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 – ...

A South Australian government aged care home, which looks after 23 people with dementia or complex disabilities, inappropriately used lap belts and other mechanical restraints to stop falls and ...

A parent of children with disabilities and experience in the education system has told the disability royal commission students are being denied access to normal school facilities inside and outside ...

There has been poor progress on minimising the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation in health and care services in England, 4 years after a major review was launched into the area. In 2018, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Health Information and Quality Authority found a number of young people with disabilities were living in a highly restrictive environment when inspectors visited earlier this year. The findings ...

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 ...