But reparations for past harms were not addressed.

Education segregation could continue for Australia’s young people for at least another generation – and possibly longer – in light of the disability royal commission recommendations.

The disability royal commission has heard from thousands of people with disability and their families. But the response must involve everyone.

The new Quarterly Essay weaves personal history and detailed policy analysis, examining the unintended consequences of the NDIS, and how we can best realise the scheme’s original intent.

Parents are their child’s first and most important supports. Parents and carers of children with disability need help to maximise this relationship – and the NDIS should provide it.

Many students with a disability are bullied, excluded and do not feel welcome in Australian schools. They cannot be ignored in the next National School Reform Agreement.